The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

IBM MVS
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank822819728
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-91
Matching permanent IT job ads534624
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.044 %0.038 %0.025 %
As % of the Operating Systems category0.164 %0.151 %0.103 %
Number of salaries quoted192417
Average salary£44,000£47,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.36 %+26.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,400£25,000£31,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£87,500£65,000£82,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,250£45,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-19.44 %+20.00 %
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
322193052723318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.72 %24.90 %24.42 %
Number of salaries quoted276442574319496
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

MVS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MVS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

MVS Demand Trend

MVS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MVS within the UK.

MVS Salary Trend

MVS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MVS over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

MVS Salary Histogram

MVS
Top 29 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1053£44,000-12.00 %
South WestNew entry-25£44,000-
WiltshireNew entry-19£44,000-
SwindonNew entry-16£44,000-
LondonDown-510£87,500+9.37 %
East MidlandsUp+57£32,500-18.75 %
NottinghamNew entry-7£32,500-
NottinghamshireNew entry-7£32,500-
South EastDown-405--
City of LondonNew entry-5£87,500-
North YorkshireUp+13£28,000-11.81 %
YorkDown-63£28,000-12.50 %
SurreyDown-163--
YorkshireDown-203£28,000-13.17 %
DevonNew entry-3--
ExeterNew entry-3--
BristolNew entry-3--
SalisburyNew entry-3--
Milton KeynesUp+71--
HarrogateUp+61--
BuckinghamshireUp+11--
West MidlandsDown-171£28,000-37.77 %
Canary WharfNew entry-1--
North WestNew entry-1£80,000-
MidlandsNew entry-1--
West SussexNew entry-1--
WarwickshireNew entry-1£28,000-
LancashireNew entry-1£80,000-
WorthingNew entry-1--

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing MVS 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 MVS.

137 (57.81 %)Oracle
229 (45.31 %)Mainframe
326 (40.63 %)UNIX
423 (35.94 %)Python
521 (32.81 %)Data Warehouse
521 (32.81 %)Oracle BI EE
620 (31.25 %)Finance
620 (31.25 %)Business Intelligence
620 (31.25 %)DB2
717 (26.56 %)HTML
717 (26.56 %)Workflow
717 (26.56 %)JCL
816 (25.00 %)Oracle Workflow
816 (25.00 %)Oracle OWB
816 (25.00 %)Java
816 (25.00 %)LDAP
816 (25.00 %)CSS
915 (23.44 %)SQL
915 (23.44 %)Systems Analysis
1014 (21.88 %)REXX
1113 (20.31 %)E-Commerce
1113 (20.31 %)J2EE
1113 (20.31 %)Oracle Applications
1113 (20.31 %)Banking
1113 (20.31 %)WebSphere
1212 (18.75 %)Requirements Analysis
1212 (18.75 %)ActionScript 2.0
1212 (18.75 %)Data Management
1212 (18.75 %)Business Analysis
1212 (18.75 %)ActionScript

