The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Milton Keynes 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 56 - 52
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing zOS 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.166% - 0.948%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.826% - 2.927%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.50
All Operating Systems
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
121 205 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 20.13% 30.60% 32.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 66 64
Average daily rate £325 £275 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -19.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £148 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 41
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.75% +1.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
zOS
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zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes zOS Daily Rate Trend

zOS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Control-M
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Finance

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Operator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Control-M
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