The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 - 134 117
Contract jobs citing zOS 0 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.062% 0.177%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.280% 0.891%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £500
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
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
499 715 561
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.74% 22.10% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 348 242
Average daily rate £325 £415 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.68% +18.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 75 85
Average hourly rate £14.02 £20.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.90% +8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.50 £40.00 £37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
zOS
England

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West zOS Hourly Rate Trend

zOS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (66.67%) DataPower
2 2 (66.67%) REXX
2 2 (66.67%) JCL
2 2 (66.67%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) ISPF
2 2 (66.67%) WebSphere
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (33.33%) EMC

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 2 (66.67%) ISPF
1 2 (66.67%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) SSL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Applications Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) WebSphere Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Mainframe Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Storage Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (66.67%) DataPower
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) REXX
1 2 (66.67%) JCL
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) EMC