Halifax OS/390 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM OS/390 (OS390) skills within the Halifax region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OS/390 over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM OS/390 (OS390)
Location City of London England Halifax London South East Surrey UK	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
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UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£328
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Operating Systems Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads	10	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.014 %	0.016 %
Daily rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£275
Average daily rate	£290	£288
% change on same period last year	+0.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£304	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.00	£9.67
Average hourly rate	£12.00	£9.75
% change on same period last year	+23.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£12.00	£9.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.97	£22.20
% change on same period last year	+3.45 %
OS/390 West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

OS/390
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OS/390 across the Halifax region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

OS/390
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing OS/390 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 OS/390.

1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Client/Server 1 2 (100.00 %) Finance 2 1 (50.00 %) Supplier Management 2 1 (50.00 %) Project Management

OS/390
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing OS/390 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 OS/390. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 2 (100.00 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 2 (100.00 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) Project Management 1 1 (50.00 %) Supplier Management