The first table below looks at the demand for RACF skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RACF over the 3 months to 17 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 of the System Software category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
Rank 245 - 237
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing RACF 3 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% - 0.058%
As % of the System Software category 0.592% - 0.668%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
Average salary £40,000 - £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 - £44,750
All System Software
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
507 712 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.111% 10.10% 8.728%
Number of salaries quoted 391 653 506
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
RACF
England

RACF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West RACF Jobs Demand Trend

RACF
Salary Trend

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

North West RACF Salary Trend

RACF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RACF within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 3 £40,000 -
RACF
England

RACF
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing RACF 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 RACF.

1 3 (100.00%) SAS
1 3 (100.00%) REXX
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) ISPF

RACF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing RACF 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 RACF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) REXX
Manchester, Lancashire
In this vital mainframe security role, you will help safeguard the data stored on. the bank's mainframe systems and infrastructure. Your IT security expertise and z/OS...
The Co-operative Bank
Salary: Circa £40,000 including Standby + Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013