The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Mainframe
Rank 202 193 218
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +25
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 41 54 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.571% 0.761% 0.233%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.065% 2.817% 0.929%
Number of salaries quoted 40 51 8
Average salary £39,500 £52,000 £56,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.03% -7.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £41,620 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £67,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £52,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-24.03% +40.54%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1985 1917 1722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.63% 27.01% 25.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1679 1600 1496
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,225 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
IBM Mainframe
England

IBM Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West IBM Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the North West region.

North West IBM Mainframe Salary Trend

IBM Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West IBM Mainframe Salary Histogram

IBM Mainframe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Manchester -8 25 £35,500 -38.26%
Cheshire -18 14 £52,500 +0.96%
IBM Mainframe
England

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe.

1 54 (100.00%) IBM
1 54 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 34 (62.96%) Finance
3 26 (48.15%) Oracle
4 24 (44.44%) JCL
5 23 (42.59%) DB2
5 23 (42.59%) UNIX
6 22 (40.74%) DataStage
6 22 (40.74%) Ab Initio
6 22 (40.74%) Teradata
7 20 (37.04%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (37.04%) Java
8 19 (35.19%) Financial Institution
9 18 (33.33%) SQL
9 18 (33.33%) COBOL
10 17 (31.48%) ETL
10 17 (31.48%) CICS
10 17 (31.48%) Risk Management
11 16 (29.63%) Siebel
12 15 (27.78%) J2EE
12 15 (27.78%) JSP
13 12 (22.22%) JMS
13 12 (22.22%) WebSphere
14 11 (20.37%) Windows
14 11 (20.37%) .NET
14 11 (20.37%) Project Management
15 10 (18.52%) Banking
15 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
15 10 (18.52%) JDBC
16 8 (14.81%) Oracle 8/8i

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (27.78%) J2EE
1 15 (27.78%) JSP
2 12 (22.22%) JMS
2 12 (22.22%) WebSphere
3 11 (20.37%) .NET
4 10 (18.52%) JDBC
5 6 (11.11%) JNDI
6 5 (9.259%) Struts
6 5 (9.259%) Hibernate
7 4 (7.407%) Web Services
7 4 (7.407%) Middleware
8 3 (5.556%) XML
8 3 (5.556%) CSS
8 3 (5.556%) HTML
8 3 (5.556%) Spring
9 2 (3.704%) EDIFACT
9 2 (3.704%) EJB
9 2 (3.704%) Servlets
9 2 (3.704%) XSD
9 2 (3.704%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 17 (31.48%) CICS
2 6 (11.11%) Apache
2 6 (11.11%) Tomcat
3 5 (9.259%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (5.556%) Apache Solr
4 3 (5.556%) GlassFish
4 3 (5.556%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (3.704%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (3.704%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.704%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 2 (3.704%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.704%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.407%) HTTP
2 3 (5.556%) LAN
2 3 (5.556%) WAN
2 3 (5.556%) Firewall
3 1 (1.852%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (42.59%) DB2
2 22 (40.74%) DataStage
3 20 (37.04%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (14.81%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.704%) Subversion
1 2 (3.704%) ClearCase
1 2 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (62.96%) Finance
2 19 (35.19%) Financial Institution
3 10 (18.52%) Banking
4 5 (9.259%) Retail
5 3 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (14.81%) Architect
2 7 (12.96%) Developer
3 6 (11.11%) Integration Architect
4 5 (9.259%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 5 (9.259%) Integration Engineer
4 5 (9.259%) Java Developer
5 4 (7.407%) Designer
6 3 (5.556%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.556%) Applications Support
6 3 (5.556%) Infrastructure Designer
7 2 (3.704%) J2EE Developer
7 2 (3.704%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (3.704%) Environment Manager
7 2 (3.704%) Technical Leader
7 2 (3.704%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (3.704%) DBA
7 2 (3.704%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.704%) Tester
7 2 (3.704%) Junior
7 2 (3.704%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 54 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 7 (12.96%) Tandem
3 6 (11.11%) PMI
4 3 (5.556%) Cryptography
4 3 (5.556%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.704%) SWIFT
6 1 (1.852%) PKI
6 1 (1.852%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 23 (42.59%) UNIX
2 11 (20.37%) Windows
3 8 (14.81%) Linux
4 4 (7.407%) SUSE
4 4 (7.407%) zOS
5 3 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (31.48%) ETL
1 17 (31.48%) Risk Management
2 11 (20.37%) Project Management
3 8 (14.81%) ITIL
4 6 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 6 (11.11%) CMMI
4 6 (11.11%) RUP
4 6 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 6 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 6 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 5 (9.259%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (7.407%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.556%) Web Application Development
7 3 (5.556%) Problem Management
7 3 (5.556%) Matrix Management
7 3 (5.556%) V-Model
7 3 (5.556%) SOA
7 3 (5.556%) Migration
7 3 (5.556%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 24 (44.44%) JCL
2 20 (37.04%) Java
3 18 (33.33%) SQL
3 18 (33.33%) COBOL
4 8 (14.81%) Shell Script
4 8 (14.81%) Perl
5 5 (9.259%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.704%) C#
6 2 (3.704%) C++
6 2 (3.704%) VBA
6 2 (3.704%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (3.704%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.852%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.852%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.852%) CA Wily
1 1 (1.852%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) IBM
2 26 (48.15%) Oracle
3 22 (40.74%) Ab Initio
3 22 (40.74%) Teradata
4 16 (29.63%) Siebel
5 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
6 5 (9.259%) JBoss
7 4 (7.407%) VMware
7 4 (7.407%) Endeca
7 4 (7.407%) FatWire
7 4 (7.407%) Red Hat
8 3 (5.556%) Citrix
9 2 (3.704%) Sun
9 2 (3.704%) Pega
10 1 (1.852%) CA
Cheshire
The successful Senior Systems Engineer (Mainframe, Cobol, CICS, ITIL) will have: - Extensive application support experience (Unix, Linux, Websphere, Java, MQ Messaging, Connect Direct, SQL) - Experience with IBM Mainframe,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Lead Application Support Analyst x2 - Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2 - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied and stable career working for our leading...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cheshire
End-to-end lifecycle experience is vital for the Integration Architect (Java, .NET, IBM Mainframe) as you will be involved throughout the design and development process!... Experience working...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent package
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Cheshire
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
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Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
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