The first table below looks at the demand for the Mainframe Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframe Architect
Rank 832 867 -
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Mainframe Architect 12 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.002% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Mainframe Architect
UK

Mainframe Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Mainframe Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe Architect
Salary Trend

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

England Mainframe Architect Salary Trend

Mainframe Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Mainframe Architect Salary Histogram

Mainframe Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +22 10 £55,000 - 1
London - 1 £50,500 -
North West - 1 £70,000 -
Mainframe Architect
UK

Mainframe Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Mainframe Architect in their job title 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 with Mainframe Architect in their job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 25 (96.15%) DB2
3 22 (84.62%) COBOL
4 20 (76.92%) ETL
5 19 (73.08%) Web Services
5 19 (73.08%) MQSeries
5 19 (73.08%) Data Modelling
6 17 (65.38%) Capacity Planning
7 15 (57.69%) Oracle 11g
7 15 (57.69%) SOA
7 15 (57.69%) Oracle
7 15 (57.69%) CICS
8 14 (53.85%) JCL
9 13 (50.00%) FTP
10 11 (42.31%) XML Schema
10 11 (42.31%) XML
11 10 (38.46%) XSLT
11 10 (38.46%) B2B
12 9 (34.62%) UML
12 9 (34.62%) OOA/OOD
12 9 (34.62%) CA Endevor
13 8 (30.77%) Load Balancing
13 8 (30.77%) BODI
13 8 (30.77%) Business Objects
13 8 (30.77%) Cognos
13 8 (30.77%) J2EE
13 8 (30.77%) Informatica
14 6 (23.08%) PL/1
15 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
16 4 (15.38%) Finance

Mainframe Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Mainframe Architect in their job title 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 with Mainframe Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (73.08%) Web Services
2 11 (42.31%) XML Schema
2 11 (42.31%) XML
3 10 (38.46%) XSLT
4 8 (30.77%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 19 (73.08%) MQSeries
2 15 (57.69%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (96.15%) DB2
2 15 (57.69%) Oracle 11g
3 8 (30.77%) BODI
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 26 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.846%) IBM Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) ETL
2 19 (73.08%) Data Modelling
3 17 (65.38%) Capacity Planning
4 15 (57.69%) SOA
5 10 (38.46%) B2B
6 9 (34.62%) UML
6 9 (34.62%) OOA/OOD
7 8 (30.77%) Load Balancing
8 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.846%) Zachman Framework
9 1 (3.846%) TOGAF
9 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
9 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
9 1 (3.846%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (84.62%) COBOL
2 14 (53.85%) JCL
3 6 (23.08%) PL/1
4 2 (7.692%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 15 (57.69%) Oracle
2 8 (30.77%) Business Objects
2 8 (30.77%) Cognos
2 8 (30.77%) Informatica
3 2 (7.692%) IBM
4 1 (3.846%) Teradata
4 1 (3.846%) HP
4 1 (3.846%) Unisys
Kent, South East
Mainframe architect - Chatham, Kent - up to £60K + benefitsKey skills: Cobol, DB2, Data Modelling, Database Design, SOA, Webservices, J2EE, COTS integrationOur client is a large outsourcing services company who...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 11 June 2013