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This section looks at the demand for IBM MVS skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM MVS
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank250274
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads2317
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.854 %0.559 %
Salaries quoted2216
Average minimum salary£35,591£32,875
Average salary£39,227£35,375
% change on same period last year+10.88 %
Average maximum salary£42,864£37,875
UK excluding London average salary£34,403£32,611
% change on same period last year+5.49 %
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads26933042
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.422 %1.246 %
Salaries quoted23122703
Average minimum salary£29,259£29,377
Average salary£31,747£31,868
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Average maximum salary£34,235£34,360
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
MVS EnglandMVS
England

MVS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MVS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West MVS Demand Trend

MVS
Salary Trend

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

North West MVS Salary Trend

MVS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MVS across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West MVS Salary Histogram

MVS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireUp+914£46,769-14.96 %
LancashireDown-115£23,500-6.00 %
ManchesterUp+224£34,375-3.06 %
MVS EnglandMVS
England

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing MVS 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 MVS.

150 (71.43 %)zOS
239 (55.71 %)Mainframe
338 (54.29 %)IBM
437 (52.86 %)Finance
536 (51.43 %)JCL
622 (31.43 %)CICS
622 (31.43 %)DB2
719 (27.14 %)COBOL
719 (27.14 %)ISPF
816 (22.86 %)ODBC
816 (22.86 %)Compuware
816 (22.86 %)TCP/IP
816 (22.86 %)Assembly Language
816 (22.86 %)CA
816 (22.86 %)TIBCO
816 (22.86 %)OMEGAMON
915 (21.43 %)Pensions
915 (21.43 %)RACF
1013 (18.57 %)REXX
1112 (17.14 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1211 (15.71 %)Information Security
1211 (15.71 %)Symantec
1211 (15.71 %)SAS
1211 (15.71 %)UNIX
139 (12.86 %)Service Delivery
148 (11.43 %)Health
148 (11.43 %)Performance Management
157 (10.00 %)Banking
166 (8.571 %)Business Intelligence
175 (7.143 %)IBM Mainframe

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing MVS 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 MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (27.14 %)ISPF
216 (22.86 %)ODBC
31 (1.429 %)WebSphere
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (31.43 %)CICS
211 (15.71 %)SAS
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (22.86 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.429 %)SSH
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (31.43 %)DB2
24 (5.714 %)Datawarehouse
24 (5.714 %)ETL
24 (5.714 %)Base SAS
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (52.86 %)Finance
215 (21.43 %)Pensions
38 (11.43 %)Health
47 (10.00 %)Banking
52 (2.857 %)Auditing
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (41.43 %)Analyst
217 (24.29 %)DBA
217 (24.29 %)DB2 DBA
314 (20.00 %)Administrator
412 (17.14 %)Security Analyst
511 (15.71 %)Information Analyst
511 (15.71 %)Information Security Analyst
67 (10.00 %)Capacity Planning Analyst
67 (10.00 %)Capacity Analyst
76 (8.571 %)Operations Analyst
76 (8.571 %)Support Analyst
85 (7.143 %)Technical Specialist
94 (5.714 %)Architect
94 (5.714 %)Technical Architect
94 (5.714 %)Senior Consultant
94 (5.714 %)Consultant
94 (5.714 %)Senior SAS Consultant
94 (5.714 %)SAS Consultant
103 (4.286 %)Performance Manager
103 (4.286 %)Systems Analyst
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
139 (55.71 %)Mainframe
25 (7.143 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (1.429 %)Clustering
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
150 (71.43 %)zOS
211 (15.71 %)UNIX
31 (1.429 %)AIX
31 (1.429 %)Solaris
31 (1.429 %)VMS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (15.71 %)Information Security
29 (12.86 %)Service Delivery
38 (11.43 %)Performance Management
46 (8.571 %)Business Intelligence
54 (5.714 %)Configuration Management
54 (5.714 %)Technical Architecture
62 (2.857 %)BCP
62 (2.857 %)Risk Management
62 (2.857 %)Business Continuity
71 (1.429 %)Performance Testing
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (51.43 %)JCL
219 (27.14 %)COBOL
316 (22.86 %)Assembly Language
413 (18.57 %)REXX
54 (5.714 %)Java
54 (5.714 %)VB
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (17.14 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (21.43 %)RACF
22 (2.857 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (22.86 %)OMEGAMON
22 (2.857 %)Tivoli
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (54.29 %)IBM
216 (22.86 %)Compuware
216 (22.86 %)CA
216 (22.86 %)TIBCO
311 (15.71 %)Symantec
44 (5.714 %)Microsoft
52 (2.857 %)Intel
61 (1.429 %)VERITAS
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