The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 24 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank - 80 52
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 0 2 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.297% 2.808%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.866% 9.489%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 10
Average salary - £27,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -17.29%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.01%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
160 231 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 35.79% 34.32% 29.59%
Number of salaries quoted 123 189 115
Average salary £36,600 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.40% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,700 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (66.67%) UNIX
2 3 (50.00%) Control-M
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 2 (33.33%) Teradata
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (16.67%) V-Model
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) DB2
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) IBM
4 1 (16.67%) CICS
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 1 (16.67%) zOS
4 1 (16.67%) SUSE

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (16.67%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) DB2
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Operator
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Environment Manager
3 1 (16.67%) MI Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) zOS
2 1 (16.67%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) V-Model
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Business Objects
1 2 (33.33%) Teradata
2 1 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat