zOS Contracts in Central London

IBM z/OS
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 173 197
Rank change year-on-year +47 +24 -35
Contract jobs citing zOS 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.16% 0.078% 0.022%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.28% 0.52% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £550 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £575 £700 -
90th Percentile - £730 -
London median daily rate £475 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% +43.75%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 313 580 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 12.90% 15.05% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 413 476
10th Percentile £181 £160 £184
25th Percentile £280 £250 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £608
90th Percentile £725 £730 £700
London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 15
10th Percentile £19.86 £22.60 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £25.00 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +42.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £31.38
90th Percentile £25.70 £64.25 £67.25
London median hourly rate £22.00 £40.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -45.00% +63.27% -42.35%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing zOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for zOS in Central London

zOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing zOS in Central London.

Daily rate trend for zOS in Central London

zOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing zOS in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for zOS in Central London

zOS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 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
City of London +50 4 £550 -8.33% 1
zOS
London

zOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) DB2
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Mainframe Programmer
1 2 (50.00%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
1 2 (50.00%) Programmer
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) DB2 Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Change Data Capture
1 1 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Assembly Language
2 1 (25.00%) COBOL
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM