zOS Contract Job Trends in Kent

IBM z/OS
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing zOS 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent - - 0.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate - - £358

All Operating Systems
Kent

zOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12 34 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 5.19% 29.57% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 32 37
10th Percentile £153 £160 £162
25th Percentile £180 £204 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £306 £205
Median % change year-on-year -34.69% +49.39% -
75th Percentile £576 £603 £378
90th Percentile £595 £623 £394
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £35.22 £20.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +76.10% -57.89% -17.39%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing zOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

zOS job vacancy trend in Kent