The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VSAM in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSAM over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
Rank 854 888 868
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -20
Permanent jobs citing VSAM 8 10 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.008% 0.004%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.022% 0.025% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 4
Average salary £52,000 £53,750 £71,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.25% -24.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £44,250 £51,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £82,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +22.22%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35925 39961 43579
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.40% 33.10% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 29475 33667 36543
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%

VSAM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VSAM Jobs Demand Trend

VSAM
Salary Trend

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

VSAM Salary Trend

VSAM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VSAM over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

VSAM Salary Histogram

VSAM
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VSAM within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +22 8 £52,000 -3.25%
South East - 4 £62,500 -
Southampton - 3 £62,500 -
Hampshire - 3 £62,500 -
North West - 2 £40,750 -
Cheshire - 2 £40,750 -
London +33 1 - -
City of London - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £35,000 -
Knutsford - 1 £40,000 -

VSAM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VSAM 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 VSAM.

1 15 (71.43%) Mainframe
2 14 (66.67%) DB2
3 10 (47.62%) UNIX
4 9 (42.86%) C++
5 8 (38.10%) Degree
5 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
5 8 (38.10%) COBOL
5 8 (38.10%) Java
5 8 (38.10%) Windows
5 8 (38.10%) Linux
5 8 (38.10%) CA
6 7 (33.33%) CICS
6 7 (33.33%) zOS
6 7 (33.33%) JCL
7 6 (28.57%) IBM
7 6 (28.57%) C
7 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 6 (28.57%) IDMS
7 6 (28.57%) Data Integration
8 4 (19.05%) Eclipse
8 4 (19.05%) Visual Studio
8 4 (19.05%) ITIL
8 4 (19.05%) Multithreading
8 4 (19.05%) i5/OS
9 3 (14.29%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (14.29%) MVS
9 3 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (14.29%) Assembly Language
9 3 (14.29%) REXX
9 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2

VSAM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VSAM 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 VSAM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (14.29%) ISPF
2 1 (4.762%) Web Services
2 1 (4.762%) Ajax
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (33.33%) CICS
2 3 (14.29%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) SSH
2 2 (9.524%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (66.67%) DB2
2 6 (28.57%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Eclipse
1 4 (19.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (9.524%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Financial Institution
2 1 (4.762%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) C Developer
2 5 (23.81%) C++ Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Programmer
4 3 (14.29%) Software Programmer
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Product Manager
5 2 (9.524%) DBA
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Support Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Support Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Product Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Administrator
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Support
6 1 (4.762%) Support Specialist
6 1 (4.762%) Applications Support
6 1 (4.762%) Services Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Service Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Database Developer
6 1 (4.762%) DB2 DBA
Miscellaneous
1 15 (71.43%) Mainframe
2 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
3 6 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 3 (14.29%) IBM Mainframe
5 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.762%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) UNIX
2 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Linux
3 7 (33.33%) zOS
4 4 (19.05%) i5/OS
5 3 (14.29%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) Multithreading
3 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (9.524%) Problem Management
4 2 (9.524%) Migration
4 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.524%) Change Control
5 1 (4.762%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Database Tuning
5 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.762%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) C++
2 8 (38.10%) COBOL
2 8 (38.10%) Java
3 7 (33.33%) JCL
4 6 (28.57%) C
5 3 (14.29%) Assembly Language
5 3 (14.29%) REXX
6 1 (4.762%) PL/1
6 1 (4.762%) Fortran
6 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.762%) PMP
3 1 (4.762%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) CA Endevor
1 2 (9.524%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) CA
2 6 (28.57%) IBM
3 3 (14.29%) Teradata
4 1 (4.762%) Citrix
4 1 (4.762%) Oracle
4 1 (4.762%) VMware
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