The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 472 489 490
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +1
Contract jobs citing zOS 58 89 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.125% 0.153% 0.160%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.582% 0.753% 0.769%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 34
Average daily rate £388 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £280 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £366 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.38% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £18.00
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9962 11825 12738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.47% 20.29% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5353 5945 6221
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 972 1164 1254
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.21 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

zOS Daily Rate Trend

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing zOS within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

zOS Daily Rate Histogram

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing zOS within the UK.

zOS Hourly Rate Trend

zOS
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +16 38 £405 -4.70%
London +22 21 £405 -7.48%
Scotland -12 16 £375 +17.18%
Edinburgh +11 15 £375 +17.18%
North West -13 9 £400 +33.33%
City of London +12 8 £353 -41.25%
Yorkshire - 6 £375 -
West Yorkshire - 6 £375 -
Cheshire +2 5 £425 -10.52%
Leeds - 5 £375 -
Manchester -9 2 - -
South West +23 1 - -
West Midlands +5 1 £550 +10.00%
Warwickshire -3 1 £550 +10.00%
Merseyside - 1 £375 -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Skelmersdale - 1 - -
Liverpool - 1 £375 -
Halifax - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 - -

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 82 (58.16%) Mainframe
2 73 (51.77%) IBM
3 41 (29.08%) WebSphere
4 38 (26.95%) DB2
5 37 (26.24%) Finance
6 35 (24.82%) UNIX
7 31 (21.99%) Windows
8 28 (19.86%) REXX
9 27 (19.15%) WebSphere MQ
9 27 (19.15%) Banking
10 26 (18.44%) JCL
10 26 (18.44%) CICS
11 24 (17.02%) Middleware
11 24 (17.02%) Linux
12 23 (16.31%) Oracle
13 22 (15.60%) IBM Mainframe
14 19 (13.48%) EMC
15 18 (12.77%) CA
15 18 (12.77%) TCP/IP
15 18 (12.77%) AIX
16 16 (11.35%) WebSphere Message Broker
16 16 (11.35%) Problem Management
16 16 (11.35%) ISPF
17 15 (10.64%) WebSphere Application Server
18 14 (9.929%) Migration
18 14 (9.929%) SOA
19 13 (9.220%) COBOL
19 13 (9.220%) SQL
20 12 (8.511%) RACF
20 12 (8.511%) HP

