The first 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 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 of the Operating Systems category.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank 817 826 845
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +19
Permanent jobs citing MVS 51 59 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.047% 0.049% 0.029%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.171% 0.182% 0.115%
Number of salaries quoted 35 22 15
Average salary £36,000 £44,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.10% +43.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £29,050 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £87,500 £64,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +42.85%
All Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
29871 32465 32268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.42% 26.94% 25.13%
Number of salaries quoted 25323 27774 27328
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £64,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Salary Trend

This 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

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

MVS Salary Histogram

MVS
Top 30 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 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 +12 46 £36,000 -19.10% 1
East Midlands +20 13 £32,500 +4.00%
Nottinghamshire +9 13 £32,500 -4.41%
Nottingham +5 12 £32,500 -4.41%
London +38 11 £70,000 -20.00% 1
North West +9 6 £32,000 -60.00%
West Midlands -3 6 £35,000 -
Cheshire +18 5 £32,000 -
South East +13 5 £62,500 +58.22%
Scotland - 5 - -
Hampshire - 5 £62,500 -
Warwickshire - 4 £32,500 -
Chester - 4 - -
Wiltshire -12 3 £45,000 +2.27%
South West -27 3 £45,000 +2.27%
Highlands - 3 - -
Southampton - 3 £62,500 -
Yorkshire +6 2 £30,000 +7.14%
City of London -5 2 £36,000 -58.85%
Worcestershire - 2 £35,000 -
Moray - 2 - -
West Yorkshire - 2 £30,000 -
Leeds - 2 £30,000 -
Basingstoke - 2 £60,000 -
Nairn - 2 - -
Manchester - 1 £32,000 -
Leicester - 1 £35,000 -
Derby - 1 £35,000 -
Knutsford - 1 £32,000 -
Leicestershire - 1 £35,000 -

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 46 (54.76%) Mainframe
2 40 (47.62%) JCL
3 37 (44.05%) UNIX
4 35 (41.67%) DB2
5 30 (35.71%) Finance
6 29 (34.52%) REXX
7 26 (30.95%) zOS
8 22 (26.19%) CICS
8 22 (26.19%) ISPF
8 22 (26.19%) Degree
9 21 (25.00%) ITIL
10 19 (22.62%) IBM
11 18 (21.43%) CA
11 18 (21.43%) MS Excel
11 18 (21.43%) Linux
11 18 (21.43%) Oracle
12 17 (20.24%) TCP/IP
13 16 (19.05%) Banking
14 15 (17.86%) HTTPS
14 15 (17.86%) SLA
14 15 (17.86%) MS Office
14 15 (17.86%) BMC
14 15 (17.86%) Risk Management
15 14 (16.67%) CheckPoint
15 14 (16.67%) SQL Server
15 14 (16.67%) COBOL
15 14 (16.67%) Windows
15 14 (16.67%) FTP
15 14 (16.67%) NetScaler
16 13 (15.48%) Investment Banking

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 22 (26.19%) ISPF
2 6 (7.143%) HTML
2 6 (7.143%) CSS
3 5 (5.952%) ODBC
3 5 (5.952%) .NET
4 4 (4.762%) ASP.NET
5 3 (3.571%) XML
5 3 (3.571%) ASP
6 2 (2.381%) LINQ
6 2 (2.381%) WCF
6 2 (2.381%) XHTML
6 2 (2.381%) Flash
7 1 (1.190%) Web Services
7 1 (1.190%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.190%) HTML5
7 1 (1.190%) CSS3
7 1 (1.190%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 22 (26.19%) CICS
2 5 (5.952%) MQSeries
3 3 (3.571%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (3.571%) SAS
4 1 (1.190%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.190%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (21.43%) MS Excel
2 15 (17.86%) MS Office
3 6 (7.143%) MS Visio
4 5 (5.952%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.381%) Photoshop
5 2 (2.381%) Fireworks
6 1 (1.190%) PrintSoft PReS
6 1 (1.190%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 5 (5.952%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (5.952%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.762%) Maximo
3 3 (3.571%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.190%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.24%) TCP/IP
2 15 (17.86%) HTTPS
3 14 (16.67%) FTP
3 14 (16.67%) NetScaler
4 7 (8.333%) Internet
5 5 (5.952%) Firewall
6 3 (3.571%) LDAP
6 3 (3.571%) SSH
7 1 (1.190%) SAN
7 1 (1.190%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (41.67%) DB2
2 14 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.952%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.571%) Oracle OWB
4 3 (3.571%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (3.571%) Data Mart
4 3 (3.571%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (3.571%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 9 (10.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 30 (35.71%) Finance
2 16 (19.05%) Banking
3 13 (15.48%) Investment Banking
4 11 (13.10%) Marketing
5 10 (11.90%) Telecoms
6 6 (7.143%) Retail
7 5 (5.952%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.762%) Retail Banking
8 4 (4.762%) Private Banking
9 2 (2.381%) Advertising
9 2 (2.381%) Billing
10 1 (1.190%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.190%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (23.81%) Programmer
2 18 (21.43%) Administrator
2 18 (21.43%) Systems Administrator
3 17 (20.24%) Systems Programmer
4 12 (14.29%) Mainframe Programmer
5 10 (11.90%) Consultant
6 6 (7.143%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 6 (7.143%) Developer
7 5 (5.952%) Analyst
7 5 (5.952%) Architect
7 5 (5.952%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (5.952%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.952%) Mainframe Consultant
8 4 (4.762%) Applications Support
9 3 (3.571%) Software Programmer
9 3 (3.571%) Oracle Consultant
10 2 (2.381%) Analyst Developer
10 2 (2.381%) Support Analyst
10 2 (2.381%) Project Manager
10 2 (2.381%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (54.76%) Mainframe
2 10 (11.90%) Digital Media
3 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 9 (10.71%) Credit Risk
4 6 (7.143%) Tandem
4 6 (7.143%) IBM Mainframe
5 5 (5.952%) W3C
6 4 (4.762%) LPAR
6 4 (4.762%) Computer Science
6 4 (4.762%) Statistics
6 4 (4.762%) Online Banking
7 3 (3.571%) VSAM
8 1 (1.190%) AS400
8 1 (1.190%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (44.05%) UNIX
2 26 (30.95%) zOS
3 18 (21.43%) Linux
4 14 (16.67%) Windows
5 6 (7.143%) Windows NT
5 6 (7.143%) AIX
6 1 (1.190%) OS/390
6 1 (1.190%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) ITIL
2 15 (17.86%) Risk Management
3 9 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (10.71%) Configuration Management
3 9 (10.71%) Unit Testing
3 9 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (9.524%) Service Delivery
5 7 (8.333%) ERP
5 7 (8.333%) Change Control
6 6 (7.143%) Asset Management
6 6 (7.143%) Problem Management
6 6 (7.143%) Incident Management
7 5 (5.952%) Project Management
7 5 (5.952%) CRM
7 5 (5.952%) Data Modelling
7 5 (5.952%) Business Analysis
7 5 (5.952%) Use Case
7 5 (5.952%) Time Management
8 4 (4.762%) Investment Management
8 4 (4.762%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (47.62%) JCL
2 29 (34.52%) REXX
3 14 (16.67%) COBOL
4 10 (11.90%) SQL
5 8 (9.524%) ActionScript 2.0
5 8 (9.524%) ActionScript
5 8 (9.524%) Shell Script
6 7 (8.333%) C#
7 6 (7.143%) Korn
7 6 (7.143%) C++
8 5 (5.952%) VB
9 4 (4.762%) Python
10 3 (3.571%) JavaScript
10 3 (3.571%) Perl
10 3 (3.571%) PHP
10 3 (3.571%) PL/SQL
10 3 (3.571%) Assembly Language
10 3 (3.571%) Bash shell
10 3 (3.571%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.190%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 22 (26.19%) Degree
2 5 (5.952%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.952%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.381%) PMP
3 2 (2.381%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.86%) SLA
2 3 (3.571%) QA
2 3 (3.571%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.190%) RACF
1 1 (1.190%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 6 (7.143%) OMEGAMON
2 4 (4.762%) Unicenter
3 2 (2.381%) Tivoli NetView
3 2 (2.381%) Control-M
4 1 (1.190%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.190%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 19 (22.62%) IBM
2 18 (21.43%) CA
2 18 (21.43%) Oracle
3 15 (17.86%) BMC
4 14 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 9 (10.71%) Perforce
6 6 (7.143%) HP
7 5 (5.952%) SAP
7 5 (5.952%) Fujitsu
7 5 (5.952%) Northgate
8 3 (3.571%) Teradata
9 1 (1.190%) Thunderhead
9 1 (1.190%) EMC
9 1 (1.190%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.190%) Capita
Bromley, Kent
The successful candidate will have extensive experience designing and building mainframe applications and strong mainframe development skills including COBOL, DB2, SQL and JCL. The candidate will ideally have...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013