The first table below looks at the demand for the Mainframe Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframe Architect
Rank 852 882 -
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Mainframe Architect 16 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.003% -
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 0
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102828 114458 120840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.97% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85533 98230 102542
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Mainframe Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Mainframe Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe Architect
Salary Trend

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

Mainframe Architect Salary Trend

Mainframe Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe Architect over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Mainframe Architect Salary Histogram

Mainframe Architect
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +35 12 £55,000 - 1
South East +22 10 £55,000 - 1
Kent -13 9 £55,000 - 1
Chatham +4 1 £60,000 -
London - 1 £50,500 -
Cheshire - 1 £70,000 -
City of London - 1 £50,500 -
North West - 1 £70,000 -

Mainframe Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Mainframe Architect in their job title 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 with Mainframe Architect in their job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 29 (96.67%) DB2
3 26 (86.67%) COBOL
4 24 (80.00%) ETL
5 23 (76.67%) Web Services
5 23 (76.67%) MQSeries
5 23 (76.67%) Data Modelling
6 21 (70.00%) Capacity Planning
7 19 (63.33%) Oracle 11g
7 19 (63.33%) SOA
7 19 (63.33%) Oracle
7 19 (63.33%) CICS
8 18 (60.00%) JCL
9 17 (56.67%) FTP
10 15 (50.00%) XML Schema
10 15 (50.00%) XML
11 14 (46.67%) XSLT
11 14 (46.67%) B2B
12 13 (43.33%) UML
12 13 (43.33%) OOA/OOD
12 13 (43.33%) CA Endevor
13 12 (40.00%) Load Balancing
13 12 (40.00%) BODI
13 12 (40.00%) Business Objects
13 12 (40.00%) Cognos
13 12 (40.00%) Informatica
14 10 (33.33%) PL/1
15 8 (26.67%) Finance
15 8 (26.67%) J2EE
16 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management

Mainframe Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Mainframe Architect in their job title 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 with Mainframe Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (76.67%) Web Services
2 15 (50.00%) XML Schema
2 15 (50.00%) XML
3 14 (46.67%) XSLT
4 8 (26.67%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 23 (76.67%) MQSeries
2 19 (63.33%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (56.67%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (96.67%) DB2
2 19 (63.33%) Oracle 11g
3 12 (40.00%) BODI
4 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 30 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.333%) IBM Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (80.00%) ETL
2 23 (76.67%) Data Modelling
3 21 (70.00%) Capacity Planning
4 19 (63.33%) SOA
5 14 (46.67%) B2B
6 13 (43.33%) UML
6 13 (43.33%) OOA/OOD
7 12 (40.00%) Load Balancing
8 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
9 1 (3.333%) PRINCE
9 1 (3.333%) Zachman Framework
9 1 (3.333%) TOGAF
9 1 (3.333%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (86.67%) COBOL
2 18 (60.00%) JCL
3 10 (33.33%) PL/1
4 2 (6.667%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 13 (43.33%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) Oracle
2 12 (40.00%) Business Objects
2 12 (40.00%) Cognos
2 12 (40.00%) Informatica
3 2 (6.667%) IBM
4 1 (3.333%) HP
4 1 (3.333%) Teradata
4 1 (3.333%) Unisys
Kent, South East
Mainframe architect - Chatham, Kent - up to £60K + benefitsKey skills: Cobol, DB2, Data Modelling, Database Design, SOA, Webservices, J2EE, COTS integrationOur client is a large outsourcing services company who...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 11 June 2013