The first table below looks at the demand for REXX skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited REXX over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Programming Languages category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
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Rank 836 884 875
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -9
Permanent jobs citing REXX 26 15 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.012% 0.005%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.045% 0.023% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 5
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £32,300 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £45,100 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,750 £29,250
% change year-on-year
+11.88% +22.22%
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57454 64781 65304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.16% 53.68% 52.49%
Number of salaries quoted 49422 57069 56715
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

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Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing REXX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

REXX Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

REXX Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing REXX over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

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Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REXX within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +34 23 £40,000 +6.66%
East Midlands -2 7 £47,500 +46.15%
Nottinghamshire -4 7 £47,500 +46.15%
Nottingham -6 6 - -
North West - 6 £40,000 -
Manchester - 5 £40,000 -
South East +9 4 £62,500 -
Southampton - 4 £62,500 -
Hampshire - 4 £62,500 -
Yorkshire +1 3 £39,500 -4.24%
London +53 2 - -
Scotland +3 2 - -
Halifax - 2 £39,500 -
Erskine - 2 - -
West Yorkshire - 2 £39,500 -
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 £32,000 -
Knutsford - 1 £32,000 -

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing REXX 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 REXX.

1 43 (81.13%) Mainframe
2 41 (77.36%) JCL
3 35 (66.04%) MVS
4 34 (64.15%) ISPF
5 32 (60.38%) zOS
6 27 (50.94%) CA
6 27 (50.94%) IBM
7 26 (49.06%) UNIX
8 25 (47.17%) DB2
9 24 (45.28%) Linux
10 22 (41.51%) ITIL
10 22 (41.51%) CICS
10 22 (41.51%) BMC
11 15 (28.30%) Finance
12 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (22.64%) Windows
12 12 (22.64%) SAS
12 12 (22.64%) Marketing
12 12 (22.64%) Credit Risk
13 11 (20.75%) SLA
13 11 (20.75%) Assembly Language
13 11 (20.75%) TCP/IP
13 11 (20.75%) Shell Script
14 8 (15.09%) FTP
15 7 (13.21%) Control-M
15 7 (13.21%) Degree
16 6 (11.32%) ActionScript 2.0
16 6 (11.32%) Tivoli
16 6 (11.32%) RACF
16 6 (11.32%) HTTPS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing REXX 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 REXX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (64.15%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 22 (41.51%) CICS
2 12 (22.64%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (7.547%) MS Office
1 4 (7.547%) MS Excel
1 4 (7.547%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.887%) DOC1
2 1 (1.887%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) TCP/IP
2 8 (15.09%) FTP
3 6 (11.32%) HTTPS
4 5 (9.434%) Internet
4 5 (9.434%) Firewall
4 5 (9.434%) NetScaler
5 3 (5.660%) SSH
6 2 (3.774%) SMTP
6 2 (3.774%) SNA
7 1 (1.887%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (47.17%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (3.774%) ChangeMan
General
1 15 (28.30%) Finance
2 12 (22.64%) Marketing
3 5 (9.434%) Banking
4 3 (5.660%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.774%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.774%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 26 (49.06%) Programmer
2 22 (41.51%) Systems Programmer
3 19 (35.85%) Mainframe Programmer
4 10 (18.87%) Administrator
4 10 (18.87%) Systems Administrator
5 8 (15.09%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 5 (9.434%) Analyst
7 4 (7.547%) Security Analyst
7 4 (7.547%) Developer
8 3 (5.660%) Software Programmer
9 2 (3.774%) Mainframe Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Automation Engineer
10 1 (1.887%) Consultant
10 1 (1.887%) Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.887%) Senior Developer
10 1 (1.887%) UNIX Systems Administrator
10 1 (1.887%) UNIX Administrator
10 1 (1.887%) Operations Analyst
10 1 (1.887%) Mainframe Operator
Miscellaneous
1 43 (81.13%) Mainframe
2 12 (22.64%) Credit Risk
3 5 (9.434%) IBM Mainframe
4 4 (7.547%) Statistics
4 4 (7.547%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.660%) Digital Media
5 3 (5.660%) Computer Science
5 3 (5.660%) VSAM
6 2 (3.774%) iSeries
7 1 (1.887%) AS400
7 1 (1.887%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 35 (66.04%) MVS
2 32 (60.38%) zOS
3 26 (49.06%) UNIX
4 24 (45.28%) Linux
5 12 (22.64%) Windows
6 6 (11.32%) AIX
7 1 (1.887%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (41.51%) ITIL
2 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (9.434%) Business Analysis
4 4 (7.547%) Asset Management
4 4 (7.547%) Budget Control
4 4 (7.547%) PDM
5 3 (5.660%) Service Delivery
5 3 (5.660%) Time Management
5 3 (5.660%) Problem Management
5 3 (5.660%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.774%) Logistics
6 2 (3.774%) Resource Management
6 2 (3.774%) Release Management
6 2 (3.774%) Change Management
6 2 (3.774%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (77.36%) JCL
2 11 (20.75%) Assembly Language
2 11 (20.75%) Shell Script
3 6 (11.32%) ActionScript 2.0
3 6 (11.32%) ActionScript
4 5 (9.434%) VB
5 3 (5.660%) C++
6 2 (3.774%) COBOL
6 2 (3.774%) C
7 1 (1.887%) Perl
7 1 (1.887%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) RACF
2 4 (7.547%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 7 (13.21%) Control-M
2 6 (11.32%) Tivoli
3 5 (9.434%) Unicenter
4 2 (3.774%) OMEGAMON
4 2 (3.774%) Tivoli NetView
5 1 (1.887%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 27 (50.94%) CA
1 27 (50.94%) IBM
2 22 (41.51%) BMC
3 5 (9.434%) CheckPoint
4 3 (5.660%) Teradata
5 2 (3.774%) SAP
6 1 (1.887%) HP
6 1 (1.887%) Thunderhead
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Salary: £33000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013