Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkVirtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank678671954
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+283
Matching permanent IT job ads9216
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.010 %0.002 %0.008 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.038 %0.010 %0.035 %
Salaries quoted8216
Average salary£36,250£45,000£28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.44 %+57.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,500£37,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,000£45,000£34,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,250£40,000£28,500
% change year-on-year
-9.370 %+40.35 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
236082022245448
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.29 %23.76 %22.33 %
Salaries quoted191941652135954
Average salary£50,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£75,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %

VSAM
Demand Trend

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

VSAM Demand Trend

VSAM
Salary Trend

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

VSAM Salary Trend

VSAM
Top 7 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 22 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-169£36,250-19.44 %
South EastUp+68£36,500-8.75 %
BerkshireNew entry-7£39,750-
HampshireUp+131£35,500+1.42 %
NottinghamNew entry-1£36,000-
East MidlandsNew entry-1£36,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£36,000-

VSAM
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

113 (100.00 %)COBOL
113 (100.00 %)CICS
211 (84.62 %)DB2
211 (84.62 %)JCL
38 (61.54 %)C#
38 (61.54 %)Java
38 (61.54 %)UNIX
38 (61.54 %)Mainframe
38 (61.54 %)WebSphere
38 (61.54 %)VisualAge Generator
45 (38.46 %)Retail
53 (23.08 %)SQL
62 (15.38 %)VoIP
62 (15.38 %)Cisco
62 (15.38 %)CA
62 (15.38 %)Nokia
62 (15.38 %)CheckPoint
62 (15.38 %)CTI
62 (15.38 %)Firewall
62 (15.38 %)Foglight
62 (15.38 %)Finance
62 (15.38 %)IVR
62 (15.38 %)Data Management
62 (15.38 %)Logistics
71 (7.692 %).NET
71 (7.692 %)Web Services
71 (7.692 %)IBM
71 (7.692 %)Handset
71 (7.692 %)IBM Mainframe

VSAM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (61.54 %)WebSphere
21 (7.692 %).NET
21 (7.692 %)Web Services
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (100.00 %)CICS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)VoIP
12 (15.38 %)CTI
12 (15.38 %)Firewall
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (84.62 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (61.54 %)VisualAge Generator
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (38.46 %)Retail
22 (15.38 %)Finance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (69.23 %)Programmer
25 (38.46 %)Senior Programmer
33 (23.08 %)Developer
33 (23.08 %)Analyst
33 (23.08 %)Analyst Programmer
42 (15.38 %)Mainframe Developer
42 (15.38 %)Mainframe Programmer
42 (15.38 %)Technical Design Leader
51 (7.692 %)Lead Analyst Programmer
51 (7.692 %)Mainframe Analyst Programmer
51 (7.692 %)Senior Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (61.54 %)Mainframe
22 (15.38 %)IVR
31 (7.692 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (7.692 %)Handset
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (61.54 %)UNIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)Data Management
12 (15.38 %)Logistics
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (100.00 %)COBOL
211 (84.62 %)JCL
38 (61.54 %)C#
38 (61.54 %)Java
43 (23.08 %)SQL
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (15.38 %)Foglight
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (15.38 %)Cisco
12 (15.38 %)CA
12 (15.38 %)Nokia
12 (15.38 %)CheckPoint
21 (7.692 %)IBM