MVS Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM MVS
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MVS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MVS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 - 506
Rank change year-on-year - - -76
Contract jobs citing MVS 7 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% - 0.020%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.22% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £316
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.45%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £650 £350
% change year-on-year -34.62% +85.71% -30.00%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

MVS 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,227 4,516 5,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.75% 19.25% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,150 3,132 3,814
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £258 £250 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 335 454
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.27 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £60.66 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.74 £63.38
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MVS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MVS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MVS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MVS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MVS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MVS in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 7 - -
North of England - 7 - -
MVS
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Banking
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Change Management
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) CA