zOS Contracts in West Yorkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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 81 90 74
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -16
Contract jobs citing zOS 7 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.558% 0.064% 0.444%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.977% 0.350% 2.427%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £271 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £395 £363
% change year-on-year
-5.06% +8.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.00
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 354 286 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 28.21% 18.27% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 126 73
Average daily rate £280 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £156 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 38 32
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.00 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -28.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
zOS
Yorkshire

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire zOS Daily Rate Trend

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing zOS across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire zOS Hourly Rate Trend

zOS
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -3 5 £375 -
Halifax - 2 £168 -
zOS
Yorkshire

zOS
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (100.00%) COBOL
2 8 (88.89%) SLA
3 7 (77.78%) CICS
3 7 (77.78%) Control-M
3 7 (77.78%) Mainframe
3 7 (77.78%) Release Management
4 5 (55.56%) ChangeMan
5 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
6 3 (33.33%) Finance
7 2 (22.22%) Process Management
7 2 (22.22%) JCL
7 2 (22.22%) OS/390
7 2 (22.22%) MVS
7 2 (22.22%) HP
7 2 (22.22%) DB2
7 2 (22.22%) CA Endevor
7 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) VSAM
8 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
8 1 (11.11%) ITIL
8 1 (11.11%) Tivoli
8 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (11.11%) C
8 1 (11.11%) RACF

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) ChangeMan
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Mainframe
2 2 (22.22%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) OS/390
1 2 (22.22%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Release Management
2 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
3 2 (22.22%) Process Management
3 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) COBOL
2 2 (22.22%) JCL
3 1 (11.11%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (11.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) Control-M
2 2 (22.22%) CA Endevor
3 1 (11.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) HP
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