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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Scotland region.

 Mainframes
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank84101134
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Up+33
Matching permanent IT job ads17744
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland0.908 %0.343 %0.829 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category3.688 %1.934 %5.699 %
Salaries quoted11235
Average salary£50,000£42,500£28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %+49.12 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£38,500£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£46,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£39,500£37,000
% change year-on-year
+13.92 %+6.750 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
461362772
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland24.63 %17.73 %14.55 %
Salaries quoted239277466
Average salary£37,500£36,250£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.440 %+11.53 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %
Mainframe UKMainframe
UK

Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Scotland Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Scotland Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghDown-27£44,750-
GlasgowDown-26£55,000+46.66 %
StirlingNew entry-1£24,500-
Mainframe UKMainframe
UK

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

134 (77.27 %)Finance
225 (56.82 %)Java
321 (47.73 %).NET
416 (36.36 %)HP
515 (34.09 %)Banking
614 (31.82 %)Oracle
614 (31.82 %)VB
713 (29.55 %)UNIX
811 (25.00 %)VBScript
811 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
811 (25.00 %)Asset Management
811 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
811 (25.00 %)Degree
811 (25.00 %)Private Banking
811 (25.00 %)Wealth Management
811 (25.00 %)Investment Management
811 (25.00 %)Test Automation
99 (20.45 %)Change Management
99 (20.45 %)Stakeholder Management
108 (18.18 %)Project Management
108 (18.18 %)PRINCE2
108 (18.18 %)SQL
108 (18.18 %)E-Commerce
108 (18.18 %)Back Office
108 (18.18 %)Pensions
108 (18.18 %)Adobe Flex
117 (15.91 %)Insurance
117 (15.91 %)Windows
117 (15.91 %)SQL Server
126 (13.64 %)LoadRunner

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (47.73 %).NET
28 (18.18 %)Adobe Flex
36 (13.64 %)J2EE
36 (13.64 %)ODBC
36 (13.64 %)HTML
43 (6.818 %)XML
51 (2.273 %)ISPF
51 (2.273 %)Middleware
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (6.818 %)SAS
21 (2.273 %)MQSeries
21 (2.273 %)MS Exchange
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (13.64 %)HTTP
21 (2.273 %)LAN
21 (2.273 %)VoIP
21 (2.273 %)Ethernet
21 (2.273 %)IPv4
21 (2.273 %)VRRP
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (15.91 %)SQL Server
24 (9.091 %)RDBMS
33 (6.818 %)Adabas
42 (4.545 %)BusinessObjects
42 (4.545 %)DB2
51 (2.273 %)Datawarehouse
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
26 (13.64 %)LoadRunner
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
134 (77.27 %)Finance
215 (34.09 %)Banking
311 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
311 (25.00 %)Private Banking
48 (18.18 %)Back Office
48 (18.18 %)Pensions
57 (15.91 %)Insurance
64 (9.091 %)Retail
71 (2.273 %)Front Office
71 (2.273 %)Retail Banking
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (36.36 %)Test Specialist
210 (22.73 %)Test Automation Specialist
39 (20.45 %)Project Manager
47 (15.91 %)Analyst
55 (11.36 %)Senior Tester
55 (11.36 %)Tester
64 (9.091 %)Developer
73 (6.818 %)Mainframe Developer
73 (6.818 %)Systems Analyst
82 (4.545 %)Support Analyst
82 (4.545 %)Architect
91 (2.273 %)Designer
91 (2.273 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
91 (2.273 %)Technical Manager
91 (2.273 %)Support Manager
91 (2.273 %)Test Consultant
91 (2.273 %)Network Analyst
91 (2.273 %)Service Manager
91 (2.273 %)Technical Analyst
91 (2.273 %)Analyst Developer
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (4.545 %)Credit Risk
21 (2.273 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (2.273 %)Video Conferencing
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (29.55 %)UNIX
27 (15.91 %)Windows
32 (4.545 %)zOS
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (25.00 %)Asset Management
111 (25.00 %)Wealth Management
111 (25.00 %)Investment Management
111 (25.00 %)Test Automation
29 (20.45 %)Change Management
29 (20.45 %)Stakeholder Management
38 (18.18 %)Project Management
38 (18.18 %)PRINCE2
38 (18.18 %)E-Commerce
46 (13.64 %)Automated Testing
46 (13.64 %)Regression Testing
46 (13.64 %)Performance Testing
46 (13.64 %)Load Testing
46 (13.64 %)Stress Testing
52 (4.545 %)Incident Management
52 (4.545 %)Migration
61 (2.273 %)Operations Management
61 (2.273 %)Programme Management
61 (2.273 %)Systems Analysis
61 (2.273 %)Service Management
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
125 (56.82 %)Java
214 (31.82 %)VB
311 (25.00 %)VBScript
48 (18.18 %)SQL
56 (13.64 %)C
56 (13.64 %)C++
65 (11.36 %)JCL
74 (9.091 %)Perl
74 (9.091 %)PHP
83 (6.818 %)NATURAL
91 (2.273 %)COBOL
91 (2.273 %)REXX
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (25.00 %)Degree
25 (11.36 %)ISEB
31 (2.273 %)CCNP
31 (2.273 %)CCNA
31 (2.273 %)Cisco Certification
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.273 %)QA
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.273 %)NetBackup
11 (2.273 %)OMEGAMON
11 (2.273 %)Tivoli NetView
11 (2.273 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (2.273 %)MOM
11 (2.273 %)BMC PATROL
11 (2.273 %)Unicenter
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (36.36 %)HP
214 (31.82 %)Oracle
34 (9.091 %)IBM
34 (9.091 %)Compuware
43 (6.818 %)Sybase
52 (4.545 %)Intel
52 (4.545 %)Business Objects
61 (2.273 %)Unisys
61 (2.273 %)Cognos
61 (2.273 %)Microsoft
61 (2.273 %)Cisco
61 (2.273 %)BMC
61 (2.273 %)CA