Hertfordshire zOS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM z/OS skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM z/OS
Location Berkshire Bournemouth Cardiff City of London Croydon Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent London Maidenhead Maidstone Midlands North West Portsmouth Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West UK Wales West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
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
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£361
% change on same period last year	-5.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.25	£36.75
% change on same period last year	-1.36 %
Operating Systems Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	199	341
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.320 %	0.366 %
Daily rates quoted	79	87
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£305
Average daily rate	£361	£322
% change on same period last year	+12.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£321
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	87
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.31	£20.41
Average hourly rate	£25.52	£21.16
% change on same period last year	+20.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.73	£21.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.91	£21.94
% change on same period last year	-0.17 %
zOS East of England

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.

zOS
Demand Trend

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

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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