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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank270286
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching permanent IT job ads14171414
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.691 %0.632 %
As % of the category below3.069 %2.471 %
Salaries quoted11081149
Average minimum salary£40,598£40,392
Average salary£44,328£44,031
% change on same period last year+0.67 %
Average maximum salary£48,058£47,670
UK excluding London average salary£41,563£39,444
% change on same period last year+5.37 %
Miscellaneous UKMiscellaneous
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4616957222
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled22.50 %25.57 %
Salaries quoted3669243084
Average minimum salary£46,311£48,796
Average salary£51,060£53,657
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Average maximum salary£55,810£58,517
UK excluding London average salary£38,604£38,930
% change on same period last year-0.83 %

Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Mainframe across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Mainframe across the UK.

Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the UK over the past 3 months.

Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+161363£44,535+0.71 %
2South EastUp+36309£45,779+7.24 %
3YorkshireUp+60291£33,151+5.89 %
4LondonDown-77255£55,339+3.73 %
5North WestUp+9251£45,770+19.45 %
6CheshireUp+50177£49,090+18.63 %
7North YorkshireUp+28149£32,394+8.67 %
8YorkUp+25110£31,318-0.49 %
9West YorkshireUp+31107£36,093+11.07 %
10East of EnglandUp+36101£40,484-2.24 %
11BuckinghamshireUp+5784£37,730-15.38 %
12South YorkshireUp+4783£30,143-8.42 %
13LeedsUp+3081£32,033+3.68 %
14HampshireDown-4077£42,358+1.15 %
15City of LondonUp+1573£55,458-2.54 %
16HertfordshireUp+5570£40,390+8.95 %
17South WestDown-7367£37,919-4.70 %
18BerkshireUp+3361£45,022+15.48 %
19East MidlandsDown-1960£39,194+2.77 %
20ManchesterUp+1355£37,318-3.84 %
21KnutsfordNo change050£46,980-2.46 %
22SurreyUp+2348£50,949+30.09 %
23SheffieldUp+4043£27,981-44.03 %
24LeicestershireDown-736£38,050+10.26 %
25West MidlandsDown-535£45,771+42.33 %
26ScotlandUp+1832£34,435-6.26 %
26Milton KeynesUp+1632£37,671-22.72 %
27LeicesterDown-1226£36,313+9.77 %
28BirminghamUp+624£50,214+38.52 %
29MarlowUp+1222£35,000-41.66 %

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe.

11234 (41.52 %)Finance
2905 (30.45 %)Unix
3679 (22.85 %)IBM
4645 (21.70 %)Windows
5580 (19.52 %)COBOL
6551 (18.54 %)DB2
7481 (16.18 %)Banking
8442 (14.87 %)IBM Mainframe
9416 (14.00 %)CICS
10383 (12.89 %)Project Management
11377 (12.69 %)SQL
12353 (11.88 %)Microsoft
13327 (11.00 %)Oracle
14311 (10.46 %)PRINCE2
15290 (9.758 %)Java
16280 (9.421 %)JCL
17266 (8.950 %)SAN
18259 (8.715 %)MVS
19252 (8.479 %)ITIL
20238 (8.008 %)Stakeholder Management
21224 (7.537 %)Degree
22220 (7.402 %)WebSphere
23198 (6.662 %)Pensions
