The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Operating Systems category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank 198 184 175
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -9
Permanent jobs citing MVS 6 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.119% 0.022% 0.024%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.519% 0.094% 0.114%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
Average salary £35,000 £28,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -37.77%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,250 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-3.44% -13.69%
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1155 1065 877
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 22.97% 23.37% 21.02%
Number of salaries quoted 975 961 772
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
MVS
England

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands MVS Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands MVS Salary Trend

MVS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warwickshire +9 4 £32,500 +16.07%
Worcestershire - 2 £35,000 -
MVS
England

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing MVS 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 MVS.

1 8 (100.00%) UNIX
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows NT
2 7 (87.50%) ODBC
2 7 (87.50%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (62.50%) ASP
3 5 (62.50%) Korn
3 5 (62.50%) C#
3 5 (62.50%) C++
3 5 (62.50%) PHP
3 5 (62.50%) VB
3 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
3 5 (62.50%) Bash shell
4 4 (50.00%) Use Case
4 4 (50.00%) Perl
4 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (50.00%) ERP
4 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
5 3 (37.50%) SQL
5 3 (37.50%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (37.50%) Degree
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) Marketing
6 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
6 2 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (25.00%) Service Management
6 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (25.00%) Java

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing MVS 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 MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (87.50%) ODBC
2 5 (62.50%) ASP
3 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (25.00%) .NET
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Applications Support
2 5 (62.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (37.50%) Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Integrator
5 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) UNIX
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows NT
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Use Case
1 4 (50.00%) ERP
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) RUP
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Korn
1 5 (62.50%) C#
1 5 (62.50%) C++
1 5 (62.50%) PHP
1 5 (62.50%) VB
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
1 5 (62.50%) Bash shell
2 4 (50.00%) Perl
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree