Milton Keynes zOS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM z/OS skills within the Milton Keynes 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM z/OS
Location Bournemouth Bristol Cheshire City of London Croydon Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Halifax Hampshire Kent Leeds Leicestershire London Maidstone Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Portsmouth Pudsey Scotland South East South West Surrey UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 14 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	62
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.697 %
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	£356	£404
% change on same period last year	-11.79 %
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	£34.00	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
Operating Systems Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	242	287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.348 %	0.292 %
Daily rates quoted	96	61
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£312
Average daily rate	£310	£332
% change on same period last year	-6.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£321	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£330
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	74
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.34	£20.42
Average hourly rate	£21.13	£21.06
% change on same period last year	+0.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.93	£21.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.90	£22.15
% change on same period last year	+3.39 %
zOS Buckinghamshire

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 Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

zOS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing zOS across the Milton Keynes region.