24195 (6.561 %).NET
25192 (6.460 %)SOA
26191 (6.427 %)Retail
27174 (5.855 %)AIX
27174 (5.855 %)AS400
28170 (5.720 %)J2EE
29161 (5.417 %)Insurance

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1220 (7.402 %)WebSphere
2195 (6.561 %).NET
3170 (5.720 %)J2EE
4128 (4.307 %)XML
5110 (3.701 %)ISPF
690 (3.028 %)Middleware
778 (2.624 %)WebServices
873 (2.456 %)HTML
922 (0.740 %)XSLT
922 (0.740 %)CSS
922 (0.740 %)Struts
1021 (0.707 %)JDBC
1021 (0.707 %)ODBC
1120 (0.673 %)ASP.NET
1120 (0.673 %)JMS
1219 (0.639 %)NetBeans
1318 (0.606 %)XMLBeans
1318 (0.606 %)XHTML
1318 (0.606 %)J2SE
1318 (0.606 %)Servlets
Application Platforms
1416 (14.00 %)CICS
294 (3.163 %)SAS
373 (2.456 %)WebLogic
467 (2.254 %)MQSeries
533 (1.110 %)IIS
632 (1.077 %)Lotus Notes
730 (1.009 %)WebSphere MQ
827 (0.908 %)Tomcat
926 (0.875 %)WebSphere Application Server
926 (0.875 %)ESB
1024 (0.808 %)JBoss
1123 (0.774 %)Papyrus
1222 (0.740 %)DOC1
1319 (0.639 %)MS Exchange
1417 (0.572 %)CMS
1515 (0.505 %)Documentum
1613 (0.437 %)BizTalk Server
1712 (0.404 %)StreamWeaver
1811 (0.370 %)Apache
1910 (0.336 %)SharePoint
Applications
1156 (5.249 %)MS Excel
2137 (4.610 %)MS Office
3104 (3.499 %)MS Project
476 (2.557 %)MS Visio
524 (0.808 %)MS PowerPoint
614 (0.471 %)CA Clarity
713 (0.437 %)PrintSoft PReS
88 (0.269 %)SPSS
92 (0.067 %)Open Workbench
101 (0.034 %)XMetaL
Business Applications
116 (0.538 %)SoftGrid
212 (0.404 %)BPCS
39 (0.303 %)Oracle Financials
48 (0.269 %)VisionPLUS
56 (0.202 %)Oracle CRM
56 (0.202 %)Oracle Applications
65 (0.168 %)MFGPRO
65 (0.168 %)HiPortfolio
65 (0.168 %)Movex
65 (0.168 %)Unica Affinium
65 (0.168 %)SyteLine
65 (0.168 %)SAP ERP
73 (0.101 %)PeopleSoft Financials
81 (0.034 %)Great Plains
81 (0.034 %)BASE24
81 (0.034 %)Global One
81 (0.034 %)Minerva
81 (0.034 %)RMDS
81 (0.034 %)SAP Retail
81 (0.034 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1266 (8.950 %)SAN
272 (2.423 %)TCP/IP
340 (1.346 %)Firewall
433 (1.110 %)Internet
532 (1.077 %)LAN
630 (1.009 %)WAN
728 (0.942 %)Wireless
827 (0.908 %)SMS
926 (0.875 %)DNS
1020 (0.673 %)VPN
1020 (0.673 %)IPX
1119 (0.639 %)IP Telephony
1216 (0.538 %)Intrusion Detection
1216 (0.538 %)FTP
1216 (0.538 %)Wi-Fi
1313 (0.437 %)HTTP
1412 (0.404 %)VoIP
1511 (0.370 %)Network Security
1610 (0.336 %)WINS
1610 (0.336 %)SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1551 (18.54 %)DB2
2113 (3.802 %)SQL Server
3109 (3.668 %)Datawarehouse
486 (2.894 %)Adabas
544 (1.480 %)BusinessObjects
635 (1.178 %)ETL
727 (0.908 %)Oracle 8/8i
825 (0.841 %)MySQL
916 (0.538 %)RDBMS
1011 (0.370 %)DataStage
1011 (0.370 %)Base SAS
119 (0.303 %)IDMS
119 (0.303 %)OLAP
119 (0.303 %)MS Access
127 (0.236 %)Data Mining
136 (0.202 %)Database Marketing
145 (0.168 %)Data Mart
145 (0.168 %)SQL Server 2000
145 (0.168 %)Oracle Reports
154 (0.135 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
171 (2.389 %)TestDirector
259 (1.985 %)WinRunner
349 (1.649 %)LoadRunner
