The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MVS 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 of the Operating Systems category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank 785 812 830
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +18
Permanent jobs citing MVS 45 51 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.045% 0.045% 0.025%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.164% 0.167% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 34 18 19
Average salary £41,250 £44,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -12.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,350 £31,900
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £87,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -31.57%
All Operating Systems
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
27455 30466 29255
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.22% 26.82% 25.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23399 26370 24771
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
MVS
UK

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MVS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

England MVS Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Salary Trend

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

England MVS Salary Trend

MVS
Salary Histogram

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

England MVS Salary Histogram

MVS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MVS 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
East Midlands +10 15 £32,500 -
London +34 13 £70,000 -20.00%
North West +7 5 £32,000 -60.00%
West Midlands -14 5 £33,750 +20.53%
South East +6 4 £62,500 -
South West -16 2 £45,000 +7.14%
Yorkshire -20 1 £30,000 +7.14%
MVS
UK

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing MVS 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 MVS.

1 45 (54.88%) Mainframe
2 41 (50.00%) JCL
3 37 (45.12%) DB2
4 36 (43.90%) UNIX
5 34 (41.46%) REXX
6 28 (34.15%) Finance
6 28 (34.15%) ITIL
7 27 (32.93%) zOS
8 25 (30.49%) Linux
9 24 (29.27%) CA
9 24 (29.27%) ISPF
10 23 (28.05%) CICS
11 21 (25.61%) Degree
12 19 (23.17%) MS Excel
13 18 (21.95%) BMC
14 17 (20.73%) IBM
14 17 (20.73%) Windows
15 16 (19.51%) TCP/IP
16 15 (18.29%) MS Office
16 15 (18.29%) Oracle
16 15 (18.29%) Marketing
17 14 (17.07%) Banking
17 14 (17.07%) SQL Server
17 14 (17.07%) COBOL
17 14 (17.07%) HTTPS
17 14 (17.07%) Risk Management
18 13 (15.85%) CheckPoint
18 13 (15.85%) FTP
18 13 (15.85%) NetScaler
19 12 (14.63%) Credit Risk