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing MVS 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 MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
117 (26.56 %)HTML
216 (25.00 %)CSS
313 (20.31 %)WebSphere
313 (20.31 %)J2EE
412 (18.75 %)Web Services
53 (4.688 %)XML
53 (4.688 %)Hibernate
62 (3.125 %)Struts
62 (3.125 %)iBATIS
71 (1.563 %)WPF
71 (1.563 %)Silverlight
71 (1.563 %)Spring Web Flow
71 (1.563 %)Facelets
71 (1.563 %)Java EE
71 (1.563 %).NET
71 (1.563 %)Spring
71 (1.563 %)JSF
71 (1.563 %)Ajax
71 (1.563 %)ISPF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
116 (25.00 %)Oracle Workflow
24 (6.250 %)CICS
32 (3.125 %)Lotus Notes
32 (3.125 %)Tomcat
41 (1.563 %)SAS
41 (1.563 %)CMS
41 (1.563 %)StreamWeaver
41 (1.563 %)Exstream Dialogue
41 (1.563 %)IIS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (4.688 %)MS Excel
21 (1.563 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (20.31 %)Oracle Applications
21 (1.563 %)Exstream
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (25.00 %)LDAP
212 (18.75 %)HTTPS
37 (10.94 %)NetScaler
37 (10.94 %)FTP
37 (10.94 %)TCP/IP
37 (10.94 %)Internet
44 (6.250 %)Firewall
52 (3.125 %)Wireless
52 (3.125 %)Network Security
61 (1.563 %)NAS
61 (1.563 %)ATM
61 (1.563 %)SMS
61 (1.563 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (32.81 %)Data Warehouse
121 (32.81 %)Oracle BI EE
220 (31.25 %)DB2
316 (25.00 %)Oracle OWB
48 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
55 (7.813 %)OLAP
55 (7.813 %)Data Mart
55 (7.813 %)Spotfire
55 (7.813 %)Oracle OLAP
55 (7.813 %)QlikView
63 (4.688 %)Oracle 11g
63 (4.688 %)SQL Server
63 (4.688 %)ETL
63 (4.688 %)Oracle Discoverer
72 (3.125 %)RDBMS
72 (3.125 %)DB2 UDB
81 (1.563 %)SQL Server 2008
81 (1.563 %)Oracle Reports
81 (1.563 %)IDMS
81 (1.563 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.563 %)Ant
11 (1.563 %)Maven
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (31.25 %)Finance
213 (20.31 %)Banking
34 (6.250 %)Retail
42 (3.125 %)Marketing
42 (3.125 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (1.563 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
121 (32.81 %)Developer
216 (25.00 %)Analyst
313 (20.31 %)Business Analyst
313 (20.31 %)OBIEE Developer
412 (18.75 %)Business Systems Analyst
412 (18.75 %)Systems Analyst
412 (18.75 %)Financial Business Analyst
412 (18.75 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
55 (7.813 %)TIBCO Developer
55 (7.813 %)QA Leader
64 (6.250 %)Systems Administrator
64 (6.250 %)Administrator
73 (4.688 %)Team Leader
73 (4.688 %)Mainframe Operator
73 (4.688 %)Architect
82 (3.125 %)COBOL Programmer
82 (3.125 %)COBOL Analyst
82 (3.125 %)Report Developer
82 (3.125 %)Java Architect
82 (3.125 %)Computer Operator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
129 (45.31 %)Mainframe
212 (18.75 %)Client/Server
311 (17.19 %)W3C
46 (9.375 %)EFT
55 (7.813 %)Credit Risk
64 (6.250 %)Visualisation
64 (6.250 %)Management Information System
64 (6.250 %)Statistics
73 (4.688 %)IBM Mainframe
82 (3.125 %)Blackberry
82 (3.125 %)Web 2.0
91 (1.563 %)Firmware
91 (1.563 %)LPAR
91 (1.563 %)Open Source
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
126 (40.63 %)UNIX
28 (12.50 %)Windows
32 (3.125 %)Linux
41 (1.563 %)OS/400
41 (1.563 %)OS/390
41 (1.563 %)zOS
41 (1.563 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (31.25 %)Business Intelligence
217 (26.56 %)Workflow
315 (23.44 %)Systems Analysis
413 (20.31 %)E-Commerce
512 (18.75 %)Data Modelling
512 (18.75 %)SOA
512 (18.75 %)UML
512 (18.75 %)Business Analysis
512 (18.75 %)Data Management
512 (18.75 %)Requirements Analysis
68 (12.50 %)Continuous Improvement
75 (7.813 %)Software Testing
83 (4.688 %)Service Delivery
92 (3.125 %)Process Management
92 (3.125 %)Telemarketing
92 (3.125 %)Problem Management
92 (3.125 %)Logistics
101 (1.563 %)Project Planning
101 (1.563 %)Refactoring
101 (1.563 %)Test Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
123 (35.94 %)Python
217 (26.56 %)JCL
316 (25.00 %)Java
415 (23.44 %)SQL
514 (21.88 %)REXX
612 (18.75 %)PL/1
612 (18.75 %)ActionScript
612 (18.75 %)ActionScript 2.0
710 (15.63 %)Perl
87 (10.94 %)COBOL
96 (9.375 %)PL/SQL
103 (4.688 %)Korn
112 (3.125 %)Assembly Language
121 (1.563 %)PHP5
121 (1.563 %)Shell Script
121 (1.563 %)C#
121 (1.563 %)JavaScript
121 (1.563 %)PHP
121 (1.563 %)T-SQL
121 (1.563 %)ABAP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (12.50 %)Degree
21 (1.563 %)SC Cleared
21 (1.563 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (7.813 %)QA
24 (6.250 %)SLA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.563 %)Tivoli
11 (1.563 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (1.563 %)NetBackup
11 (1.563 %)OMEGAMON
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
137 (57.81 %)Oracle
28 (12.50 %)IBM
28 (12.50 %)Microsoft
37 (10.94 %)CheckPoint
45 (7.813 %)TIBCO
53 (4.688 %)Cisco
62 (3.125 %)Lotus
62 (3.125 %)EMC
62 (3.125 %)VMware
62 (3.125 %)Google
71 (1.563 %)Brocade
71 (1.563 %)VocaLink
71 (1.563 %)TSYS
71 (1.563 %)Remedy
71 (1.563 %)NetApp
71 (1.563 %)HP
71 (1.563 %)Business Objects