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 41 (29.08%) WebSphere
2 24 (17.02%) Middleware
3 16 (11.35%) ISPF
4 5 (3.546%) XML
5 2 (1.418%) .NET
5 2 (1.418%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.418%) WebCenter
6 1 (0.709%) Mason
6 1 (0.709%) SOAP
6 1 (0.709%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 27 (19.15%) WebSphere MQ
2 26 (18.44%) CICS
3 16 (11.35%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 15 (10.64%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (5.674%) MQSeries
5 8 (5.674%) ESB
6 5 (3.546%) SAS
7 4 (2.837%) Apache
7 4 (2.837%) WebLogic
8 3 (2.128%) SharePoint
8 3 (2.128%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (1.418%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (1.418%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (1.418%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (1.418%) Tomcat
9 2 (1.418%) IIS
10 1 (0.709%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.709%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.709%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.418%) MS Office
2 1 (0.709%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.709%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.418%) BASE24
1 2 (1.418%) VisionPLUS
1 2 (1.418%) AWD
1 2 (1.418%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.709%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.77%) TCP/IP
2 12 (8.511%) SSL
3 6 (4.255%) HTTP
4 5 (3.546%) Firewall
5 4 (2.837%) SAN
6 3 (2.128%) Internet
7 2 (1.418%) Intranet
7 2 (1.418%) LDAP
8 1 (0.709%) FTP
8 1 (0.709%) SNA
8 1 (0.709%) VLAN
8 1 (0.709%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (26.95%) DB2
2 8 (5.674%) RDBMS
3 7 (4.965%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.837%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (2.128%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.418%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.709%) Adabas
7 1 (0.709%) TOAD
7 1 (0.709%) OLTP
7 1 (0.709%) MS Access
7 1 (0.709%) VLDB
7 1 (0.709%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.965%) ChangeMan
2 6 (4.255%) ClearCase
3 4 (2.837%) Subversion
3 4 (2.837%) TortoiseSVN
4 2 (1.418%) WinRunner
4 2 (1.418%) TestDirector
4 2 (1.418%) LoadRunner
General
1 37 (26.24%) Finance
2 27 (19.15%) Banking
3 7 (4.965%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.837%) Retail
5 2 (1.418%) Dutch Language
6 1 (0.709%) French Language
6 1 (0.709%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.709%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (17.73%) Analyst
2 19 (13.48%) Architect
2 19 (13.48%) Consultant
3 15 (10.64%) Administrator
4 13 (9.220%) Developer
5 11 (7.801%) Programmer
5 11 (7.801%) Systems Programmer
6 9 (6.383%) WebSphere Developer
7 8 (5.674%) WebSphere Consultant
7 8 (5.674%) Mainframe Architect
7 8 (5.674%) Storage Analyst
7 8 (5.674%) Support Analyst
7 8 (5.674%) Applications Consultant
7 8 (5.674%) Infrastructure Architect
8 7 (4.965%) WebSphere Administrator
9 6 (4.255%) WebSphere Specialist
9 6 (4.255%) DBA
9 6 (4.255%) Mainframe Consultant
10 5 (3.546%) Middleware Specialist
10 5 (3.546%) DB2 DBA
Miscellaneous
1 82 (58.16%) Mainframe
2 22 (15.60%) IBM Mainframe
3 10 (7.092%) DataPower
4 9 (6.383%) iSeries
4 9 (6.383%) VSAM
5 6 (4.255%) Clustering
6 5 (3.546%) SWIFT
7 4 (2.837%) Symmetrix DMX
8 3 (2.128%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.418%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.418%) Replication
9 2 (1.418%) PKI
9 2 (1.418%) Mobile Payment
10 1 (0.709%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.709%) Online Banking
10 1 (0.709%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.709%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 35 (24.82%) UNIX
2 31 (21.99%) Windows
3 24 (17.02%) Linux
4 18 (12.77%) AIX
5 9 (6.383%) HPUX
6 8 (5.674%) Solaris
6 8 (5.674%) MVS
7 4 (2.837%) Windows 2000 Server
7 4 (2.837%) Windows NT
8 2 (1.418%) OS/400
8 2 (1.418%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.418%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.709%) OS/390
9 1 (0.709%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (11.35%) Problem Management
2 14 (9.929%) SOA
2 14 (9.929%) Migration
3 9 (6.383%) Release Management
3 9 (6.383%) TOGAF
4 6 (4.255%) Configuration Management
4 6 (4.255%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (4.255%) EAI
4 6 (4.255%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (3.546%) Project Management
6 4 (2.837%) E-Commerce
6 4 (2.837%) ITIL
6 4 (2.837%) Process Management
6 4 (2.837%) Service Delivery
6 4 (2.837%) Zachman Framework
6 4 (2.837%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (2.128%) High Availability
7 3 (2.128%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (2.128%) Supplier Management
8 2 (1.418%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.86%) REXX
2 26 (18.44%) JCL
3 13 (9.220%) COBOL
3 13 (9.220%) SQL
4 11 (7.801%) Java
5 7 (4.965%) C
6 5 (3.546%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.837%) C++
7 4 (2.837%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.709%) VB
8 1 (0.709%) C#
8 1 (0.709%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 6 (4.255%) IBM Certification
2 3 (2.128%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.709%) ISEB
3 1 (0.709%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.709%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.383%) SLA
2 2 (1.418%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.709%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.709%) COBIT
3 1 (0.709%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 12 (8.511%) RACF
2 4 (2.837%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.128%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.418%) VMware ESX
4 2 (1.418%) SRDF
4 2 (1.418%) vSphere
5 1 (0.709%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.709%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.709%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.709%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 12 (8.511%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (4.255%) Control-M
3 3 (2.128%) Tivoli
4 2 (1.418%) CA Endevor
4 2 (1.418%) OMEGAMON
4 2 (1.418%) MAINVIEW
4 2 (1.418%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.709%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.709%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.709%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 73 (51.77%) IBM
2 23 (16.31%) Oracle
3 19 (13.48%) EMC
4 18 (12.77%) CA
5 12 (8.511%) HP
6 7 (4.965%) Teradata
7 6 (4.255%) Citrix
8 5 (3.546%) Unisys
8 5 (3.546%) VMware
9 4 (2.837%) Microsoft
10 3 (2.128%) Sun
10 3 (2.128%) BMC
10 3 (2.128%) NetApp
10 3 (2.128%) Remedy
11 2 (1.418%) Ab Initio
11 2 (1.418%) Informatica
11 2 (1.418%) Business Objects
11 2 (1.418%) SAP
12 1 (0.709%) Cisco
12 1 (0.709%) Software AG
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