The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 136 148 134
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -14
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 29 19 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.936% 0.559% 0.854%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.874% 2.243% 3.099%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 13
Average salary £32,750 £34,250 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.37% +3.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £32,000 £18,300
10% offered a salary of more than £44,750 £40,000 £68,600
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-8.42% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1009 847 968
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 32.56% 24.91% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 863 739 815
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% +1.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

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

East Midlands Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire +2 17 £19,000 -44.52%
Northamptonshire - 11 £34,750 -
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 29 (50.00%) Windows
2 26 (44.83%) DB2
2 26 (44.83%) IBM
3 25 (43.10%) ITIL
4 23 (39.66%) UNIX
4 23 (39.66%) Linux
5 22 (37.93%) CA
6 21 (36.21%) CICS
6 21 (36.21%) REXX
6 21 (36.21%) JCL
7 20 (34.48%) BMC
7 20 (34.48%) ISPF
8 19 (32.76%) MVS
9 18 (31.03%) zOS
9 18 (31.03%) Marketing
10 17 (29.31%) Credit Risk
11 15 (25.86%) Oracle
12 14 (24.14%) Project Management
13 12 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (18.97%) Finance
15 10 (17.24%) SQL Server
16 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
17 8 (13.79%) MS Excel
17 8 (13.79%) Java
18 7 (12.07%) Telecoms
18 7 (12.07%) SQL
18 7 (12.07%) AIX
18 7 (12.07%) ISEB
18 7 (12.07%) Citrix
18 7 (12.07%) Computer Science

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 20 (34.48%) ISPF
2 5 (8.621%) Middleware
2 5 (8.621%) WebSphere
3 2 (3.448%) Spring
4 1 (1.724%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.724%) HTML
4 1 (1.724%) J2EE
4 1 (1.724%) Web Services
4 1 (1.724%) XML
4 1 (1.724%) Swing
4 1 (1.724%) Spring Web Flow
4 1 (1.724%) Apache Axis
4 1 (1.724%) Spring MVC
4 1 (1.724%) Ajax
4 1 (1.724%) OSGi
4 1 (1.724%) RichFaces
Application Platforms
1 21 (36.21%) CICS
2 4 (6.897%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 4 (6.897%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (5.172%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.172%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 2 (3.448%) Apache
5 1 (1.724%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (1.724%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (1.724%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.724%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (1.724%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.724%) TeamSite
Applications
1 8 (13.79%) MS Excel
2 5 (8.621%) MS Office
3 3 (5.172%) MS Project
3 3 (5.172%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.724%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.621%) SSL
2 4 (6.897%) LDAP
2 4 (6.897%) DNS
3 3 (5.172%) Internet
4 2 (3.448%) SAN
4 2 (3.448%) LAN
4 2 (3.448%) HTTP
4 2 (3.448%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.448%) VPN
4 2 (3.448%) IPsec
5 1 (1.724%) Firewall
5 1 (1.724%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (44.83%) DB2
2 10 (17.24%) SQL Server
3 6 (10.34%) MySQL
4 4 (6.897%) DTS
4 4 (6.897%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (3.448%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (3.448%) ChangeMan
2 1 (1.724%) NetBeans
2 1 (1.724%) Maven
2 1 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.724%) NetBeans IDE
General
1 18 (31.03%) Marketing
2 11 (18.97%) Finance
3 7 (12.07%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.724%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Programmer
1 18 (31.03%) Systems Programmer
2 15 (25.86%) Mainframe Programmer
3 14 (24.14%) Analyst
4 8 (13.79%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (12.07%) Test Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Test Analyst
7 3 (5.172%) Service Manager
7 3 (5.172%) Systems Test Analyst
7 3 (5.172%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.172%) Junior
7 3 (5.172%) Software Engineer
7 3 (5.172%) Developer
7 3 (5.172%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (5.172%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (5.172%) Administrator
8 2 (3.448%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
8 2 (3.448%) Infrastructure Services Manager
8 2 (3.448%) Infrastructure Services Project Manager
8 2 (3.448%) Data Centre Technician
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.31%) Credit Risk
2 7 (12.07%) Computer Science
2 7 (12.07%) IBM Mainframe
3 4 (6.897%) Tandem
4 3 (5.172%) Digital Media
5 2 (3.448%) Open Source
5 2 (3.448%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (3.448%) SecurID
5 2 (3.448%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.724%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 29 (50.00%) Windows
2 23 (39.66%) UNIX
2 23 (39.66%) Linux
3 19 (32.76%) MVS
4 18 (31.03%) zOS
5 7 (12.07%) AIX
6 5 (8.621%) Solaris
7 4 (6.897%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.10%) ITIL
2 14 (24.14%) Project Management
3 12 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (10.34%) Analytics
4 6 (10.34%) Incident Management
5 5 (8.621%) Automated Testing
5 5 (8.621%) Time Management
6 4 (6.897%) Data Migration
6 4 (6.897%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (6.897%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (6.897%) Test Scripting
6 4 (6.897%) Fault Management
6 4 (6.897%) Migration
7 3 (5.172%) Business Continuity
7 3 (5.172%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.172%) Change Management
7 3 (5.172%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (3.448%) Network Architecture
8 2 (3.448%) Marketing Analytics
8 2 (3.448%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) REXX
1 21 (36.21%) JCL
2 8 (13.79%) Java
3 7 (12.07%) SQL
4 4 (6.897%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.448%) COBOL
6 1 (1.724%) Perl
6 1 (1.724%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.724%) Python
6 1 (1.724%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 7 (12.07%) ISEB
1 7 (12.07%) Degree
2 4 (6.897%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.897%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.448%) PMP
3 2 (3.448%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.448%) QA
1 2 (3.448%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.172%) RACF
2 2 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Control-M
1 6 (10.34%) Tivoli
2 3 (5.172%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 2 (3.448%) Unicenter
4 1 (1.724%) SCCM
4 1 (1.724%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 1 (1.724%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 26 (44.83%) IBM
2 22 (37.93%) CA
3 20 (34.48%) BMC
4 15 (25.86%) Oracle
5 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
6 7 (12.07%) Citrix
7 4 (6.897%) SolarWinds
8 2 (3.448%) Siebel
8 2 (3.448%) Sun
8 2 (3.448%) JBoss
8 2 (3.448%) SAP
8 2 (3.448%) Business Objects
8 2 (3.448%) VMware
9 1 (1.724%) webMethods
9 1 (1.724%) HP
9 1 (1.724%) Interwoven
East Midlands
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Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
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East Midlands
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Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
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