zOS Contracts in Sheffield

IBM z/OS
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for zOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited zOS over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 42 46
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 -21
Contract jobs citing zOS 39 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 10.43% 1.82% 1.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.45% 13.11% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 3 1
10th Percentile £404 - -
25th Percentile - £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -9.52% +65.35%
75th Percentile £513 £506 £563
90th Percentile £588 £518 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £430 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -9.47% -9.52% +105.88%

All Operating Systems
Sheffield

zOS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 107 61 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 28.61% 13.86% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 42 58
10th Percentile £233 £326 £125
25th Percentile £412 £463 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £630 £536
90th Percentile £588 £698 £661
South Yorkshire median daily rate £430 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile - £11.65 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £12.63 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% +5.08% -40.14%
75th Percentile £23.75 £19.63 £18.00
90th Percentile - £21.35 £18.90
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £17.43
% change year-on-year +45.16% -11.07% -18.93%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing zOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for zOS in Sheffield

zOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing zOS in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for zOS in Sheffield

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing zOS in Sheffield over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for zOS in Sheffield

zOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (48.72%) SAS
2 1 (2.56%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) DWDM
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (79.49%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Programmer
2 17 (43.59%) Systems Programmer
2 17 (43.59%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 5 (12.82%) Storage Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) z/OS Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) z/OS Specialist
7 1 (2.56%) CICS Specialist
7 1 (2.56%) Consultant
7 1 (2.56%) Hardware Specialist
7 1 (2.56%) IBM Storage Specialist
7 1 (2.56%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (82.05%) ISPF
2 6 (15.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (84.62%) Mainframe
2 12 (30.77%) LPAR
3 6 (15.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (74.36%) Risk Management
2 20 (51.28%) Performance Monitoring
3 6 (15.38%) Agile
3 6 (15.38%) Problem Management
3 6 (15.38%) Storage Management
4 3 (7.69%) Project Management
5 1 (2.56%) Cost Management
5 1 (2.56%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.56%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.56%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.56%) Software Testing
5 1 (2.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (97.44%) JCL
2 34 (87.18%) REXX
3 15 (38.46%) Assembly Language
4 9 (23.08%) CLIST
5 6 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 38 (97.44%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (38.46%) ACF2
2 15 (38.46%) RACF
3 12 (30.77%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 12 (30.77%) Microcode
4 6 (15.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 20 (51.28%) OMEGAMON
2 6 (15.38%) Ansible
2 6 (15.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 38 (97.44%) IBM
2 25 (64.10%) Broadcom
3 18 (46.15%) Splunk
4 7 (17.95%) CA
5 6 (15.38%) Brocade
5 6 (15.38%) Dell