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This section looks at the demand for IBM MVS skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM MVS
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank140136
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads141
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.418 %0.111 %
Salaries quoted131
Average minimum salary£42,923£55,000
Average salary£46,769£55,000
% change on same period last year-14.96 %
Average maximum salary£50,615£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,291£32,682
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads987897
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.520 %0.368 %
Salaries quoted896829
Average minimum salary£32,546£30,784
Average salary£35,487£33,082
% change on same period last year+7.26 %
Average maximum salary£38,427£35,380
UK excluding London average salary£34,479£34,989
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
MVS North WestMVS
North West

MVS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MVS across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cheshire MVS Demand Trend

MVS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MVS across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire MVS Salary Trend

MVS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MVS across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Cheshire MVS Salary Histogram

MVS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonNew entry-4£57,500-
KnutsfordNew entry-3£42,500-
ChesterNew entry-1--
MVS North WestMVS
North West

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing MVS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MVS.

118 (62.07 %)zOS
216 (55.17 %)Mainframe
315 (51.72 %)IBM
412 (41.38 %)UNIX
511 (37.93 %)SAS
68 (27.59 %)Finance
68 (27.59 %)Health
68 (27.59 %)Pensions
68 (27.59 %)Performance Management
76 (20.69 %)Business Intelligence
85 (17.24 %)Banking
94 (13.79 %)Technical Architecture
94 (13.79 %)Base SAS
94 (13.79 %)JCL
94 (13.79 %)Microsoft
94 (13.79 %)Datawarehouse
94 (13.79 %)ETL
94 (13.79 %)Java
94 (13.79 %)VB
103 (10.34 %)Oracle
103 (10.34 %)DB2
103 (10.34 %)MS Office
103 (10.34 %)ITIL
103 (10.34 %)LAN
103 (10.34 %)WAN
103 (10.34 %)Service Delivery
112 (6.897 %)CICS
121 (3.448 %)VERITAS
121 (3.448 %)REXX
121 (3.448 %)VMS

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing MVS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.448 %)WebSphere
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (37.93 %)SAS
22 (6.897 %)CICS
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.34 %)MS Office
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (10.34 %)LAN
13 (10.34 %)WAN
21 (3.448 %)SSH
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (13.79 %)Datawarehouse
14 (13.79 %)ETL
14 (13.79 %)Base SAS
23 (10.34 %)DB2
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (27.59 %)Finance
18 (27.59 %)Health
18 (27.59 %)Pensions
25 (17.24 %)Banking
31 (3.448 %)Auditing
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (41.38 %)Analyst
27 (24.14 %)Capacity Planning Analyst
27 (24.14 %)Capacity Analyst
35 (17.24 %)Technical Specialist
44 (13.79 %)SAS Consultant
44 (13.79 %)Architect
44 (13.79 %)Senior SAS Consultant
44 (13.79 %)Technical Architect
44 (13.79 %)Senior Consultant
44 (13.79 %)Consultant
53 (10.34 %)Helpdesk Analyst
53 (10.34 %)Performance Manager
61 (3.448 %)Systems Support Analyst
61 (3.448 %)Operations Analyst
61 (3.448 %)Administrator
61 (3.448 %)Systems Analyst
61 (3.448 %)Systems Support
61 (3.448 %)Support Analyst
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (55.17 %)Mainframe
21 (3.448 %)Clustering
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (62.07 %)zOS
212 (41.38 %)UNIX
31 (3.448 %)AIX
31 (3.448 %)Solaris
31 (3.448 %)VMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (27.59 %)Performance Management
26 (20.69 %)Business Intelligence
34 (13.79 %)Technical Architecture
43 (10.34 %)ITIL
43 (10.34 %)Service Delivery
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (13.79 %)Java
14 (13.79 %)VB
14 (13.79 %)JCL
21 (3.448 %)REXX
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.448 %)RACF
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (51.72 %)IBM
24 (13.79 %)Microsoft
33 (10.34 %)Oracle
41 (3.448 %)VERITAS
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