The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 20 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank - 81 80
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 0 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales - 0.618% 0.451%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.372% 1.282%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 4
Average salary - £46,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +86.00%
UK excluding London average salary £43,250 £47,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year
-8.94% +18.01%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
270 253 312
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 25.89% 26.06% 35.21%
Number of salaries quoted 253 200 300
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £39,125
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%
Mainframe
Wales

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (100.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) ISEB
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Automated Testing
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (80.00%) VME
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (60.00%) Selenium
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) CICS
4 1 (20.00%) zOS
4 1 (20.00%) MVS
4 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (20.00%) MQSeries
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Retail

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (100.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MQSeries
1 1 (20.00%) CICS
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) VME
2 1 (20.00%) zOS
2 1 (20.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft