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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5884
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching permanent IT job ads1011
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below6.250 %4.280 %
Salaries quoted56
Average minimum salary£48,600£38,833
Average salary£55,300£48,500
% change on same period last year+14.02 %
Average maximum salary£62,000£58,167
UK excluding London average salary£42,003£41,318
% change on same period last year+1.65 %
Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads160257
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.108 %
Salaries quoted126183
Average minimum salary£39,710£44,657
Average salary£42,976£49,500
% change on same period last year-13.18 %
Average maximum salary£46,241£54,344
UK excluding London average salary£37,751£39,165
% change on same period last year-3.61 %
Mainframe EnglandMainframe
England

Mainframe
Demand Trend

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

Midlands Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

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

Midlands Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Midlands Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

115 (60.00 %)IBM
212 (48.00 %)Microsoft
212 (48.00 %)UNIX
311 (44.00 %)IBM Mainframe
410 (40.00 %)Windows
410 (40.00 %)Oracle
410 (40.00 %)Client/Server
59 (36.00 %).NET
59 (36.00 %)SQL Server
59 (36.00 %)Service Delivery
59 (36.00 %)Finance
68 (32.00 %)Billing
68 (32.00 %)Business Analysis
68 (32.00 %)BizTalk Server
68 (32.00 %)SAP
68 (32.00 %)MS Excel
75 (20.00 %)Information Security
84 (16.00 %)ITIL
93 (12.00 %)AIX
93 (12.00 %)TCP/IP
93 (12.00 %)SLA
93 (12.00 %)Service Management
93 (12.00 %)CISA
93 (12.00 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (12.00 %)NetApp
93 (12.00 %)Supplier Management
93 (12.00 %)Banking
102 (8.000 %)Tandem
102 (8.000 %)Government
102 (8.000 %)Legal

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (36.00 %).NET
21 (4.000 %)ISPF
21 (4.000 %)WebSphere
Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (32.00 %)BizTalk Server
21 (4.000 %)MQSeries
Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (32.00 %)MS Excel
Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (12.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.000 %)LAN
21 (4.000 %)WAN
Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (36.00 %)SQL Server
Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (36.00 %)Finance
28 (32.00 %)Billing
33 (12.00 %)Banking
42 (8.000 %)Government
42 (8.000 %)Legal
51 (4.000 %)Manufacturing
Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (36.00 %)Analyst
28 (32.00 %)Systems Analyst
35 (20.00 %)Architect
43 (12.00 %)IT Auditor
43 (12.00 %)Services Delivery Manager
43 (12.00 %)Service Manager
43 (12.00 %)Delivery Manager
43 (12.00 %)Auditor
52 (8.000 %)Security Architect
52 (8.000 %)Infrastructure Architect
61 (4.000 %)Infrastructure Manager
61 (4.000 %)Developer
61 (4.000 %)Lead Designer
61 (4.000 %)Storage Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Security Manager
61 (4.000 %)Lead Architect
61 (4.000 %)Software Developer
Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (44.00 %)IBM Mainframe
210 (40.00 %)Client/Server
32 (8.000 %)Tandem
Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (48.00 %)UNIX
210 (40.00 %)Windows
33 (12.00 %)AIX
33 (12.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (36.00 %)Service Delivery
28 (32.00 %)Business Analysis
35 (20.00 %)Information Security
44 (16.00 %)ITIL
53 (12.00 %)Service Management
53 (12.00 %)Supplier Management
62 (8.000 %)Risk Management
71 (4.000 %)Security Management
Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.000 %)C#
11 (4.000 %)VB
11 (4.000 %)VB.NET
11 (4.000 %)JCL
11 (4.000 %)VB6
Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (12.00 %)CISA
22 (8.000 %)QiCA
Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (12.00 %)SLA
22 (8.000 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (60.00 %)IBM
212 (48.00 %)Microsoft
310 (40.00 %)Oracle
48 (32.00 %)SAP
53 (12.00 %)NetApp
62 (8.000 %)Unisys
71 (4.000 %)StorageTek
71 (4.000 %)EMC
71 (4.000 %)Intel
71 (4.000 %)Citrix