The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 23 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 58 - 45
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 2 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.415% - 0.966%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.062% - 2.985%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
Average salary £41,500 - £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
97 125 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 20.12% 27.53% 32.37%
Number of salaries quoted 80 114 120
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,060 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
Tyne and Wear

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) VB
2 5 (50.00%) VB.NET
2 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 5 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 4 (40.00%) UNIX
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
5 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Apple
5 2 (20.00%) Middleware
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
6 1 (10.00%) Legal
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) XML

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (10.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Configuration Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 2 (20.00%) Release Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) UNIX
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) RDF
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) VB
2 5 (50.00%) VB.NET
2 5 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
2 2 (20.00%) Apple
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft