The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 285 296 275
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -21
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 28 37 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.239% 0.279% 0.343%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.575% 0.708% 0.781%
Number of salaries quoted 20 30 45
Average salary £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.92% -
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £49,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £85,000 £75,900
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-8.42% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
4869 5228 6655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 41.47% 39.39% 43.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4197 4784 6036
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
London

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Mainframe across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Mainframe across the City of London region.

City of London Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mainframe 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 Mainframe.

1 34 (55.74%) Finance
2 26 (42.62%) DB2
3 23 (37.70%) UNIX
4 18 (29.51%) Windows
5 15 (24.59%) Java
5 15 (24.59%) IBM
6 11 (18.03%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (18.03%) CICS
6 11 (18.03%) Linux
7 10 (16.39%) E-business
7 10 (16.39%) Scrum
7 10 (16.39%) Microsoft
8 9 (14.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (14.75%) zOS
8 9 (14.75%) Sybase
8 9 (14.75%) MQSeries
8 9 (14.75%) SQL
8 9 (14.75%) J2EE
8 9 (14.75%) MS Office
8 9 (14.75%) TDD
8 9 (14.75%) Banking
8 9 (14.75%) Hibernate
8 9 (14.75%) Project Management
8 9 (14.75%) Spring
8 9 (14.75%) Google
8 9 (14.75%) Degree
8 9 (14.75%) Haskell
8 9 (14.75%) Multithreading
8 9 (14.75%) F#
8 9 (14.75%) Guice

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mainframe 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 Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (14.75%) J2EE
1 9 (14.75%) Hibernate
1 9 (14.75%) Spring
1 9 (14.75%) Guice
1 9 (14.75%) Apache CXF
2 6 (9.836%) Middleware
2 6 (9.836%) WebSphere
3 5 (8.197%) Web Services
3 5 (8.197%) .NET
4 3 (4.918%) COM
4 3 (4.918%) HTML
4 3 (4.918%) XML
5 2 (3.279%) ISPF
6 1 (1.639%) JSF
6 1 (1.639%) JAX-WS
6 1 (1.639%) JMX
6 1 (1.639%) XML Schema
6 1 (1.639%) JAXB
6 1 (1.639%) EJB
6 1 (1.639%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 11 (18.03%) CICS
2 9 (14.75%) MQSeries
3 6 (9.836%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (4.918%) Apache
5 2 (3.279%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.279%) IIS
5 2 (3.279%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (3.279%) SAS
5 2 (3.279%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (1.639%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (1.639%) Adobe CQ
6 1 (1.639%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (1.639%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (1.639%) CMS
6 1 (1.639%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (14.75%) MS Office
2 7 (11.48%) MS Excel
3 3 (4.918%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.639%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.639%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.639%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.11%) Internet
2 6 (9.836%) Intranet
3 4 (6.557%) HTTP
4 3 (4.918%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.639%) DHCP
5 1 (1.639%) DNS
5 1 (1.639%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (42.62%) DB2
2 11 (18.03%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.918%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.639%) BODI
4 1 (1.639%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 1 (1.639%) LoadRunner
General
1 34 (55.74%) Finance
2 9 (14.75%) Banking
3 1 (1.639%) Investment Banking
3 1 (1.639%) Arabic Language
3 1 (1.639%) Retail
3 1 (1.639%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.639%) Advertising
3 1 (1.639%) Publishing
3 1 (1.639%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Analyst
2 11 (18.03%) Architect
3 10 (16.39%) Business Analyst
4 9 (14.75%) Java Developer
4 9 (14.75%) Developer
5 8 (13.11%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (9.836%) Support Analyst
6 6 (9.836%) Desktop Support
6 6 (9.836%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 6 (9.836%) Desktop Analyst
7 5 (8.197%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 5 (8.197%) Business Systems Analyst
7 5 (8.197%) Systems Analyst
7 5 (8.197%) Design Engineer
8 3 (4.918%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 3 (4.918%) Security Specialist
8 3 (4.918%) Technical Design Architect
8 3 (4.918%) Technical Architect
9 2 (3.279%) Programmer
9 2 (3.279%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.836%) Blackberry
3 6 (9.836%) iSeries
3 6 (9.836%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.279%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.279%) Physics
4 2 (3.279%) Computer Science
4 2 (3.279%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.639%) PKI
5 1 (1.639%) SWIFT
5 1 (1.639%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.639%) Clustering
5 1 (1.639%) VSAM
5 1 (1.639%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.70%) UNIX
2 18 (29.51%) Windows
3 11 (18.03%) Linux
4 9 (14.75%) zOS
5 6 (9.836%) Solaris
6 1 (1.639%) VME
6 1 (1.639%) MVS
6 1 (1.639%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.39%) E-business
1 10 (16.39%) Scrum
2 9 (14.75%) TDD
2 9 (14.75%) Project Management
2 9 (14.75%) Multithreading
3 7 (11.48%) Change Management
4 6 (9.836%) E-Commerce
4 6 (9.836%) ITIL
4 6 (9.836%) Use Case
4 6 (9.836%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (8.197%) Information Management
5 5 (8.197%) Document Management
5 5 (8.197%) Test Scripting
5 5 (8.197%) UML
6 4 (6.557%) Data Modelling
6 4 (6.557%) Validation
6 4 (6.557%) Migration
6 4 (6.557%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (6.557%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (4.918%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.59%) Java
2 9 (14.75%) SQL
2 9 (14.75%) Haskell
2 9 (14.75%) F#
2 9 (14.75%) Scala
3 3 (4.918%) C
3 3 (4.918%) C++
3 3 (4.918%) Python
4 2 (3.279%) Assembly Language
4 2 (3.279%) REXX
4 2 (3.279%) JCL
5 1 (1.639%) Jython
5 1 (1.639%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.639%) PL/1
5 1 (1.639%) COBOL
5 1 (1.639%) Perl
5 1 (1.639%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (14.75%) Degree
2 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.197%) QA
System Software
1 7 (11.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.639%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (1.639%) SCCM
1 1 (1.639%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 15 (24.59%) IBM
2 10 (16.39%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.75%) Sybase
3 9 (14.75%) Google
4 7 (11.48%) EMC
5 6 (9.836%) Citrix
5 6 (9.836%) Lotus
6 4 (6.557%) Oracle
7 3 (4.918%) CA
7 3 (4.918%) HP
8 2 (3.279%) Unisys
8 2 (3.279%) Teradata
9 1 (1.639%) ICL
9 1 (1.639%) Pega
9 1 (1.639%) Adobe
9 1 (1.639%) Informatica
9 1 (1.639%) NetApp
9 1 (1.639%) Avaya
9 1 (1.639%) Cognos
9 1 (1.639%) Business Objects
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