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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank192199
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads3518
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.008 %
As % of the category below2.636 %1.569 %
Salaries quoted2416
Average minimum salary£41,560£29,313
Average salary£45,740£32,156
% change on same period last year+42.24 %
Average maximum salary£49,920£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,525£39,677
% change on same period last year+4.65 %
Miscellaneous West MidlandsMiscellaneous
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13281147
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.640 %0.510 %
Salaries quoted1145908
Average minimum salary£32,940£30,643
Average salary£36,004£33,158
% change on same period last year+8.58 %
Average maximum salary£39,068£35,672
UK excluding London average salary£38,561£38,984
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Mainframe EnglandMainframe
England

Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Mainframe across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Mainframe across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Job Locations

This section 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 past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BirminghamUp+424£50,214+38.52 %
2SolihullDown-227£37,125+1.71 %
3WarwickshireDown-153£44,167+64.80 %
4WorcestershireNew entry-2£33,500-
5CoventryNew entry-1£42,500-
Mainframe EnglandMainframe
England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe.

130 (50.00 %)Unix
216 (26.67 %)Windows
315 (25.00 %)IBM
413 (21.67 %)Oracle
512 (20.00 %)Windows NT
512 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
611 (18.33 %)Linux
611 (18.33 %)Finance
710 (16.67 %)ITIL
710 (16.67 %)HPUX
710 (16.67 %)Solaris
710 (16.67 %)Pensions
89 (15.00 %)ISEB
89 (15.00 %)WinRunner
89 (15.00 %)QuickTest Pro
89 (15.00 %)AS400
98 (13.33 %)HP
98 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
98 (13.33 %)COBOL
107 (11.67 %)Java
107 (11.67 %)PRINCE2
107 (11.67 %)LoadRunner
107 (11.67 %)PRINCE2 Certification
107 (11.67 %)ITIL Certification
107 (11.67 %)CICS
107 (11.67 %)Health
107 (11.67 %)Service Delivery
116 (10.00 %)SQL
116 (10.00 %)J2EE
125 (8.333 %)VB

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
16 (10.00 %)J2EE
25 (8.333 %)HTML
34 (6.667 %).NET
34 (6.667 %)XML
34 (6.667 %)Spring
43 (5.000 %)AJAX
43 (5.000 %)ISPF
52 (3.333 %)WebServices
52 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
61 (1.667 %)COM
61 (1.667 %)CSS
61 (1.667 %)Middleware
61 (1.667 %)NetBeans
61 (1.667 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
17 (11.67 %)CICS
24 (6.667 %)TPMS
Applications
13 (5.000 %)MS Visio
21 (1.667 %)MS Office
21 (1.667 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
14 (6.667 %)Firewall
14 (6.667 %)Wireless
14 (6.667 %)Network Security
23 (5.000 %)FTP
23 (5.000 %)SAN
31 (1.667 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
15 (8.333 %)DB2
23 (5.000 %)IDMS
32 (3.333 %)SQL Server
41 (1.667 %)TOAD
Development Applications
19 (15.00 %)WinRunner
19 (15.00 %)QuickTest Pro
27 (11.67 %)LoadRunner
31 (1.667 %)PVCS
31 (1.667 %)Dreamweaver
General
111 (18.33 %)Finance
210 (16.67 %)Pensions
37 (11.67 %)Health
43 (5.000 %)Automotive
43 (5.000 %)Insurance
51 (1.667 %)Telecoms
51 (1.667 %)Government
51 (1.667 %)Manufacturing
51 (1.667 %)Retail
Job Titles
113 (21.67 %)Analyst
29 (15.00 %)Test Manager
38 (13.33 %)Team Leader
47 (11.67 %)Support Analyst
56 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
56 (10.00 %)Developer
64 (6.667 %)Consultant
64 (6.667 %)Security Consultant
64 (6.667 %)Technical Team Leader
64 (6.667 %)Operations Manager
64 (6.667 %)IT Support Analyst
64 (6.667 %)Support Manager
73 (5.000 %)Enterprise Architect
73 (5.000 %)Applications Support Manager
73 (5.000 %)Senior Java Developer
73 (5.000 %)Java Developer
73 (5.000 %)Senior Software Engineer
73 (5.000 %)Applications Support
73 (5.000 %)Java Software Engineer
73 (5.000 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
112 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
29 (15.00 %)AS400
Operating Systems
130 (50.00 %)Unix
216 (26.67 %)Windows
312 (20.00 %)Windows NT
411 (18.33 %)Linux
510 (16.67 %)HPUX
510 (16.67 %)Solaris
68 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
75 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (6.667 %)VME
91 (1.667 %)zOS
Processes & Methodologies
110 (16.67 %)ITIL
27 (11.67 %)PRINCE2
27 (11.67 %)Service Delivery
34 (6.667 %)OO
34 (6.667 %)Penetration Testing
43 (5.000 %)Business Development
43 (5.000 %)Process Management
43 (5.000 %)EAI
43 (5.000 %)SOA
43 (5.000 %)UML
43 (5.000 %)BPM
43 (5.000 %)Zachman Framework
43 (5.000 %)TOGAF
52 (3.333 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (3.333 %)Project Management
52 (3.333 %)E-Commerce
61 (1.667 %)OOA/OOD
61 (1.667 %)E-business
61 (1.667 %)Change Management
61 (1.667 %)Business Continuity
Programming Languages
18 (13.33 %)COBOL
27 (11.67 %)Java
36 (10.00 %)SQL
45 (8.333 %)VB
45 (8.333 %)JavaScript
54 (6.667 %)Perl
54 (6.667 %)JCL
62 (3.333 %)C#
62 (3.333 %)VB.NET
71 (1.667 %)VC++
71 (1.667 %)C++
Qualifications
19 (15.00 %)ISEB
27 (11.67 %)PRINCE2 Certification
27 (11.67 %)ITIL Certification
31 (1.667 %)CIW
31 (1.667 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.333 %)SLA
Systems Management
11 (1.667 %)Tivoli
Vendors
115 (25.00 %)IBM
213 (21.67 %)Oracle
38 (13.33 %)HP
43 (5.000 %)SAP
43 (5.000 %)Siebel
51 (1.667 %)Cisco
51 (1.667 %)Citrix
51 (1.667 %)BMC
51 (1.667 %)VERITAS
51 (1.667 %)VMware
51 (1.667 %)ICL
51 (1.667 %)Microsoft
51 (1.667 %)Sun
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