The first table below looks at the demand for the Mainframe Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframe Developer
Rank 852 904 859
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Mainframe Developer 7 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.007% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.007% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 3
Average salary £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88% -14.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £27,800 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,100 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101379 114752 114698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 84338 98449 96828
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 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Mainframe Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Mainframe Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe Developer
Salary Trend

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

Mainframe Developer Salary Trend

Mainframe Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Mainframe Developer Salary Histogram

Mainframe Developer
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 Developer 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 +24 5 £45,000 +16.88%
London - 4 £57,500 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Belfast - 2 - -
County Antrim - 2 - -
South East - 1 £37,500 -
Hampshire - 1 £37,500 -
Southampton - 1 £37,500 -

Mainframe Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Mainframe Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 6 (75.00%) COBOL
3 5 (62.50%) JCL
4 4 (50.00%) DB2
4 4 (50.00%) Finance
5 3 (37.50%) QA
5 3 (37.50%) Java
5 3 (37.50%) .NET
5 3 (37.50%) IBM
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) C
6 2 (25.00%) SAP
6 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
6 2 (25.00%) Assembly Language
6 2 (25.00%) REXX
6 2 (25.00%) zOS
6 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (25.00%) Banking
6 2 (25.00%) Logistics
6 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
6 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (25.00%) Games
7 1 (12.50%) Validation
7 1 (12.50%) Music
7 1 (12.50%) Music Industry
7 1 (12.50%) Marketing
7 1 (12.50%) Degree
7 1 (12.50%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (12.50%) Product Management
7 1 (12.50%) MVS

Mainframe Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (12.50%) CICS
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) DB2
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Games
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Music
3 1 (12.50%) Music Industry
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (12.50%) AS400
2 1 (12.50%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) zOS
2 1 (12.50%) MVS
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (12.50%) Product Management
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) COBOL
2 5 (62.50%) JCL
3 3 (37.50%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) C
4 2 (25.00%) Assembly Language
4 2 (25.00%) REXX
5 1 (12.50%) PL/1
5 1 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (12.50%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) IBM
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Micro Focus