445 (1.514 %)QuickTest Pro
531 (1.043 %)Eclipse
620 (0.673 %)JUnit
718 (0.606 %)JBuilder
718 (0.606 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
718 (0.606 %)JDeveloper
718 (0.606 %)Log4j
815 (0.505 %)Rational Rose
912 (0.404 %)Visual Studio
1011 (0.370 %)PowerBuilder
116 (0.202 %)Ant
125 (0.168 %)Synon
125 (0.168 %)ERwin
125 (0.168 %)WebLOAD
134 (0.135 %)XPEDITER
134 (0.135 %)TeamTrack
134 (0.135 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
11234 (41.52 %)Finance
2481 (16.18 %)Banking
3198 (6.662 %)Pensions
4191 (6.427 %)Retail
5161 (5.417 %)Insurance
6129 (4.341 %)Telecoms
7121 (4.071 %)Health
860 (2.019 %)Financial Institution
949 (1.649 %)Investment Banking
1035 (1.178 %)Auditing
1134 (1.144 %)Back Office
1231 (1.043 %)Marketing
1330 (1.009 %)Billing
1423 (0.774 %)Manufacturing
1423 (0.774 %)Government
1519 (0.639 %)Education
1617 (0.572 %)Law
1711 (0.370 %)General Ledger
1810 (0.336 %)Private Banking
1810 (0.336 %)Legal
Job Titles
1871 (29.31 %)Analyst
2405 (13.63 %)Project Manager
3266 (8.950 %)Developer
4238 (8.008 %)Programmer
5236 (7.941 %)Architect
6233 (7.840 %)Consultant
7170 (5.720 %)Analyst Programmer
8149 (5.013 %)Business Analyst
9101 (3.398 %)COBOL Programmer
1099 (3.331 %)COBOL Analyst
1183 (2.793 %)Senior Analyst
1282 (2.759 %)Systems Analyst
1381 (2.725 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
1475 (2.524 %)Tester
1475 (2.524 %)Programme Manager
1574 (2.490 %)Support Analyst
1671 (2.389 %)Senior Manager
1770 (2.355 %)Test Analyst
1869 (2.322 %)Computer Operator
1968 (2.288 %)Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1442 (14.87 %)IBM Mainframe
2174 (5.855 %)AS400
395 (3.197 %)Tandem
486 (2.894 %)Client/Server
546 (1.548 %)Management Information System
623 (0.774 %)Equities
623 (0.774 %)Asset Management
722 (0.740 %)VSAM
722 (0.740 %)Computer Science
819 (0.639 %)Derivative
819 (0.639 %)Clustering
918 (0.606 %)Replication
918 (0.606 %)Mathematics
1017 (0.572 %)PMI
1114 (0.471 %)Blackberry
1114 (0.471 %)Cryptography
1211 (0.370 %)Equity Derivative
139 (0.303 %)Statistics
139 (0.303 %)EFT
139 (0.303 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
1905 (30.45 %)Unix
2645 (21.70 %)Windows
3259 (8.715 %)MVS
4174 (5.855 %)AIX
5148 (4.980 %)zOS
6103 (3.466 %)Linux
793 (3.129 %)Solaris
890 (3.028 %)Windows NT
946 (1.548 %)OS/390
1044 (1.480 %)Windows 2000
1141 (1.380 %)HPUX
1232 (1.077 %)Windows XP
1331 (1.043 %)VMS
1418 (0.606 %)OS/400
158 (0.269 %)Windows Server 2003
158 (0.269 %)OpenVMS
158 (0.269 %)VME
162 (0.067 %)Tru64
162 (0.067 %)SUSE
162 (0.067 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1383 (12.89 %)Project Management
2311 (10.46 %)PRINCE2
3252 (8.479 %)ITIL
4238 (8.008 %)Stakeholder Management
5192 (6.460 %)SOA
6155 (5.215 %)Time Management
7133 (4.475 %)Service Delivery
7133 (4.475 %)Supplier Management
8105 (3.533 %)Resource Management
9104 (3.499 %)Migration
9104 (3.499 %)Change Management
