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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Croydon region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7545
Rank change on same period last yearDown-30
Matching permanent IT job ads119
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.149 %14.62 %
Salaries quoted117
Average minimum salary£32,000£41,824
Average salary£35,000£46,088
% change on same period last year-24.05 %
Average maximum salary£38,000£50,353
UK excluding London average salary£42,003£41,318
% change on same period last year+1.65 %
Croydon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads87130
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.055 %
Salaries quoted78113
Average minimum salary£31,199£37,882
Average salary£33,831£41,214
% change on same period last year-17.91 %
Average maximum salary£36,464£44,546
UK excluding London average salary£37,751£39,165
% change on same period last year-3.61 %
Mainframe LondonMainframe
London

Mainframe
Demand Trend

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

Croydon Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

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

Croydon Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

13 (75.00 %)Insurance
22 (50.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)Cognos
22 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
22 (50.00 %)SAS
22 (50.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
22 (50.00 %)Pensions
22 (50.00 %)Dimensional Modelling
31 (25.00 %)ISTQB
31 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (25.00 %)ISEB
31 (25.00 %)CICS
31 (25.00 %)PRINCE
31 (25.00 %)Micro Focus
31 (25.00 %)DB2
31 (25.00 %)COBOL
31 (25.00 %)J2EE

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
Croydon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)SAS
21 (25.00 %)CICS
Croydon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
12 (50.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
21 (25.00 %)DB2
Croydon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Insurance
22 (50.00 %)Pensions
22 (50.00 %)Finance
Croydon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)COBOL Developer
Croydon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Dimensional Modelling
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE
21 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)COBOL
Croydon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)ISEB
11 (25.00 %)ISTQB
Croydon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Oracle
12 (50.00 %)Cognos
21 (25.00 %)Micro Focus