The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 43 - 57
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 11 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.806% - 0.208%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.857% - 0.685%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
140 130 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 35.71% 30.44% 30.35%
Number of salaries quoted 127 130 139
Average salary £40,000 £28,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.59% -13.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £40,600 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Mainframe
Northamptonshire

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Northampton Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Finance
3 9 (56.25%) ISEB
4 8 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 7 (43.75%) Project Management
6 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
7 4 (25.00%) CICS
7 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
7 4 (25.00%) Middleware
7 4 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
7 4 (25.00%) Tivoli
7 4 (25.00%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 4 (25.00%) AIX
7 4 (25.00%) HPUX
7 4 (25.00%) Solaris
7 4 (25.00%) Oracle
7 4 (25.00%) DB2
7 4 (25.00%) ITIL
7 4 (25.00%) UNIX
7 4 (25.00%) SSL
7 4 (25.00%) IBM
7 4 (25.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 4 (25.00%) Fault Management
7 4 (25.00%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 4 (25.00%) Business Continuity
7 4 (25.00%) Tandem
7 4 (25.00%) ISTQB
7 4 (25.00%) WebSphere
8 3 (18.75%) Validation

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 4 (25.00%) Middleware
1 4 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (25.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) CICS
1 4 (25.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 4 (25.00%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.250%) MS Project
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) DB2
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
1 9 (56.25%) Test Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Test Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Middleware Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Test Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Test Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Tandem
2 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) AIX
2 4 (25.00%) HPUX
2 4 (25.00%) Solaris
2 4 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 8 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (43.75%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
4 4 (25.00%) ITIL
4 4 (25.00%) Fault Management
4 4 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (18.75%) Validation
5 3 (18.75%) Service Management
5 3 (18.75%) SOA
6 2 (12.50%) EAI
6 2 (12.50%) Automated Testing
7 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
7 1 (6.250%) Time Management
7 1 (6.250%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) ISEB
2 4 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 1 (6.250%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Tivoli
1 4 (25.00%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 3 (18.75%) Control-M
3 1 (6.250%) CA Endevor
3 1 (6.250%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle
1 4 (25.00%) IBM
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) Perforce
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