The first table below looks at the demand for the Mainframe Developer 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframe Developer
Rank 825 856 854
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Mainframe Developer 5 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.006% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.007% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 3
Average salary £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88% -14.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £27,800 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,100 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Mainframe Developer
UK

Mainframe Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Mainframe Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe Developer
Salary Trend

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

England Mainframe Developer Salary Trend

Mainframe Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Mainframe Developer Salary Histogram

Mainframe Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London - 4 £57,500 -
South East - 1 £37,500 -
Mainframe Developer
UK

Mainframe Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Mainframe Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 4 (66.67%) COBOL
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) IBM
3 3 (50.00%) JCL
4 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (33.33%) Assembly Language
4 2 (33.33%) REXX
4 2 (33.33%) zOS
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) C
4 2 (33.33%) DB2
4 2 (33.33%) SAP
4 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) Logistics
4 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (16.67%) Music
5 1 (16.67%) Music Industry
5 1 (16.67%) Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Validation
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) XML
5 1 (16.67%) UNIX
5 1 (16.67%) Windows

Mainframe Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Mainframe Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) CICS
1 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) DB2
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Music
3 1 (16.67%) Music Industry
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (16.67%) AS400
2 1 (16.67%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) zOS
2 1 (16.67%) MVS
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 2 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Product Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) COBOL
2 3 (50.00%) JCL
3 2 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 2 (33.33%) REXX
3 2 (33.33%) C
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) Fortran
4 1 (16.67%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Micro Focus