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing MVS 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 MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (29.27%) ISPF
2 7 (8.537%) .NET
3 6 (7.317%) ODBC
4 5 (6.098%) ASP
4 5 (6.098%) CSS
4 5 (6.098%) HTML
5 4 (4.878%) ASP.NET
6 3 (3.659%) WCF
7 2 (2.439%) LINQ
7 2 (2.439%) XML
7 2 (2.439%) Flash
7 2 (2.439%) XHTML
7 2 (2.439%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.220%) LAMP
8 1 (1.220%) NHibernate
8 1 (1.220%) Django
8 1 (1.220%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.220%) Ninject
8 1 (1.220%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (1.220%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 23 (28.05%) CICS
2 3 (3.659%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (3.659%) MQSeries
2 3 (3.659%) SAS
3 2 (2.439%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (2.439%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (2.439%) Lync
4 1 (1.220%) Magento
4 1 (1.220%) nginx
4 1 (1.220%) Exstream Dialogue
4 1 (1.220%) Apache
4 1 (1.220%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (23.17%) MS Excel
2 15 (18.29%) MS Office
3 6 (7.317%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (7.317%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.439%) Fireworks
4 2 (2.439%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.220%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.659%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (3.659%) Maximo
2 2 (2.439%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.439%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.220%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 16 (19.51%) TCP/IP
2 14 (17.07%) HTTPS
3 13 (15.85%) FTP
3 13 (15.85%) NetScaler
4 7 (8.537%) Firewall
4 7 (8.537%) Internet
5 3 (3.659%) LDAP
5 3 (3.659%) SAN
5 3 (3.659%) SSH
6 2 (2.439%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (2.439%) WPA2
6 2 (2.439%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.439%) WAAS
6 2 (2.439%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (2.439%) HSRP
6 2 (2.439%) WAN
6 2 (2.439%) SSL
6 2 (2.439%) IPv4
6 2 (2.439%) IPv6
6 2 (2.439%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (45.12%) DB2
2 14 (17.07%) SQL Server
3 7 (8.537%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.659%) Oracle OWB
4 3 (3.659%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (3.659%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (2.439%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 9 (10.98%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (1.220%) NUnit
2 1 (1.220%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.220%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 28 (34.15%) Finance
2 15 (18.29%) Marketing
3 14 (17.07%) Banking
4 12 (14.63%) Investment Banking
5 9 (10.98%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.878%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.659%) Retail Banking
7 3 (3.659%) Private Banking
7 3 (3.659%) Retail
8 2 (2.439%) Billing
9 1 (1.220%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (26.83%) Programmer
2 19 (23.17%) Systems Administrator
2 19 (23.17%) Administrator
2 19 (23.17%) Systems Programmer
3 15 (18.29%) Mainframe Programmer
4 8 (9.756%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 7 (8.537%) Developer
5 7 (8.537%) Consultant
6 6 (7.317%) Analyst
7 5 (6.098%) Applications Support
8 4 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (4.878%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.878%) Mainframe Consultant
9 3 (3.659%) Software Programmer
10 2 (2.439%) Applications Support Analyst
10 2 (2.439%) Oracle Consultant
10 2 (2.439%) Technical Support
10 2 (2.439%) Senior Developer
10 2 (2.439%) Architect
10 2 (2.439%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 45 (54.88%) Mainframe
2 12 (14.63%) Credit Risk
3 10 (12.20%) Management Information System
4 9 (10.98%) Digital Media
5 5 (6.098%) W3C
6 4 (4.878%) Statistics
7 3 (3.659%) Online Banking
7 3 (3.659%) Computer Science
7 3 (3.659%) LPAR
7 3 (3.659%) VSAM
8 2 (2.439%) PKI
8 2 (2.439%) Clustering
8 2 (2.439%) Blackberry
8 2 (2.439%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (2.439%) iPhone
8 2 (2.439%) iPad
9 1 (1.220%) Open Source
9 1 (1.220%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (1.220%) AS400
9 1 (1.220%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 36 (43.90%) UNIX
2 27 (32.93%) zOS
3 25 (30.49%) Linux
4 17 (20.73%) Windows
5 7 (8.537%) Windows NT
6 6 (7.317%) AIX
7 1 (1.220%) VMS
7 1 (1.220%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.15%) ITIL
2 14 (17.07%) Risk Management
3 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (10.98%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (10.98%) Configuration Management
4 9 (10.98%) Unit Testing
5 7 (8.537%) Data Modelling
5 7 (8.537%) Asset Management
6 6 (7.317%) ERP
6 6 (7.317%) Project Management
6 6 (7.317%) Service Delivery
6 6 (7.317%) Use Case
7 5 (6.098%) Business Analysis
8 4 (4.878%) PDM
8 4 (4.878%) Time Management
8 4 (4.878%) Budget Control
9 3 (3.659%) Investment Management
9 3 (3.659%) Wealth Management
9 3 (3.659%) Workflow
9 3 (3.659%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 41 (50.00%) JCL
2 34 (41.46%) REXX
3 14 (17.07%) COBOL
4 11 (13.41%) Shell Script
5 10 (12.20%) VB
6 9 (10.98%) C#
7 8 (9.756%) C++
7 8 (9.756%) ActionScript
7 8 (9.756%) SQL
7 8 (9.756%) ActionScript 2.0
8 7 (8.537%) Korn
9 6 (7.317%) Bash shell
9 6 (7.317%) PHP
10 5 (6.098%) Perl
10 5 (6.098%) Python
10 5 (6.098%) PowerShell
11 3 (3.659%) Assembly Language
11 3 (3.659%) JavaScript
12 2 (2.439%) PL/SQL
12 2 (2.439%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (25.61%) Degree
2 2 (2.439%) CCNP
2 2 (2.439%) CISSP
2 2 (2.439%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.439%) PMP
2 2 (2.439%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.439%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.63%) SLA
2 3 (3.659%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.439%) Snort
1 2 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.220%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (1.220%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (6.098%) Unicenter
1 5 (6.098%) Control-M
1 5 (6.098%) OMEGAMON
2 2 (2.439%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (2.439%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (2.439%) CiscoWorks
2 2 (2.439%) Tivoli NetView
3 1 (1.220%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.220%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 24 (29.27%) CA
2 18 (21.95%) BMC
3 17 (20.73%) IBM
4 15 (18.29%) Oracle
5 13 (15.85%) CheckPoint
6 9 (10.98%) Perforce
7 3 (3.659%) Microsoft
7 3 (3.659%) Teradata
8 2 (2.439%) Northgate
8 2 (2.439%) Brocade
8 2 (2.439%) Polycom
8 2 (2.439%) Tandberg
8 2 (2.439%) Riverbed
8 2 (2.439%) Citrix
8 2 (2.439%) Juniper
8 2 (2.439%) SAP
8 2 (2.439%) Cisco
8 2 (2.439%) VMware
9 1 (1.220%) EMC
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