South Yorkshire OS/390 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM OS/390 (OS390) skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OS/390 over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM OS/390 (OS390)
Location Buckinghamshire England Milton Keynes South East South Yorkshire Surrey UK West Midlands	3 months to 7 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	-	54
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.407 %
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	£263	£400
% change on same period last year	-34.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£17.00
Average hourly rate	-	£17.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£17.00
% change on same period last year	-
Operating Systems South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	84	246
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.168 %	0.308 %
Daily rates quoted	9	13
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£272
Average daily rate	£370	£279
% change on same period last year	+32.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£285
UK excluding London average daily rate	£309	£322
% change on same period last year	-3.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	45	100
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.93	£25.95
Average hourly rate	£26.55	£26.88
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.16	£27.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.59	£21.59
% change on same period last year	-
OS/390 Yorkshire

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.

OS/390
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OS/390 across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

OS/390
Hourly Rate Trend

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