The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 24 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 205 195 200
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 11 20 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.210% 0.361% 0.265%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.631% 1.264% 0.991%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 7
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% +37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.01%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1744 1582 1614
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 33.24% 28.58% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1295 1351
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wiltshire +8 4 £46,750 -15.00%
Gloucestershire - 3 £19,500 -
Somerset - 2 £50,000 -
Dorset -11 1 £52,500 -19.23%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 23 (76.67%) IBM
2 19 (63.33%) IBM Mainframe
3 18 (60.00%) Finance
4 16 (53.33%) Banking
5 14 (46.67%) Telecoms
5 14 (46.67%) Web Services
5 14 (46.67%) SOA
5 14 (46.67%) .NET
5 14 (46.67%) Java EE
5 14 (46.67%) Investment Management
5 14 (46.67%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (46.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (26.67%) Java
8 7 (23.33%) C#
8 7 (23.33%) J2EE
8 7 (23.33%) DB2
8 7 (23.33%) ASP.NET
8 7 (23.33%) CICS
9 6 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
9 6 (20.00%) TOGAF
9 6 (20.00%) zOS
10 4 (13.33%) HP
10 4 (13.33%) Oracle
10 4 (13.33%) UNIX
10 4 (13.33%) Windows
11 3 (10.00%) AIX
11 3 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
11 3 (10.00%) Citrix
11 3 (10.00%) ITIL

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 14 (46.67%) Web Services
1 14 (46.67%) .NET
1 14 (46.67%) Java EE
2 7 (23.33%) J2EE
2 7 (23.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.333%) HTML
3 1 (3.333%) XML
3 1 (3.333%) FpML
3 1 (3.333%) Apache Flex
3 1 (3.333%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 7 (23.33%) CICS
2 3 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (3.333%) MQSeries
3 1 (3.333%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) CATIA
2 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) DB2
2 2 (6.667%) Adabas
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.333%) MS Access
3 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (3.333%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (3.333%) JIRA
1 1 (3.333%) FitNesse
1 1 (3.333%) Maven
1 1 (3.333%) Subversion
General
1 18 (60.00%) Finance
2 16 (53.33%) Banking
3 14 (46.67%) Telecoms
4 3 (10.00%) Back Office
5 1 (3.333%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.333%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Architect
2 14 (46.67%) Technical Architect
2 14 (46.67%) Solutions Architect
2 14 (46.67%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Designer
3 7 (23.33%) Senior Designer
3 7 (23.33%) Senior Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Senior Technical Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Technical Designer
4 6 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (16.67%) Analyst
6 4 (13.33%) Developer
7 3 (10.00%) Consultant
7 3 (10.00%) Security Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Security Engineer
8 2 (6.667%) Team Leader
8 2 (6.667%) IT Security Analyst
8 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 2 (6.667%) Mainframe Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (63.33%) IBM Mainframe
2 14 (46.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.333%) Replication
3 1 (3.333%) SWIFT
3 1 (3.333%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) zOS
2 4 (13.33%) UNIX
2 4 (13.33%) Windows
3 3 (10.00%) AIX
4 1 (3.333%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) SOA
1 14 (46.67%) Investment Management
1 14 (46.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
2 6 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (10.00%) ITIL
4 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (3.333%) Project Management
5 1 (3.333%) Migration
5 1 (3.333%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.333%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (3.333%) Data Transformation
5 1 (3.333%) Manual Testing
5 1 (3.333%) System Testing
5 1 (3.333%) Time Management
5 1 (3.333%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.333%) Data Mapping
5 1 (3.333%) Cash Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) Java
2 7 (23.33%) C#
3 2 (6.667%) NATURAL
3 2 (6.667%) SQL
3 2 (6.667%) COBOL
4 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.333%) XQuery
4 1 (3.333%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.333%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) RACF
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (10.00%) vSphere
1 3 (10.00%) XenApp
1 3 (10.00%) XenServer
2 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 23 (76.67%) IBM
2 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.33%) HP
3 4 (13.33%) Oracle
4 3 (10.00%) Citrix
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco
4 3 (10.00%) NetApp
4 3 (10.00%) Lotus
4 3 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (3.333%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.333%) Sun
5 1 (3.333%) Compuware
Bournemouth, South West
The first 4-6 weeks of this role will be spent in Spain, to learn the support and development tasks undertaken and to move all of the applications...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
The first 4-6 weeks of this role will be spent in Spain, to learn the support and development tasks undertaken and to move all of the applications...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013