The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 22 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 for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank - 92 82
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 0 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales - 0.509% 0.394%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.055% 1.166%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 4
Average salary - £46,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +86.00%
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-8.42% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
330 292 343
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.34% 24.79% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 301 232 324
Average salary £36,400 £35,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
UK

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Wales Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Wales region.

Wales Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Mainframe 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 Mainframe.

1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) ISEB
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Automated Testing
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (80.00%) VME
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (60.00%) Selenium
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) CICS
4 1 (20.00%) zOS
4 1 (20.00%) MVS
4 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (20.00%) MQSeries
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Retail

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Mainframe 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 Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CICS
1 1 (20.00%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) VME
2 1 (20.00%) zOS
2 1 (20.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft