The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 358 394 418
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +24
Contract jobs citing zOS 19 21 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.088% 0.078% 0.077%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.431% 0.383% 0.380%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 15
Average daily rate £425 £438 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.91% -2.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £380 £405
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £625 £500
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
All Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4404 5489 6317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.34% 20.38% 20.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2870 3259 3802
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 320 343
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
zOS
England

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London zOS Daily Rate Trend

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing zOS across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London zOS Daily Rate Histogram

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London zOS Hourly 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +18 11 £300 -50.00%
zOS
England

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 39 (68.42%) Mainframe
2 37 (64.91%) IBM
3 26 (45.61%) Finance
4 20 (35.09%) DB2
5 19 (33.33%) Banking
5 19 (33.33%) WebSphere
6 18 (31.58%) IBM Mainframe
7 15 (26.32%) EMC
8 11 (19.30%) UNIX
8 11 (19.30%) EMC NetWorker
9 10 (17.54%) Java
9 10 (17.54%) SQL
9 10 (17.54%) REXX
10 9 (15.79%) JCL
10 9 (15.79%) TCP/IP
11 8 (14.04%) XML
11 8 (14.04%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 8 (14.04%) SWIFT
11 8 (14.04%) TOGAF
11 8 (14.04%) Investment Banking
12 7 (12.28%) Middleware
12 7 (12.28%) HP
13 6 (10.53%) Unisys
13 6 (10.53%) WebSphere Application Server
13 6 (10.53%) AIX
13 6 (10.53%) MQSeries
13 6 (10.53%) ISPF
13 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (10.53%) Teradata
14 5 (8.772%) DataPower

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 19 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 8 (14.04%) XML
3 7 (12.28%) Middleware
4 6 (10.53%) ISPF
5 1 (1.754%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.04%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 6 (10.53%) WebSphere Application Server
2 6 (10.53%) MQSeries
3 5 (8.772%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (5.263%) SAS
4 3 (5.263%) CICS
5 1 (1.754%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (1.754%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (1.754%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (3.509%) MS Office
1 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
1 2 (3.509%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.754%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.509%) VisionPLUS
1 2 (3.509%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.018%) SSL
3 1 (1.754%) Firewall
3 1 (1.754%) Intranet
3 1 (1.754%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (35.09%) DB2
2 1 (1.754%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.754%) OLTP
2 1 (1.754%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.754%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.754%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 2 (3.509%) ChangeMan
2 1 (1.754%) LoadRunner
General
1 26 (45.61%) Finance
2 19 (33.33%) Banking
3 8 (14.04%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.754%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.754%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) Developer
1 12 (21.05%) Consultant
2 10 (17.54%) Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Architect
4 8 (14.04%) WebSphere Developer
4 8 (14.04%) Java Developer
5 7 (12.28%) Infrastructure Architect
5 7 (12.28%) Support Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Storage Analyst
6 5 (8.772%) WebSphere Specialist
6 5 (8.772%) WebSphere Consultant
6 5 (8.772%) Applications Consultant
6 5 (8.772%) Mainframe Consultant
6 5 (8.772%) Middleware Specialist
7 4 (7.018%) Operations Support Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) Mainframe Architect
7 4 (7.018%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.509%) Administrator
9 1 (1.754%) Performance Tester
9 1 (1.754%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 39 (68.42%) Mainframe
2 18 (31.58%) IBM Mainframe
3 8 (14.04%) SWIFT
4 5 (8.772%) DataPower
5 4 (7.018%) Symmetrix DMX
6 3 (5.263%) iSeries
7 2 (3.509%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.754%) Clustering
8 1 (1.754%) PKI
8 1 (1.754%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.30%) UNIX
2 6 (10.53%) AIX
3 5 (8.772%) Linux
4 4 (7.018%) Solaris
4 4 (7.018%) Windows
5 3 (5.263%) HPUX
6 1 (1.754%) OpenVMS
6 1 (1.754%) OS/390
6 1 (1.754%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (14.04%) TOGAF
2 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (7.018%) Problem Management
3 4 (7.018%) Zachman Framework
4 3 (5.263%) E-Commerce
4 3 (5.263%) SOA
5 1 (1.754%) Waterfall
5 1 (1.754%) Process Management
5 1 (1.754%) Service Delivery
5 1 (1.754%) Change Management
5 1 (1.754%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.754%) Workflow
5 1 (1.754%) Scrum
5 1 (1.754%) Migration
5 1 (1.754%) Data Management
5 1 (1.754%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (1.754%) Software Testing
5 1 (1.754%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (1.754%) Cash Management
5 1 (1.754%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) Java
1 10 (17.54%) SQL
1 10 (17.54%) REXX
2 9 (15.79%) JCL
3 5 (8.772%) C
4 4 (7.018%) Assembly Language
4 4 (7.018%) C++
5 1 (1.754%) COBOL
5 1 (1.754%) C#
5 1 (1.754%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (1.754%) ISTQB
1 1 (1.754%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (7.018%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.754%) CA Endevor
2 1 (1.754%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 37 (64.91%) IBM
2 15 (26.32%) EMC
3 7 (12.28%) HP
4 6 (10.53%) Unisys
4 6 (10.53%) Teradata
5 3 (5.263%) Oracle
5 3 (5.263%) CA
5 3 (5.263%) Sun
6 2 (3.509%) Citrix
6 2 (3.509%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.754%) SAP
7 1 (1.754%) Informatica