The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 195 177 141
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -36
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 8 4 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.160% 0.089% 0.759%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.632% 0.354% 3.166%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 13
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -46.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,100 £46,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £50,500 £79,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1265 1129 979
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.25% 25.01% 23.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 955 797
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham -12 4 £37,500 -21.05%
Herefordshire - 2 £27,500 -
Coventry - 1 £40,000 -
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (50.00%) UNIX
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) AS400
4 4 (25.00%) SAS
4 4 (25.00%) ISEB
4 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 4 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (18.75%) IBM
5 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (18.75%) HP
6 2 (12.50%) XML
6 2 (12.50%) HTML
6 2 (12.50%) DB2
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 2 (12.50%) PBX
6 2 (12.50%) OS/390
6 2 (12.50%) Retail
6 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (12.50%) V-Model
6 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (12.50%) iSeries
7 1 (6.250%) Test Management
7 1 (6.250%) Change Control
7 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (12.50%) XML
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 2 (12.50%) DB2
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Test Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) SAS Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) Capacity Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Systems Tester
4 3 (18.75%) Tester
5 2 (12.50%) Test Team Leader
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Systems Support
5 2 (12.50%) Support Specialist
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Tester
5 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
6 1 (6.250%) Internal Audit Manager
6 1 (6.250%) IT Audit Manager
6 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planning Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Audit Manager
6 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
6 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planner
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) AS400
2 2 (12.50%) iSeries
3 1 (6.250%) Fat Client
3 1 (6.250%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) UNIX
2 6 (37.50%) Windows
3 2 (12.50%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) ITIL
1 3 (18.75%) Project Management
2 2 (12.50%) V-Model
2 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Test Management
3 1 (6.250%) Change Control
3 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
3 1 (6.250%) Automation Testing
3 1 (6.250%) ERP
3 1 (6.250%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.250%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (6.250%) COSO
2 1 (6.250%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.250%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) IBM
1 3 (18.75%) HP
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) SAP
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle