The first table below looks at the demand for the Mainframe Programmer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe Programmer 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 Programmer
Rank 850 911 861
Rank change year-on-year
+61 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Mainframe Programmer 9 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.008% 0.001% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.001% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 3
Average salary £50,000 £60,000 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +30.43%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £60,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +30.43%
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 Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Mainframe Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Mainframe Programmer Salary Trend

Mainframe Programmer
Salary Histogram

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

Mainframe Programmer Salary Histogram

Mainframe Programmer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Programmer 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 +32 7 £50,000 -16.66%
East Midlands - 4 £50,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 4 £50,000 -
Nottingham - 4 £50,000 -
Scotland - 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Erskine - 2 - -
South East - 2 £47,500 -
Midlands - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £35,000 -
Hampshire - 1 £60,000 -
Southampton - 1 £60,000 -

Mainframe Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 19 (95.00%) zOS
2 19 (95.00%) REXX
2 19 (95.00%) CICS
3 18 (90.00%) DB2
4 17 (85.00%) Linux
4 17 (85.00%) BMC
4 17 (85.00%) CA
4 17 (85.00%) JCL
5 16 (80.00%) ISPF
6 15 (75.00%) MVS
6 15 (75.00%) ITIL
7 14 (70.00%) IBM
8 12 (60.00%) Marketing
8 12 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (60.00%) Credit Risk
9 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
9 3 (15.00%) Finance
9 3 (15.00%) Digital Media
9 3 (15.00%) Assembly Language
10 2 (10.00%) SMTP
10 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
10 2 (10.00%) SNA
10 2 (10.00%) SLA
10 2 (10.00%) UNIX
10 2 (10.00%) SAS
10 2 (10.00%) Degree
10 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 2 (10.00%) RACF
10 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery

Mainframe Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 16 (80.00%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 19 (95.00%) CICS
2 2 (10.00%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) SMTP
1 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (10.00%) SNA
2 1 (5.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (90.00%) DB2
General
1 12 (60.00%) Marketing
2 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 20 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 12 (60.00%) Credit Risk
3 3 (15.00%) Digital Media
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.000%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (5.000%) Replication
5 1 (5.000%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) zOS
2 17 (85.00%) Linux
3 15 (75.00%) MVS
4 2 (10.00%) UNIX
5 1 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) ITIL
2 12 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.000%) Database Tuning
4 1 (5.000%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (95.00%) REXX
2 17 (85.00%) JCL
3 3 (15.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (5.000%) PL/1
4 1 (5.000%) COBOL
4 1 (5.000%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) BMC
1 17 (85.00%) CA
2 14 (70.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.000%) VMware