The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 121 121 143
Rank change year-on-year
0 +22
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 68 55 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.617% 1.464% 0.550%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.592% 5.184% 2.074%
Number of salaries quoted 62 25 21
Average salary £40,000 £55,000 £58,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.27% -5.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £40,348 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1216 1061 1061
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 28.92% 28.23% 26.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1067 861 952
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Mainframe
North West

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
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Mainframe
North West

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 58 (69.88%) Finance
2 43 (51.81%) IBM
3 42 (50.60%) IBM Mainframe
4 36 (43.37%) JCL
5 30 (36.14%) UNIX
6 27 (32.53%) Teradata
7 26 (31.33%) Oracle
8 25 (30.12%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (30.12%) DataStage
9 24 (28.92%) Ab Initio
10 23 (27.71%) Windows
11 22 (26.51%) COBOL
11 22 (26.51%) ETL
12 21 (25.30%) Banking
13 20 (24.10%) Financial Institution
14 18 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (21.69%) Siebel
14 18 (21.69%) SQL
15 16 (19.28%) ITIL
16 15 (18.07%) Linux
16 15 (18.07%) Risk Management
17 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
18 13 (15.66%) DB2
19 12 (14.46%) Java
20 10 (12.05%) CICS
20 10 (12.05%) zOS
20 10 (12.05%) Project Management
20 10 (12.05%) Shell Script
21 9 (10.84%) HP
21 9 (10.84%) Oracle 8/8i

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 9 (10.84%) WebSphere
2 8 (9.639%) J2EE
2 8 (9.639%) JSP
3 5 (6.024%) Middleware
3 5 (6.024%) JMS
3 5 (6.024%) Web Services
4 4 (4.819%) ISPF
4 4 (4.819%) JNDI
4 4 (4.819%) JDBC
4 4 (4.819%) Struts
4 4 (4.819%) .NET
4 4 (4.819%) WebSphere MQ
4 4 (4.819%) Hibernate
5 3 (3.614%) HTML
5 3 (3.614%) CSS
5 3 (3.614%) Spring
6 1 (1.205%) WSDL
6 1 (1.205%) XML
6 1 (1.205%) XSD
6 1 (1.205%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 10 (12.05%) CICS
2 6 (7.229%) Apache
2 6 (7.229%) Tomcat
3 4 (4.819%) ESB
3 4 (4.819%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 4 (4.819%) SAS
4 3 (3.614%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (3.614%) GlassFish
4 3 (3.614%) Apache Solr
5 1 (1.205%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (8.434%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.410%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.024%) Firewall
2 3 (3.614%) LAN
2 3 (3.614%) WAN
2 3 (3.614%) HTTP
3 2 (2.410%) Intranet
3 2 (2.410%) Internet
4 1 (1.205%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (30.12%) Data Warehouse
1 25 (30.12%) DataStage
2 13 (15.66%) DB2
3 9 (10.84%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (3.614%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.614%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (2.410%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.614%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.205%) ClearCase
2 1 (1.205%) Subversion
General
1 58 (69.88%) Finance
2 21 (25.30%) Banking
3 20 (24.10%) Financial Institution
4 8 (9.639%) Retail
4 8 (9.639%) Advertising
5 3 (3.614%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.614%) Retail Banking
6 2 (2.410%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (18.07%) Analyst
2 8 (9.639%) Support Manager
2 8 (9.639%) Production Manager
2 8 (9.639%) Tester
3 7 (8.434%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.229%) Test Analyst
4 6 (7.229%) Developer
5 5 (6.024%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (4.819%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 4 (4.819%) Security Analyst
6 4 (4.819%) Java Developer
7 3 (3.614%) Operations Manager
7 3 (3.614%) Systems Tester
7 3 (3.614%) Solutions Designer
7 3 (3.614%) Junior
7 3 (3.614%) Designer
7 3 (3.614%) Test Leader
7 3 (3.614%) Operations Analyst
7 3 (3.614%) Technical Leader
8 2 (2.410%) Lead Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 42 (50.60%) IBM Mainframe
2 4 (4.819%) PMI
2 4 (4.819%) AS400
3 2 (2.410%) Tandem
4 1 (1.205%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 30 (36.14%) UNIX
2 23 (27.71%) Windows
3 15 (18.07%) Linux
4 10 (12.05%) zOS
5 3 (3.614%) SUSE
5 3 (3.614%) Solaris
5 3 (3.614%) VMS
6 2 (2.410%) AIX
7 1 (1.205%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.51%) ETL
2 18 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (19.28%) ITIL
4 15 (18.07%) Risk Management
5 10 (12.05%) Project Management
6 8 (9.639%) PRINCE2
7 6 (7.229%) Migration
7 6 (7.229%) Service Management
8 5 (6.024%) Change Management
8 5 (6.024%) Workflow
8 5 (6.024%) Incident Management
9 4 (4.819%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (4.819%) Software Engineering
9 4 (4.819%) Data Management
9 4 (4.819%) Waterfall
9 4 (4.819%) Test Scripting
9 4 (4.819%) Matrix Management
9 4 (4.819%) RUP
9 4 (4.819%) PRINCE
9 4 (4.819%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 36 (43.37%) JCL
2 22 (26.51%) COBOL
3 18 (21.69%) SQL
4 12 (14.46%) Java
5 10 (12.05%) Shell Script
6 9 (10.84%) Perl
7 5 (6.024%) REXX
8 4 (4.819%) JavaScript
8 4 (4.819%) C#
9 3 (3.614%) C
10 2 (2.410%) VBA
10 2 (2.410%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (4.819%) Degree
1 4 (4.819%) Sun Certification
1 4 (4.819%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.614%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.410%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.819%) RACF
2 2 (2.410%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.614%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.205%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.205%) Tivoli NetView
2 1 (1.205%) CA Wily
2 1 (1.205%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 43 (51.81%) IBM
2 27 (32.53%) Teradata
3 26 (31.33%) Oracle
4 24 (28.92%) Ab Initio
5 18 (21.69%) Siebel
6 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
7 9 (10.84%) HP
8 5 (6.024%) VMware
8 5 (6.024%) Citrix
8 5 (6.024%) Unisys
9 4 (4.819%) Endeca
9 4 (4.819%) JBoss
9 4 (4.819%) Sun
9 4 (4.819%) FatWire
10 3 (3.614%) Red Hat
11 2 (2.410%) Business Objects
12 1 (1.205%) CA
Manchester, North West
Datastage ETL tool which supports Transformation of data for a number of significant systems *Teradata performance tuning, query optimization, design and application builds, Unix Shell Scripting *IBM Mainframe,...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £30000 - £51000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 11 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Teradata V13, IBM Mainframe JCL, TSO, COBOL Datastage v8.1, Ab Initio, SQL Our client is one of the leading, multinational financial services corporations in the world who...
TEKsystems
Salary: £28000 - £36000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 15 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Teradata V13, IBM Mainframe JCL, TSO, COBOL Datastage v8.1, Ab Initio, SQL Our client is one of the leading, multinational financial services corporations in the world who...
TEKsystems
Salary: £41000 - £51000 per annum + bonus + Car (Dependent on salary)
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You must have a successful background of delivering IT Infrastructure projects, ideally within a Financial Services organisation, or large scale private sector organisations, and these roles will provide...
Head Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits package inc. car allowance
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
This Developer would be fully trained on the banks Teradata data warehouse and would be joining a large team of highly skilled developers who covered Teradata, Datastage and...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Huxley Associates
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Huxley Associates
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013