IBM MVS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MVS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MVS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 685 821
Rank change year-on-year +129 +136 -126
Contract jobs citing MVS 15 2 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.004% 0.026%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.26% 0.022% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile - £545 £343
25th Percentile £413 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £350
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +85.71% -30.00%
75th Percentile £438 £725 -
90th Percentile - £755 £420
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £350
% change year-on-year - - -20.45%

All Operating Systems
UK

MVS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,668 9,208 13,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.31% 16.17% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,828 6,433 8,861
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £335 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% +0.01% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £425
% change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 401 597
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.44 £17.72 £15.93
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MVS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MVS in the UK

MVS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MVS.

Daily rate trend for MVS in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MVS.

Hourly rate trend for MVS in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +123 15 £425 -43.33%
England +114 7 - - 1
Yorkshire - 7 - -
UK excluding London - 7 - -
North of England - 7 - -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 15 (100.00%) Banking
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (6.67%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (6.67%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Change Management
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) CA