IBM z/OS
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for zOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited zOS over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 434 | 642 | 764 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +208 | +122 | -127 |
| Contract jobs citing zOS | 140 | 58 | 93 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.33% | 0.10% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 2.47% | 0.63% | 0.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 93 | 19 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £368 | £463 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £416 | £497 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £459 | £585 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.54% | +15.84% | -1.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £650 | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £653 | £631 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £430 | £475 | £406 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.47% | +17.00% | -19.80% |
All Operating Systems
UK
zOS 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 | 5,658 | 9,258 | 13,082 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.30% | 16.21% | 14.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,818 | 6,479 | 8,883 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £190 | £175 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £331 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £501 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.09% | +0.10% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £638 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £719 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +11.76% | +6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 390 | 404 | 604 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.73 | £14.25 | £13.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.31 | £17.97 | £16.08 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £38.50 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.86% | +67.39% | +29.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.56 | £64.50 | £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% |
zOS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing zOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
zOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing zOS.
zOS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing zOS over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.
zOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing zOS.
zOS
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +168 | 116 | £459 | -18.94% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +127 | 87 | £430 | -9.47% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +164 | 69 | £459 | -26.85% | 2 |
| North of England | +77 | 64 | £430 | -9.47% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 59 | £430 | -9.47% | |
| London | +100 | 29 | £475 | -20.83% | 2 |
| Midlands | - | 10 | £358 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 10 | £358 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 7 | £500 | - | |
| South East | +25 | 6 | £358 | - | |
| North West | - | 5 | £763 | - | 2 |
| East of England | +12 | 1 | £600 | - | |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - |
zOS
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:
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