The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 372 381 309
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -72
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 64 62 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.291% 0.261% 0.497%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.941% 0.881% 1.703%
Number of salaries quoted 52 29 97
Average salary £56,250 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6801 7041 6636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.89% 29.63% 29.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5611 6016 5778
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East 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
Kent -2 18 £60,000 -
West Sussex -8 11 £35,000 -17.64%
Hampshire +8 8 £62,500 -
Berkshire +1 8 £47,500 +26.66%
Surrey +13 5 £50,000 -13.04%
Oxfordshire - 3 £52,500 -
Buckinghamshire -22 1 - -
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 59 (35.76%) DB2
2 48 (29.09%) UNIX
3 47 (28.48%) Oracle
4 41 (24.85%) COBOL
5 40 (24.24%) Finance
6 38 (23.03%) ETL
6 38 (23.03%) SOA
7 36 (21.82%) Web Services
8 34 (20.61%) Windows
8 34 (20.61%) CICS
9 33 (20.00%) MQSeries
10 32 (19.39%) Capacity Planning
11 30 (18.18%) XML
12 29 (17.58%) Data Modelling
12 29 (17.58%) FTP
12 29 (17.58%) IBM
13 28 (16.97%) Java
13 28 (16.97%) Degree
14 27 (16.36%) J2EE
15 25 (15.15%) XML Schema
16 24 (14.55%) B2B
16 24 (14.55%) XSLT
17 22 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
17 22 (13.33%) Business Objects
17 22 (13.33%) JCL
18 21 (12.73%) Informatica
18 21 (12.73%) Linux
18 21 (12.73%) Computer Science
18 21 (12.73%) Oracle 11g
19 20 (12.12%) Load Balancing

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 36 (21.82%) Web Services
2 30 (18.18%) XML
3 27 (16.36%) J2EE
4 25 (15.15%) XML Schema
5 24 (14.55%) XSLT
6 10 (6.061%) Middleware
7 9 (5.455%) .NET
8 7 (4.242%) HTML
9 6 (3.636%) SOAP
9 6 (3.636%) .NET Framework
10 5 (3.030%) ISPF
10 5 (3.030%) WebSphere
10 5 (3.030%) ASP.NET
11 3 (1.818%) JMS
11 3 (1.818%) CSS
11 3 (1.818%) SVG
11 3 (1.818%) Hibernate
11 3 (1.818%) SAP Basis
11 3 (1.818%) Spring
11 3 (1.818%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 34 (20.61%) CICS
2 33 (20.00%) MQSeries
3 11 (6.667%) SAS
4 8 (4.848%) Apache
4 8 (4.848%) Tomcat
5 7 (4.242%) Lotus Notes
6 4 (2.424%) IIS
6 4 (2.424%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.818%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (1.818%) GlassFish
8 1 (0.606%) Adobe CQ
8 1 (0.606%) ESB
8 1 (0.606%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.606%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (6.061%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.424%) MS Office
3 1 (0.606%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.606%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 29 (17.58%) FTP
2 10 (6.061%) SAN
3 7 (4.242%) HTTP
4 5 (3.030%) Broadband
5 4 (2.424%) WAN
5 4 (2.424%) Firewall
5 4 (2.424%) MPLS
6 3 (1.818%) SSH
7 2 (1.212%) DSL
8 1 (0.606%) LDAP
8 1 (0.606%) Network Security
8 1 (0.606%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.606%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.606%) DHCP
8 1 (0.606%) LAN
8 1 (0.606%) DNS
8 1 (0.606%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (35.76%) DB2
2 21 (12.73%) Oracle 11g
3 19 (11.52%) BODI
4 15 (9.091%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.636%) MySQL
5 6 (3.636%) IDMS
6 5 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.030%) SQLPlus
7 2 (1.212%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.212%) DataStage
7 2 (1.212%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.212%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.212%) MS Access
7 2 (1.212%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (0.606%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.606%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.606%) Big Data
8 1 (0.606%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.606%) Adabas
8 1 (0.606%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (4.242%) Visual Studio
1 7 (4.242%) Eclipse
2 4 (2.424%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (1.818%) Subversion
3 3 (1.818%) Maven
3 3 (1.818%) JIRA
3 3 (1.818%) JProfiler
3 3 (1.818%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.818%) Ant
3 3 (1.818%) JUnit
4 2 (1.212%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.606%) Synon
General
1 40 (24.24%) Finance
2 12 (7.273%) Marketing
3 5 (3.030%) Publishing
4 4 (2.424%) Banking
5 3 (1.818%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.606%) Advertising
6 1 (0.606%) Front Office
6 1 (0.606%) Retail
6 1 (0.606%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.606%) Wholesale Banking
6 1 (0.606%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (29.09%) Architect
2 35 (21.21%) Solutions Architect
3 25 (15.15%) Mainframe Architect
4 23 (13.94%) Analyst
5 22 (13.33%) Developer
6 16 (9.697%) Programmer
7 13 (7.879%) Designer
8 10 (6.061%) Solutions Designer
8 10 (6.061%) Administrator
8 10 (6.061%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (6.061%) Team Leader
9 8 (4.848%) Analyst Programmer
10 6 (3.636%) C++ Developer
10 6 (3.636%) UNIX Systems Administrator
10 6 (3.636%) UNIX Administrator
10 6 (3.636%) C Developer
11 5 (3.030%) SOA Architect
11 5 (3.030%) Senior Architect
11 5 (3.030%) PowerHouse Developer
11 5 (3.030%) Senior Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.73%) Computer Science
2 19 (11.52%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.061%) AS400
4 9 (5.455%) VSAM
5 7 (4.242%) HACMP
5 7 (4.242%) IBM Mainframe
5 7 (4.242%) Data Integration
6 6 (3.636%) iSeries
6 6 (3.636%) Clustering
7 4 (2.424%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.818%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.212%) CMDB
10 1 (0.606%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.606%) Open Source
10 1 (0.606%) DataPower
10 1 (0.606%) Tandem
10 1 (0.606%) PKI
10 1 (0.606%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.606%) Replication
10 1 (0.606%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 48 (29.09%) UNIX
2 34 (20.61%) Windows
3 21 (12.73%) Linux
4 12 (7.273%) VMS
4 12 (7.273%) zOS
5 8 (4.848%) AIX
5 8 (4.848%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (4.848%) Solaris
6 5 (3.030%) MVS
7 4 (2.424%) i5/OS
8 3 (1.818%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.606%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.606%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.606%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.606%) HPUX
9 1 (0.606%) Windows CE
9 1 (0.606%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (23.03%) SOA
1 38 (23.03%) ETL
2 32 (19.39%) Capacity Planning
3 29 (17.58%) Data Modelling
4 24 (14.55%) B2B
5 22 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (12.12%) Load Balancing
7 19 (11.52%) OOA/OOD
8 18 (10.91%) Project Management
9 17 (10.30%) ITIL
10 16 (9.697%) UML
11 14 (8.485%) Change Management
12 11 (6.667%) Performance Management
13 10 (6.061%) Software Testing
14 9 (5.455%) Software Engineering
15 8 (4.848%) Migration
15 8 (4.848%) Service Management
15 8 (4.848%) Project Planning
16 7 (4.242%) Disaster Recovery
16 7 (4.242%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (24.85%) COBOL
2 28 (16.97%) Java
3 22 (13.33%) JCL
4 20 (12.12%) C++
4 20 (12.12%) SQL
5 14 (8.485%) C
6 10 (6.061%) PL/1
7 9 (5.455%) C#
8 6 (3.636%) Shell Script
8 6 (3.636%) PHP
9 5 (3.030%) PowerHouse
10 4 (2.424%) AWK
10 4 (2.424%) sed
10 4 (2.424%) Assembly Language
10 4 (2.424%) REXX
10 4 (2.424%) Perl
11 3 (1.818%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.818%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.818%) ABAP
12 1 (0.606%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (16.97%) Degree
2 4 (2.424%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (1.212%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.212%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.212%) MCSE
3 2 (1.212%) CCNP
3 2 (1.212%) CCNA
3 2 (1.212%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.212%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.606%) ISEB
4 1 (0.606%) CISSP
4 1 (0.606%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.606%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.091%) QA
2 8 (4.848%) SLA
3 5 (3.030%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (6.061%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.848%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.636%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 3 (1.818%) XenApp
5 2 (1.212%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.606%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.606%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.606%) OpenSSO
6 1 (0.606%) NFS
Systems Management
1 19 (11.52%) CA Endevor
2 6 (3.636%) Veritas Storage Foundation
2 6 (3.636%) YUM
2 6 (3.636%) Cobbler
3 4 (2.424%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 4 (2.424%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (1.818%) BladeLogic
5 2 (1.212%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.606%) Legato
6 1 (0.606%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.606%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (28.48%) Oracle
2 29 (17.58%) IBM
3 22 (13.33%) Business Objects
4 21 (12.73%) Informatica
5 19 (11.52%) Cognos
6 18 (10.91%) VMware
7 14 (8.485%) HP
8 11 (6.667%) Microsoft
9 10 (6.061%) Symantec
10 7 (4.242%) Lotus
10 7 (4.242%) Red Hat
10 7 (4.242%) SAP
10 7 (4.242%) Sun
10 7 (4.242%) BMC
11 6 (3.636%) Veritas
12 5 (3.030%) Brocade
13 4 (2.424%) Teradata
13 4 (2.424%) Pega
13 4 (2.424%) Citrix
13 4 (2.424%) NetApp
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