Manchester IBM Mainframe Jobs

This section looks at the demand for IBM Mainframe skills within the Manchester 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 last 3 months to 20 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Mainframe
Location Aylesbury Basildon Belfast Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leicester Leicestershire London Lytham St Annes Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Salford Scotland Sheffield Skelmersdale Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Surrey Tunbridge Wells UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	184	191
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching permanent IT job ads	8	11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	1.004 %	1.198 %
Salaries quoted	8	11
Average minimum salary	£28,250	£37,445
Average salary	£30,438	£40,268
% change on same period last year	-24.41 %
Average maximum salary	£32,625	£43,091
UK excluding London average salary	£38,865	£40,234
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
Miscellaneous Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads	797	918
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.388 %	0.406 %
Salaries quoted	674	785
Average minimum salary	£34,982	£34,227
Average salary	£38,934	£38,934
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£42,885	£43,641
UK excluding London average salary	£38,589	£39,074
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
IBM Mainframe North West

IBM Mainframe
Demand Trend

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

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend

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

IBM Mainframe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

IBM Mainframe
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Salford	-	2	£27,000	-

IBM Mainframe North West

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing IBM Mainframe also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing IBM Mainframe.

1 24 (100.00 %) IBM 1 24 (100.00 %) Mainframe 2 7 (29.17 %) DB2 3 6 (25.00 %) Unix 4 5 (20.83 %) Retail 5 4 (16.67 %) Tandem 5 4 (16.67 %) Banking 5 4 (16.67 %) Pensions 5 4 (16.67 %) Windows 5 4 (16.67 %) VMS 5 4 (16.67 %) SLA 5 4 (16.67 %) CICS 5 4 (16.67 %) COBOL 5 4 (16.67 %) RACF 5 4 (16.67 %) JCL

5 4 (16.67 %) Service Management 5 4 (16.67 %) AS400 5 4 (16.67 %) Finance 6 3 (12.50 %) MVS 6 3 (12.50 %) Manual Testing 7 2 (8.333 %) Test Scripting 7 2 (8.333 %) Business Analysis 7 2 (8.333 %) Automated Testing 7 2 (8.333 %) Intel 7 2 (8.333 %) ISEB 7 2 (8.333 %) MS Visio 7 2 (8.333 %) Change Management 8 1 (4.167 %) Rational Robot 8 1 (4.167 %) WinRunner 8 1 (4.167 %) QuickTest Pro

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing IBM Mainframe also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing IBM Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (4.167 %) ISPF	Application Platforms 1 4 (16.67 %) CICS
Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) MS Visio	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (29.17 %) DB2 2 1 (4.167 %) DB2 UDB
Development Applications 1 1 (4.167 %) WinRunner 1 1 (4.167 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (4.167 %) LoadRunner 1 1 (4.167 %) Rational Robot	General 1 5 (20.83 %) Retail 2 4 (16.67 %) Finance 2 4 (16.67 %) Banking 2 4 (16.67 %) Pensions 3 1 (4.167 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 10 (41.67 %) Analyst 2 4 (16.67 %) Tester 3 3 (12.50 %) Systems Analyst 3 3 (12.50 %) Operations Analyst 4 2 (8.333 %) Software Tester 4 2 (8.333 %) Systems Tester 4 2 (8.333 %) Mainframe Operator 4 2 (8.333 %) Business Analyst 4 2 (8.333 %) Test Analyst 5 1 (4.167 %) DBA 5 1 (4.167 %) Senior Analyst 5 1 (4.167 %) Test Team Leader 5 1 (4.167 %) Team Leader 5 1 (4.167 %) Senior Systems Analyst 5 1 (4.167 %) DB2 DBA	Miscellaneous 1 24 (100.00 %) Mainframe 2 4 (16.67 %) AS400 2 4 (16.67 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 6 (25.00 %) Unix 2 4 (16.67 %) Windows 2 4 (16.67 %) VMS 3 3 (12.50 %) MVS 4 1 (4.167 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (16.67 %) Service Management 2 3 (12.50 %) Manual Testing 3 2 (8.333 %) Test Scripting 3 2 (8.333 %) Business Analysis 3 2 (8.333 %) Change Management 3 2 (8.333 %) Automated Testing 4 1 (4.167 %) Systems Analysis 4 1 (4.167 %) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages 1 4 (16.67 %) COBOL 1 4 (16.67 %) JCL	Qualifications 1 2 (8.333 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (16.67 %) SLA	System Software 1 4 (16.67 %) RACF
Vendors 1 24 (100.00 %) IBM 2 2 (8.333 %) Intel