zOS Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 31 - 27
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing zOS 1 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.495% - 1.293%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.471% - 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £397 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.60% +5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £18.00
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 68 76 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 33.66% 17.80% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 30 28
Average daily rate £275 £383 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.10% +42.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £290 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £501 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 14
Average hourly rate £19.04 £25.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.33% -21.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.75 £18.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
zOS
North West

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Skelmersdale - 1 - -
zOS
North West

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 7 (77.78%) Mainframe
2 5 (55.56%) IBM
3 4 (44.44%) CA
3 4 (44.44%) REXX
3 4 (44.44%) MVS
4 2 (22.22%) JCL
4 2 (22.22%) CICS
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (11.11%) SOAP
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) UNIX
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) FTP
5 1 (11.11%) HTTP
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (11.11%) TOAD
5 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (11.11%) Service Management
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Validation

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (11.11%) SOAP
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
1 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CICS
2 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) FTP
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Programmer
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Programmer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Mainframe Programmer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Performance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Mainframe
2 1 (11.11%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) MVS
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Project Management
1 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
1 1 (11.11%) Service Management
1 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) REXX
2 2 (22.22%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) IBM
2 4 (44.44%) CA
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) VMware
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