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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Mainframe skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM Mainframe over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Mainframe
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank10398
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads111
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.415 %3.583 %
Salaries quoted18
Average minimum salary£30,000£51,429
Average salary£32,500£67,500
% change on same period last year-51.85 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£83,571
UK excluding London average salary£36,117£38,022
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads241307
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.132 %
Salaries quoted197251
Average minimum salary£31,644£34,992
Average salary£33,705£39,040
% change on same period last year-13.66 %
Average maximum salary£35,765£43,088
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
IBM Mainframe South EastIBM Mainframe
South East

IBM Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Kent IBM Mainframe Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the Kent region.

Kent IBM Mainframe Salary Trend

IBM Mainframe
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe.

14 (100.00 %)IBM
14 (100.00 %)Mainframe
23 (75.00 %)CICS
23 (75.00 %)DB2
23 (75.00 %)MS Project
23 (75.00 %)COBOL
23 (75.00 %)MS Visio
32 (50.00 %)JCL
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)Insurance
32 (50.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)Health
41 (25.00 %)Data Management
41 (25.00 %)Pensions
41 (25.00 %)Degree
41 (25.00 %)DataFlux
41 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
41 (25.00 %)SAS Macro
41 (25.00 %)Base SAS
41 (25.00 %)Financial Institution
41 (25.00 %)ETL
41 (25.00 %)SAS
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)UNIX
41 (25.00 %)MS Excel
41 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)CICS
21 (25.00 %)SAS
Kent IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (75.00 %)MS Project
13 (75.00 %)MS Visio
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)DB2
21 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
21 (25.00 %)ETL
21 (25.00 %)Base SAS
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Finance
12 (50.00 %)Insurance
21 (25.00 %)Pensions
21 (25.00 %)Health
21 (25.00 %)Financial Institution
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %)Mainframe Developer
31 (25.00 %)SAS Analyst Programmer
31 (25.00 %)COBOL Developer
31 (25.00 %)Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Analyst Programmer
31 (25.00 %)Programmer
31 (25.00 %)SAS Programmer
31 (25.00 %)SAS Developer
31 (25.00 %)SAS Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Developer Analyst
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (100.00 %)Mainframe
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Data Management
11 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)COBOL
22 (50.00 %)JCL
31 (25.00 %)SAS Macro
31 (25.00 %)SQL
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)IBM
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)DataFlux