10100 (3.365 %)UML
1196 (3.230 %)Business Analysis
1294 (3.163 %)Matrix Management
1393 (3.129 %)Business Intelligence
1485 (2.860 %)Data Migration
1579 (2.658 %)Regression Testing
1676 (2.557 %)EAI
1772 (2.423 %)System Testing
1871 (2.389 %)OO
Programming Languages
1580 (19.52 %)COBOL
2377 (12.69 %)SQL
3290 (9.758 %)Java
4280 (9.421 %)JCL
5145 (4.879 %)VB
6100 (3.365 %)C++
784 (2.826 %)VB6
875 (2.524 %)C
941 (1.380 %)C#
1035 (1.178 %)NATURAL
1134 (1.144 %)Assembly Language
1231 (1.043 %)REXX
1328 (0.942 %)PL/1
1328 (0.942 %)JavaScript
1420 (0.673 %)Perl
1519 (0.639 %)PHP
1519 (0.639 %)VB.NET
1618 (0.606 %)XPath
1716 (0.538 %)VBScript
1716 (0.538 %)Delphi
Qualifications
1224 (7.537 %)Degree
2103 (3.466 %)PMP
2103 (3.466 %)PMI Certification
3100 (3.365 %)ISEB
498 (3.297 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
547 (1.581 %)HND
640 (1.346 %)ITIL Certification
730 (1.009 %)Microsoft Certification
829 (0.976 %)PRINCE2 Certification
829 (0.976 %)CISSP
926 (0.875 %)CISA
1024 (0.808 %)Cisco Certification
1121 (0.707 %)MCSE
1218 (0.606 %)Sun Certification
1317 (0.572 %)QiCA
1416 (0.538 %)MCP
1416 (0.538 %)CCNP
1513 (0.437 %)ISEB Practitioner
169 (0.303 %)CCNA
178 (0.269 %)CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
192 (3.096 %)SLA
273 (2.456 %)QA
322 (0.740 %)COBIT
420 (0.673 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
54 (0.135 %)ISO17799
63 (0.101 %)ISO27001
71 (0.034 %)PCI DSS
71 (0.034 %)PCI QSA
71 (0.034 %)Basel II
71 (0.034 %)ISO8583
71 (0.034 %)BS7799
System Software
176 (2.557 %)Active Directory
242 (1.413 %)RACF
321 (0.707 %)Backup Exec
410 (0.336 %)Oracle RAC
59 (0.303 %)NetBackup
63 (0.101 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
72 (0.067 %)AquaLogic
72 (0.067 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.067 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.034 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
170 (2.355 %)Tivoli
242 (1.413 %)OMEGAMON
339 (1.312 %)CONTROL-M
421 (0.707 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
520 (0.673 %)CiscoWorks
520 (0.673 %)Foglight
616 (0.538 %)OpenView
711 (0.370 %)AllFusion Endevor
88 (0.269 %)Tivoli NetView
97 (0.236 %)AutoSys
106 (0.202 %)Legato
115 (0.168 %)MOM
115 (0.168 %)MIMEsweeper
115 (0.168 %)ServiceCenter
124 (0.135 %)Unicenter
132 (0.067 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
132 (0.067 %)WSUS
132 (0.067 %)EMC NetWorker
141 (0.034 %)MAILsweeper
Vendors
1679 (22.85 %)IBM
2353 (11.88 %)Microsoft
3327 (11.00 %)Oracle
495 (3.197 %)SAP
582 (2.759 %)Citrix
658 (1.952 %)HP
754 (1.817 %)Sybase
851 (1.716 %)Sun
949 (1.649 %)CA
1048 (1.615 %)Intel
1147 (1.581 %)Remedy
1244 (1.480 %)Business Objects
1244 (1.480 %)Siebel
1341 (1.380 %)Cognos
1438 (1.279 %)ICL
1537 (1.245 %)EMC
1634 (1.144 %)Lotus
1732 (1.077 %)BEA
1831 (1.043 %)Teradata
1928 (0.942 %)Unisys
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