The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Mainframe
Rank 795 841 784
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -57
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 64 71 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.060% 0.059% 0.066%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.178% 0.178% 0.190%
Number of salaries quoted 53 61 67
Average salary £41,000 £52,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.15% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £38,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £67,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £52,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-24.03% +40.54%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35868 39992 42179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.41% 33.02% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 29436 33715 35296
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%

IBM Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

IBM Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK.

IBM Mainframe Salary Trend

IBM Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

IBM Mainframe Salary Histogram

IBM Mainframe
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +13 57 £41,500 -20.19%
North West -9 37 £39,250 -24.51%
Manchester -5 23 £35,500 -38.26%
London +41 13 £65,000 +30.00%
Cheshire -20 12 £47,500 -8.65%
Scotland +8 7 £41,000 +7.89%
Highlands - 5 - -
Bromley -2 4 £53,000 +0.95%
East Midlands -4 3 £50,000 -
South West - 3 £50,000 -
Chester - 3 £39,500 -
Nottingham +2 2 - -
Nottinghamshire -2 2 - -
Knutsford -15 2 £42,500 -15.42%
Somerset - 2 £50,000 -
Bath - 2 £50,000 -
Inverness - 2 - -
Glasgow - 2 £41,000 -
Midlands - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £47,500 -

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe.

1 126 (100.00%) IBM
1 126 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 66 (52.38%) Finance
3 55 (43.65%) UNIX
4 34 (26.98%) JCL
4 34 (26.98%) Banking
5 33 (26.19%) DB2
6 32 (25.40%) Windows
7 31 (24.60%) Oracle
8 30 (23.81%) .NET
8 30 (23.81%) Microsoft
9 28 (22.22%) CICS
9 28 (22.22%) Java
10 26 (20.63%) J2EE
10 26 (20.63%) ITIL
11 24 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
11 24 (19.05%) SQL
11 24 (19.05%) COBOL
12 23 (18.25%) Web Services
12 23 (18.25%) SOA
12 23 (18.25%) Risk Management
13 22 (17.46%) Ab Initio
13 22 (17.46%) Teradata
13 22 (17.46%) DataStage
14 21 (16.67%) Telecoms
15 18 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
15 18 (14.29%) Java EE
15 18 (14.29%) Financial Institution
15 18 (14.29%) zOS
15 18 (14.29%) ETL

