zOS Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 101 99 98
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Contract jobs citing zOS 17 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.697% 0.414% 0.471%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.069% 2.259% 2.579%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
Average daily rate £375 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% -1.53%
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
Search 1 zOS jobs in Scotland
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 554 487 504
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 22.71% 18.31% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 192 170
Average daily rate £363 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £120 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £420 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 37 36
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.75 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.46% +33.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.55 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £31.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
zOS
UK

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland zOS Daily Rate Trend

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +11 16 £375 +17.18%
zOS
UK

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 13 (46.43%) IBM
2 12 (42.86%) UNIX
3 10 (35.71%) Mainframe
3 10 (35.71%) WebSphere
4 9 (32.14%) WebSphere MQ
4 9 (32.14%) Migration
5 8 (28.57%) Windows
6 6 (21.43%) Banking
7 5 (17.86%) JCL
7 5 (17.86%) REXX
8 4 (14.29%) AIX
8 4 (14.29%) Linux
8 4 (14.29%) Oracle
8 4 (14.29%) DB2
8 4 (14.29%) EMC
8 4 (14.29%) CICS
8 4 (14.29%) HTTP
8 4 (14.29%) Finance
9 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (10.71%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (10.71%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (10.71%) ClearCase
9 3 (10.71%) SOA
9 3 (10.71%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (10.71%) SQL
9 3 (10.71%) Solaris
9 3 (10.71%) Middleware
9 3 (10.71%) MAINVIEW
9 3 (10.71%) RACF
10 2 (7.143%) SAN

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 10 (35.71%) WebSphere
2 3 (10.71%) Middleware
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (7.143%) WebCenter
4 1 (3.571%) ISPF
4 1 (3.571%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (32.14%) WebSphere MQ
2 4 (14.29%) CICS
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle Application Server
3 3 (10.71%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (7.143%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (7.143%) Apache
4 2 (7.143%) WebLogic
4 2 (7.143%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (3.571%) SAS
5 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
5 1 (3.571%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) HTTP
2 2 (7.143%) SAN
2 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.143%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.571%) SSL
3 1 (3.571%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) DB2
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (3.571%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.571%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) ClearCase
General
1 6 (21.43%) Banking
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (7.143%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Administrator
2 5 (17.86%) WebSphere Administrator
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) DBA
4 2 (7.143%) Storage Administrator
4 2 (7.143%) Storage Specialist
4 2 (7.143%) DB2 DBA
4 2 (7.143%) Mainframe Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Storage Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Middleware Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Middleware Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Storage Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Systems Programmer
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Mainframe Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) WebSphere Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) WebSphere Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Mainframe
2 3 (10.71%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (7.143%) VSAM
3 2 (7.143%) Replication
4 1 (3.571%) iSeries
4 1 (3.571%) DataPower
4 1 (3.571%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) UNIX
2 8 (28.57%) Windows
3 4 (14.29%) AIX
3 4 (14.29%) Linux
4 3 (10.71%) Solaris
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Migration
2 3 (10.71%) SOA
3 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.143%) Supplier Management
3 2 (7.143%) Incident Management
3 2 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Modelling
4 1 (3.571%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (3.571%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
4 1 (3.571%) Data Migration
4 1 (3.571%) ETL
4 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.571%) Change Management
4 1 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) JCL
1 5 (17.86%) REXX
2 3 (10.71%) SQL
3 1 (3.571%) COBOL
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) RACF
2 2 (7.143%) SRDF
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (3.571%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) MAINVIEW
2 1 (3.571%) Data Guard
2 1 (3.571%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) IBM
2 4 (14.29%) Oracle
2 4 (14.29%) EMC
3 2 (7.143%) BMC
4 1 (3.571%) Citrix
4 1 (3.571%) CA
4 1 (3.571%) Informatica
4 1 (3.571%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (3.571%) Lotus
4 1 (3.571%) Teradata
4 1 (3.571%) Remedy
Websphere MQ Administrator - z/OS - Banking - Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Websphere MQ Administrator needed for a leading Tier 1 bank located in Edinburgh. WMQ Administrator is a 6 Month contract position with likelihood of extension. The WMQ Administrator...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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