The first table below looks at the demand for OS/390 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OS/390 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 South East 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 OS/390 (OS390)
Rank - 244 245
Contract jobs citing OS/390 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.030% 0.009%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.149% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £168 £300 -
% change year-on-year
-44.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1897 2009 2460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 23.69% 20.10% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 792 924
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £160 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 330 360
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +4.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
OS/390
England

OS/390
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OS/390 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South East OS/390 Jobs Demand Trend

OS/390
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OS/390 across the South East region.

South East OS/390 Daily Rate Trend

OS/390
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OS/390 across the South East region.

South East OS/390 Hourly Rate Trend