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 30 (23.81%) .NET
2 26 (20.63%) J2EE
3 23 (18.25%) Web Services
4 18 (14.29%) Java EE
5 15 (11.90%) JSP
6 14 (11.11%) WebSphere
7 13 (10.32%) JMS
8 11 (8.730%) JDBC
9 8 (6.349%) ASP.NET
9 8 (6.349%) JNDI
10 7 (5.556%) ISPF
11 6 (4.762%) XML
12 5 (3.968%) CSS
12 5 (3.968%) HTML
12 5 (3.968%) Middleware
13 4 (3.175%) Hibernate
13 4 (3.175%) Struts
14 3 (2.381%) SOAP
14 3 (2.381%) SVG
14 3 (2.381%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 28 (22.22%) CICS
2 10 (7.937%) SAS
3 8 (6.349%) Apache
3 8 (6.349%) Tomcat
4 5 (3.968%) WebSphere MQ
4 5 (3.968%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (2.381%) IIS
5 3 (2.381%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (2.381%) GlassFish
6 2 (1.587%) Apache Solr
6 2 (1.587%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.587%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.794%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (0.794%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (10.32%) MS Excel
2 7 (5.556%) MS Office
3 2 (1.587%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 2 (1.587%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.968%) Firewall
2 4 (3.175%) SAN
2 4 (3.175%) HTTP
3 3 (2.381%) LAN
3 3 (2.381%) WAN
4 2 (1.587%) FTP
4 2 (1.587%) NAS
5 1 (0.794%) Internet
5 1 (0.794%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (26.19%) DB2
2 24 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (17.46%) DataStage
4 10 (7.937%) Base SAS
5 9 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (3.968%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.587%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.587%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (1.587%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.794%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 3 (2.381%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.587%) ChangeMan
2 2 (1.587%) Subversion
2 2 (1.587%) ClearCase
2 2 (1.587%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.794%) Oracle APEX
General
1 66 (52.38%) Finance
2 34 (26.98%) Banking
3 21 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 18 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.968%) Retail
6 4 (3.175%) Advertising
7 1 (0.794%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (23.81%) Architect
2 22 (17.46%) Solutions Architect
3 18 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 18 (14.29%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 15 (11.90%) Analyst
5 11 (8.730%) Designer
6 10 (7.937%) Developer
7 8 (6.349%) Enterprise Architect
7 8 (6.349%) Senior Designer
8 7 (5.556%) Senior Architect
8 7 (5.556%) Technical Designer
8 7 (5.556%) Senior Technical Architect
8 7 (5.556%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.556%) Integration Architect
9 6 (4.762%) SAS Analyst
10 5 (3.968%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (3.968%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (3.175%) Consultant
11 4 (3.175%) DBA
11 4 (3.175%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 126 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 18 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (7.937%) Tandem
4 5 (3.968%) Cryptography
4 5 (3.968%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.968%) Computer Science
4 5 (3.968%) Statistics
5 4 (3.175%) e-Health
5 4 (3.175%) PMI
6 3 (2.381%) VSAM
6 3 (2.381%) CLARiiON
6 3 (2.381%) Symmetrix DMX
7 2 (1.587%) SWIFT
7 2 (1.587%) Symmetrix
8 1 (0.794%) Clustering
8 1 (0.794%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.794%) Celerra
8 1 (0.794%) iSeries
8 1 (0.794%) PKI
8 1 (0.794%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 55 (43.65%) UNIX
2 32 (25.40%) Windows
3 18 (14.29%) Linux
3 18 (14.29%) zOS
4 7 (5.556%) AIX
5 5 (3.968%) Solaris
5 5 (3.968%) VME
6 4 (3.175%) MVS
6 4 (3.175%) SUSE
7 1 (0.794%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.63%) ITIL
2 23 (18.25%) SOA
2 23 (18.25%) Risk Management
3 18 (14.29%) ETL
3 18 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 18 (14.29%) Investment Management
4 14 (11.11%) Project Management
5 12 (9.524%) Incident Management
6 10 (7.937%) Problem Management
7 9 (7.143%) TOGAF
8 8 (6.349%) Zachman Framework
8 8 (6.349%) Service Delivery
9 7 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (4.762%) PRINCE2
11 5 (3.968%) Change Control
11 5 (3.968%) Web Application Development
12 4 (3.175%) Capacity Management
12 4 (3.175%) Capacity Planning
12 4 (3.175%) Waterfall
12 4 (3.175%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.98%) JCL
2 28 (22.22%) Java
3 24 (19.05%) COBOL
3 24 (19.05%) SQL
4 8 (6.349%) C#
4 8 (6.349%) Perl
4 8 (6.349%) Shell Script
5 7 (5.556%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.762%) SAS Macro
7 5 (3.968%) REXX
7 5 (3.968%) C++
8 3 (2.381%) C
9 2 (1.587%) VBA
9 2 (1.587%) Python
9 2 (1.587%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.794%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 10 (7.937%) Degree
2 7 (5.556%) SC Cleared
2 7 (5.556%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.175%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.381%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.968%) SLA
2 2 (1.587%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.381%) XenApp
2 3 (2.381%) XenServer
2 3 (2.381%) SRDF
2 3 (2.381%) vSphere
3 1 (0.794%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.794%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 11 (8.730%) Tivoli
2 8 (6.349%) OpenView
2 8 (6.349%) Unicenter
3 4 (3.175%) HP SIM
3 4 (3.175%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 4 (3.175%) BMC PATROL
3 4 (3.175%) Control-M
3 4 (3.175%) OMEGAMON
3 4 (3.175%) SCCM
3 4 (3.175%) SCOM
4 2 (1.587%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.587%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.794%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.794%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 126 (100.00%) IBM
2 31 (24.60%) Oracle
3 30 (23.81%) Microsoft
4 22 (17.46%) Teradata
4 22 (17.46%) Ab Initio
5 16 (12.70%) Siebel
6 14 (11.11%) HP
7 12 (9.524%) VMware
8 9 (7.143%) CA
9 6 (4.762%) Citrix
9 6 (4.762%) BMC
10 4 (3.175%) Red Hat
10 4 (3.175%) JBoss
10 4 (3.175%) Fujitsu
10 4 (3.175%) ICL
10 4 (3.175%) Endeca
10 4 (3.175%) FatWire
10 4 (3.175%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.381%) Brocade
11 3 (2.381%) Cisco
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Degree in (ideally) numerate subject (e.g. Maths, Statistics or Computing) § Knowledge and proven experience in SAS Base and Macro § Evidence of ability to deliver high quality work...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: excellent salary and benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Key skills and responsibilities Degree in (ideally) numerate subject (e.g. Maths, Statistics or Computing) Knowledge and proven experience in SAS Base and Macro Evidence of ability to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: excellent salary and benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Lead Application Support Analyst x2 - Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2 - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied and stable career working for our leading...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
End-to-end lifecycle experience is vital for the Integration Architect (Java, .NET, IBM Mainframe) as you will be involved throughout the design and development process!... Experience working...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
End-to-end lifecycle experience is vital for the Integration Architect (Java, .NET, IBM Mainframe) as you will be involved throughout the design and development process!... Experience working...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wiltshire
Technologies used across the site of which you'll need demonstrable knowledge are: * Cisco Network * NetApp storage IBM Mainframe (Z/Os, DB2, CICS &MQ) * HP Blades * AIX and...
Roc Search
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cheshire
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013