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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 34 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 0.602% 1.500% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.846% 4.615% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £39,500 £32,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.61% -
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-8.42% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
26 65 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 15.66% 32.50% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 23 52 18
Average salary £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £25,100 £26,200
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £37,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
West Yorkshire

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Unisys
2 1 (50.00%) zOS
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (50.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Unisys