zOS Contracts with Work from Home Options

IBM z/OS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for zOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited zOS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 431 567
Rank change year-on-year +153 +136 -119
Contract jobs citing zOS 69 36 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.41% 1.04% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 11 22
10th Percentile £360 £513 £300
25th Percentile £430 £524 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £613 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.06% +28.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £649 £564
90th Percentile - £664 £570
UK median daily rate £459 £585 £500
% change year-on-year -21.54% +17.00% -1.23%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

zOS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,563 3,454 5,394
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.35% 13.75% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 2,433 3,815
10th Percentile £222 £250 £298
25th Percentile £350 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £683 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 101 158
10th Percentile £12.85 £19.00 £14.43
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £17.94
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £42.92
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +28.15% +15.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%

zOS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing zOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

zOS trend for jobs with a WFH option

zOS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing zOS.

zOS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing zOS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

zOS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

zOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (30.43%) SAS
2 13 (18.84%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.39%) GitHub
2 2 (2.90%) AWS
3 1 (1.45%) Azure
3 1 (1.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.14%) DWDM
2 2 (2.90%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (28.99%) DB2
2 9 (13.04%) IDMS
3 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.90%) OLTP
5 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (18.84%) Jenkins
2 10 (14.49%) Git
3 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 30 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.70%) Banking
4 4 (5.80%) Finance
5 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Automotive
7 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Programmer
1 16 (23.19%) Systems Programmer
2 12 (17.39%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 10 (14.49%) z/OS Specialist
4 9 (13.04%) Developer
4 9 (13.04%) Mainframe Developer
4 9 (13.04%) Storage Manager
5 8 (11.59%) IBM Mainframe Developer
5 8 (11.59%) z/OS Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) DB2 Specialist
7 4 (5.80%) IBM Storage Specialist
7 4 (5.80%) Storage Specialist
8 3 (4.35%) Administrator
8 3 (4.35%) DB2 Administrator
8 3 (4.35%) Hardware Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Mainframe Project Manager
9 2 (2.90%) Project Manager
10 1 (1.45%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (39.13%) ISPF
2 12 (17.39%) YAML
3 3 (4.35%) Middleware
4 2 (2.90%) Kafka
5 1 (1.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (60.87%) Mainframe
2 16 (23.19%) IBM Mainframe
3 12 (17.39%) Data Centre
4 9 (13.04%) LPAR
5 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.45%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 19 (27.54%) Linux
2 3 (4.35%) Windows
3 1 (1.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) Agile
2 21 (30.43%) Risk Management
3 14 (20.29%) Problem Management
3 14 (20.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (20.29%) Storage Management
4 12 (17.39%) Performance Monitoring
5 11 (15.94%) Project Management
6 9 (13.04%) Scrum
7 8 (11.59%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (8.70%) Cost Management
8 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (8.70%) Software Testing
9 5 (7.25%) Performance Tuning
9 5 (7.25%) Workflow
10 4 (5.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (4.35%) ETL
11 3 (4.35%) Project Delivery
12 2 (2.90%) Analytics
12 2 (2.90%) Capacity Planning
12 2 (2.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 50 (72.46%) REXX
2 40 (57.97%) JCL
3 19 (27.54%) CLIST
4 15 (21.74%) COBOL
5 12 (17.39%) Assembly Language
5 12 (17.39%) Python
6 8 (11.59%) SELCOPY
7 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) PMP
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 40 (57.97%) Time Sharing Option
2 14 (20.29%) NFS
3 10 (14.49%) ACF2
3 10 (14.49%) RACF
4 7 (10.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 7 (10.14%) Microcode
5 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (18.84%) Ansible
1 13 (18.84%) OMEGAMON
1 13 (18.84%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (1.45%) CA Endevor
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (78.26%) IBM
2 28 (40.58%) Broadcom
3 19 (27.54%) CA
4 14 (20.29%) Brocade
4 14 (20.29%) Dell
5 9 (13.04%) Splunk
5 9 (13.04%) Syncsort
6 5 (7.25%) BMC
7 2 (2.90%) F5
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle