The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 24 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 57 84 80
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -4
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 27 6 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.521% 0.441% 1.338%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.766% 1.504% 4.615%
Number of salaries quoted 19 4 18
Average salary £45,000 £42,270 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.45% +37.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,200 £38,462 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £55,500 £52,400
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.01%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
308 399 455
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 28.76% 29.30% 29.00%
Number of salaries quoted 189 297 310
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,050 £22,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,900 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
Scotland

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 57 (86.36%) Finance
2 33 (50.00%) Project Management
3 29 (43.94%) UNIX
4 18 (27.27%) Linux
5 15 (22.73%) Middleware
5 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
6 14 (21.21%) ISEB
6 14 (21.21%) Business Analysis
7 13 (19.70%) Windows
8 12 (18.18%) MS Excel
8 12 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 12 (18.18%) ISEB Practitioner
9 11 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (16.67%) Service Management
9 11 (16.67%) Citrix
10 10 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (15.15%) SAS
10 10 (15.15%) AIX
10 10 (15.15%) Banking
11 9 (13.64%) Degree
11 9 (13.64%) VMware
11 9 (13.64%) SQL
11 9 (13.64%) IBM
11 9 (13.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 9 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
12 8 (12.12%) Base SAS
12 8 (12.12%) PRINCE2
13 7 (10.61%) MS Exchange
13 7 (10.61%) Service Delivery
13 7 (10.61%) Retail Banking

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 15 (22.73%) Middleware
2 4 (6.061%) WebSphere
3 2 (3.030%) .NET
4 1 (1.515%) J2EE
4 1 (1.515%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (15.15%) SAS
2 7 (10.61%) MS Exchange
3 4 (6.061%) WebSphere Portal
3 4 (6.061%) IBM HTTP Server
3 4 (6.061%) WebSphere Process Server
3 4 (6.061%) MQSeries
3 4 (6.061%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (4.545%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.545%) Lync
5 2 (3.030%) Adobe CQ
5 2 (3.030%) Apache
6 1 (1.515%) MTS
6 1 (1.515%) CICS
Applications
1 12 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.545%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.091%) Firewall
1 6 (9.091%) Intranet
1 6 (9.091%) Internet
2 4 (6.061%) Network Security
2 4 (6.061%) VoIP
2 4 (6.061%) HTTP
3 2 (3.030%) Wireless
4 1 (1.515%) LDAP
4 1 (1.515%) OSPF
4 1 (1.515%) BGP
4 1 (1.515%) EIGRP
4 1 (1.515%) X.500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (13.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 8 (12.12%) Base SAS
4 1 (1.515%) PowerCenter
General
1 57 (86.36%) Finance
2 10 (15.15%) Banking
3 7 (10.61%) Retail Banking
3 7 (10.61%) Retail
4 4 (6.061%) Advertising
5 3 (4.545%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.030%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Analyst
2 14 (21.21%) Business Analyst
2 14 (21.21%) Infrastructure Manager
3 13 (19.70%) Consultant
4 9 (13.64%) SAS Consultant
5 8 (12.12%) Architect
5 8 (12.12%) Project Manager
6 6 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.061%) Security Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (4.545%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (4.545%) Service Manager
8 3 (4.545%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (4.545%) Senior Manager
8 3 (4.545%) Infrastructure Services Manager
9 2 (3.030%) Designer
9 2 (3.030%) Service Desk Technician
9 2 (3.030%) Web Analyst
9 2 (3.030%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.030%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.576%) iSeries
2 1 (1.515%) PMI
2 1 (1.515%) PKI
2 1 (1.515%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.515%) Reference Data
2 1 (1.515%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 29 (43.94%) UNIX
2 18 (27.27%) Linux
3 13 (19.70%) Windows
4 10 (15.15%) AIX
5 4 (6.061%) zOS
6 3 (4.545%) Windows XP
6 3 (4.545%) Windows 7
7 2 (3.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.00%) Project Management
2 14 (21.21%) Business Analysis
3 12 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (16.67%) Service Management
5 8 (12.12%) PRINCE2
6 7 (10.61%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.576%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (7.576%) Incident Management
8 4 (6.061%) Information Security
8 4 (6.061%) Business Development
8 4 (6.061%) Operations Management
9 3 (4.545%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (3.030%) Metadata Management
10 2 (3.030%) Capacity Management
10 2 (3.030%) Process Management
10 2 (3.030%) Security Management
10 2 (3.030%) Risk Management
10 2 (3.030%) Workflow
10 2 (3.030%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.64%) SQL
2 4 (6.061%) Perl
3 3 (4.545%) Java
4 2 (3.030%) Jython
4 2 (3.030%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.030%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (21.21%) ISEB
2 12 (18.18%) ISEB Practitioner
3 9 (13.64%) Degree
4 2 (3.030%) CISA
4 2 (3.030%) CISM
4 2 (3.030%) CISSP
5 1 (1.515%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.515%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.515%) CCIE
5 1 (1.515%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.515%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.515%) COBIT
System Software
1 9 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.576%) Active Directory
3 4 (6.061%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.515%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (3.030%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.67%) Citrix
3 9 (13.64%) VMware
3 9 (13.64%) IBM
4 4 (6.061%) Intel
5 3 (4.545%) Oracle
5 3 (4.545%) Lotus
6 2 (3.030%) Teradata
6 2 (3.030%) Informatica
6 2 (3.030%) Adobe
6 2 (3.030%) JBoss