The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 62 61 62
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs citing zOS 5 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.690% 0.736% 1.180%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.315% 2.844% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £425 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.50
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
216 211 297
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 29.79% 25.89% 31.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 89 172
Average daily rate £325 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £475 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 8
Average hourly rate £24.25 £20.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.25% +31.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.42 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.70 £30.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
zOS
North West

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing zOS across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cheshire zOS Jobs Demand Trend

zOS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing zOS across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire zOS Daily Rate Trend

zOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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zOS
North West

zOS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing zOS 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited zOS.

1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) AIX
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
1 5 (100.00%) Clustering
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Banking

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing zOS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited zOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) AIX
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
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