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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSAM over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-133
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads04
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.758 %
Salaries quoted04
Average minimum salary-£26,250
Average salary-£29,125
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£32,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,760£33,905
% change on same period last year+17.26 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads569528
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.330 %0.227 %
Salaries quoted531452
Average minimum salary£33,689£31,248
Average salary£37,146£33,815
% change on same period last year+9.85 %
Average maximum salary£40,603£36,382
UK excluding London average salary£37,660£39,569
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
VSAM North WestVSAM
North West

VSAM
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire VSAM Demand Trend

VSAM
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire VSAM Salary Trend

VSAM
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing VSAM 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 VSAM.

12 (100.00 %)COBOL
12 (100.00 %)MQSeries
12 (100.00 %)IBM
12 (100.00 %)CICS
12 (100.00 %)Easytrieve
12 (100.00 %)JCL
12 (100.00 %)Middleware
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Systems Analysis
12 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe

VSAM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing VSAM 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 VSAM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)Middleware
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)MQSeries
12 (100.00 %)CICS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)Easytrieve
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Analyst
12 (100.00 %)Systems Analyst
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
12 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Systems Analysis
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)COBOL
12 (100.00 %)JCL
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)IBM