The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MVS 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 of the Operating Systems category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank 208 192 -
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -
Permanent jobs citing MVS 2 23 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.038% 0.417% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.138% 1.635% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
Average salary £45,000 £42,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -31.57%
All Operating Systems
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1449 1407 1528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 27.62% 25.51% 26.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1284 1203 1322
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,450 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
MVS
England

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MVS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West MVS Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MVS across the South West region.

South West MVS Salary Trend

MVS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the South West 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
Wiltshire -6 2 £45,000 +7.14%
MVS
England

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing MVS 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 MVS.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) W3C
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) LDAP
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle OWB
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Korn
2 2 (66.67%) Data Mart
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing MVS 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 MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle OWB
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mart
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) W3C
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Korn
2 1 (33.33%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle