North Yorkshire MVS Jobs

This section looks at the demand for IBM MVS skills within the North Yorkshire 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.

IBM MVS
Location Basingstoke Buckinghamshire Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire High Wycombe Jersey Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Lytham St Annes Manchester Midlands North West North Yorkshire Salford Scotland Sheffield South East South Yorkshire Surrey UK Warrington West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	65	68
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching permanent IT job ads	46	48
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	9.850 %	8.054 %
Salaries quoted	36	45
Average minimum salary	£30,722	£28,111
Average salary	£31,542	£30,022
% change on same period last year	+5.06 %
Average maximum salary	£32,361	£31,933
UK excluding London average salary	£34,403	£32,611
% change on same period last year	+5.49 %
Operating Systems North Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	467	596
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.247 %	0.244 %
Salaries quoted	381	531
Average minimum salary	£32,143	£31,299
Average salary	£34,074	£32,781
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Average maximum salary	£36,005	£34,262
UK excluding London average salary	£34,472	£35,006
% change on same period last year	-1.52 %
MVS Yorkshire

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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

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

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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 Yorkshire 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
York	-16	34	£30,741	+0.79 %
Harrogate	-	5	-	-

MVS Yorkshire

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

1 103 (99.04 %) COBOL 2 87 (83.65 %) Mainframe 3 78 (75.00 %) DB2 4 70 (67.31 %) Finance 5 66 (63.46 %) CICS 6 65 (62.50 %) SQL 7 45 (43.27 %) JCL 8 25 (24.04 %) Degree 9 19 (18.27 %) Microsoft 9 19 (18.27 %) Time Management 10 18 (17.31 %) HND 11 17 (16.35 %) MS Excel 12 11 (10.58 %) Project Management 13 5 (4.808 %) Workflow Management 13 5 (4.808 %) Workflow

14 4 (3.846 %) Financial Institution 14 4 (3.846 %) SLA 14 4 (3.846 %) User Acceptance Testing 14 4 (3.846 %) Business Analysis 15 3 (2.885 %) Retail 15 3 (2.885 %) VSAM 15 3 (2.885 %) IBM 15 3 (2.885 %) MS Office 15 3 (2.885 %) Validation 16 2 (1.923 %) UML 16 2 (1.923 %) SSADM 16 2 (1.923 %) PRINCE 16 2 (1.923 %) Insurance 16 2 (1.923 %) Pensions 16 2 (1.923 %) ISPF

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

Application Development 1 2 (1.923 %) ISPF	Application Platforms 1 66 (63.46 %) CICS
Applications 1 17 (16.35 %) MS Excel 2 3 (2.885 %) MS Office	Database & Business Intelligence 1 78 (75.00 %) DB2
General 1 70 (67.31 %) Finance 2 4 (3.846 %) Financial Institution 3 3 (2.885 %) Retail 4 2 (1.923 %) Insurance 4 2 (1.923 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 75 (72.12 %) Analyst 2 73 (70.19 %) Programmer 3 43 (41.35 %) COBOL Programmer 4 38 (36.54 %) Analyst Programmer 5 30 (28.85 %) COBOL Analyst 6 29 (27.88 %) COBOL Analyst Programmer 7 22 (21.15 %) Developer 8 18 (17.31 %) COBOL Developer 9 14 (13.46 %) Business Analyst 10 11 (10.58 %) Senior Programmer 11 10 (9.615 %) Analyst Developer 12 9 (8.654 %) Team Leader 13 7 (6.731 %) Senior Analyst 14 5 (4.808 %) Financial Business Analyst 14 5 (4.808 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 15 4 (3.846 %) Senior COBOL Programmer 15 4 (3.846 %) Business Test Analyst 15 4 (3.846 %) Test Analyst 16 2 (1.923 %) Support Analyst 16 2 (1.923 %) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous 1 87 (83.65 %) Mainframe 2 3 (2.885 %) VSAM 3 2 (1.923 %) IBM Mainframe 4 1 (0.962 %) Smartcard	Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (18.27 %) Time Management 2 11 (10.58 %) Project Management 3 5 (4.808 %) Workflow 3 5 (4.808 %) Workflow Management 4 4 (3.846 %) Business Analysis 4 4 (3.846 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 3 (2.885 %) Validation 6 2 (1.923 %) UML 6 2 (1.923 %) SSADM 6 2 (1.923 %) PRINCE 7 1 (0.962 %) Data Protection 7 1 (0.962 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 103 (99.04 %) COBOL 2 65 (62.50 %) SQL 3 45 (43.27 %) JCL 4 1 (0.962 %) C 4 1 (0.962 %) VB 4 1 (0.962 %) Assembly Language	Qualifications 1 25 (24.04 %) Degree 2 18 (17.31 %) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (3.846 %) SLA	Vendors 1 19 (18.27 %) Microsoft 2 3 (2.885 %) IBM