zOS Contracts in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited zOS 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 Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 41 52 55
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +3
Contract jobs citing zOS 16 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.921% 1.012% 1.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.26% 6.875% 5.936%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
Average daily rate £375 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% -1.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £395 £363
% change year-on-year
-5.06% +8.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.00
Search 1 zOS jobs in Edinburgh
All Operating Systems
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 156 160 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 18.73% 14.72% 16.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 70 54
Average daily rate £375 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £215 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 14
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
zOS
Scotland

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh zOS Daily Rate Trend

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing zOS across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh zOS Hourly Rate Trend

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 11 (45.83%) IBM
2 10 (41.67%) Mainframe
3 9 (37.50%) Migration
3 9 (37.50%) UNIX
4 7 (29.17%) WebSphere
5 6 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (20.83%) JCL
6 5 (20.83%) REXX
7 4 (16.67%) EMC
7 4 (16.67%) Windows
7 4 (16.67%) Banking
8 3 (12.50%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (12.50%) Middleware
8 3 (12.50%) MAINVIEW
8 3 (12.50%) RACF
8 3 (12.50%) AIX
8 3 (12.50%) Solaris
8 3 (12.50%) Linux
8 3 (12.50%) Oracle
8 3 (12.50%) DB2
8 3 (12.50%) ClearCase
8 3 (12.50%) CICS
8 3 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (12.50%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (8.333%) Supplier Management
9 2 (8.333%) Incident Management
9 2 (8.333%) SRDF
9 2 (8.333%) WebCenter
9 2 (8.333%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (8.333%) Finance

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 7 (29.17%) WebSphere
2 3 (12.50%) Middleware
3 2 (8.333%) WebCenter
3 2 (8.333%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (4.167%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (12.50%) CICS
3 2 (8.333%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (8.333%) WebLogic
4 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.167%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (4.167%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (4.167%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) Unified Communications
1 2 (8.333%) SAN
1 2 (8.333%) HTTP
1 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.167%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) DB2
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (4.167%) MS Access
2 1 (4.167%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) ClearCase
General
1 4 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Administrator
2 3 (12.50%) WebSphere Administrator
3 2 (8.333%) Architect
3 2 (8.333%) Analyst
3 2 (8.333%) Consultant
3 2 (8.333%) DBA
3 2 (8.333%) Senior Storage Specialist
3 2 (8.333%) Mainframe Architect
3 2 (8.333%) Storage Administrator
3 2 (8.333%) Storage Specialist
3 2 (8.333%) DB2 DBA
4 1 (4.167%) WebSphere Consultant
4 1 (4.167%) Storage Analyst
4 1 (4.167%) Systems Programmer
4 1 (4.167%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (4.167%) Programmer
4 1 (4.167%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.167%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (4.167%) Middleware Administrator
4 1 (4.167%) Middleware Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Mainframe
2 3 (12.50%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (8.333%) VSAM
3 2 (8.333%) Replication
4 1 (4.167%) iSeries
4 1 (4.167%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) UNIX
2 4 (16.67%) Windows
3 3 (12.50%) AIX
3 3 (12.50%) Solaris
3 3 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Migration
2 2 (8.333%) Supplier Management
2 2 (8.333%) Incident Management
2 2 (8.333%) SOA
3 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
3 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.167%) Change Management
3 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.167%) ETL
3 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) JCL
1 5 (20.83%) REXX
2 2 (8.333%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) RACF
2 2 (8.333%) SRDF
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) MAINVIEW
2 1 (4.167%) Data Guard
2 1 (4.167%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) IBM
2 4 (16.67%) EMC
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (8.333%) BMC
5 1 (4.167%) Teradata
5 1 (4.167%) Remedy
5 1 (4.167%) CA
5 1 (4.167%) Informatica
5 1 (4.167%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (4.167%) Lotus
Websphere MQ Administrator - z/OS - Banking - Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Websphere MQ Administrator needed for a leading Tier 1 bank located in Edinburgh. WMQ Administrator is a 6 Month contract position with likelihood of extension. The WMQ Administrator...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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