zOS Contracts in Yorkshire

IBM z/OS
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 119 139
Rank change year-on-year +77 +20 -51
Contract jobs citing zOS 59 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 3.49% 0.35% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.82% 2.61% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 3 1
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £415 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -9.52% +84.21%
75th Percentile £488 £506 £563
90th Percentile £588 £518 -
England median daily rate £459 £585 £505
% change year-on-year -21.54% +15.84% +23.93%

All Operating Systems
Yorkshire

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 advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 331 306 466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 19.60% 13.28% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 224 355
10th Percentile £163 £153 £135
25th Percentile £275 £200 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £440 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +17.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £505 £550 £500
90th Percentile £588 £650 £575
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 33
10th Percentile £13.57 £12.73 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.87 £13.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.39 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.49% +10.77% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.00 £19.38
90th Percentile - £34.00 £23.60
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -42.11% +76.74% +20.21%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing zOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for zOS in Yorkshire

zOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing zOS in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for zOS in Yorkshire

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing zOS in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for zOS in Yorkshire

zOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing zOS in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for zOS in Yorkshire

zOS
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
South Yorkshire +39 56 £430 -9.47%
West Yorkshire - 3 £625 -
zOS
England

zOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 20 (33.90%) SAS
2 1 (1.69%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.25%) DWDM
2 2 (3.39%) LAN
2 2 (3.39%) WAN
Development Applications
1 15 (25.42%) Jenkins
General
1 41 (69.49%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.69%) Banking
2 1 (1.69%) Finance
2 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (35.59%) Programmer
2 20 (33.90%) Systems Programmer
2 20 (33.90%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 17 (28.81%) Storage Manager
4 5 (8.47%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) z/OS Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Hardware Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Consultant
7 2 (3.39%) z/OS Specialist
8 1 (1.69%) CICS Specialist
8 1 (1.69%) Hardware Specialist
8 1 (1.69%) IBM Storage Engineer
8 1 (1.69%) IBM Storage Specialist
8 1 (1.69%) Storage Engineer
8 1 (1.69%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (61.02%) ISPF
2 15 (25.42%) YAML
3 2 (3.39%) XML
3 2 (3.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 38 (64.41%) Mainframe
2 14 (23.73%) Data Centre
3 13 (22.03%) LPAR
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.90%) Linux
2 2 (3.39%) Unix
2 2 (3.39%) Windows
2 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (52.54%) Risk Management
2 21 (35.59%) Performance Monitoring
3 20 (33.90%) Storage Management
4 18 (30.51%) Agile
4 18 (30.51%) Problem Management
5 16 (27.12%) Project Management
6 14 (23.73%) Cost Management
6 14 (23.73%) Software Testing
6 14 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.08%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (3.39%) Architectural Design
8 2 (3.39%) Computer Science
8 2 (3.39%) Network Design
8 2 (3.39%) Parallel Processing
8 2 (3.39%) SOA
9 1 (1.69%) Data Protection
9 1 (1.69%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 55 (93.22%) JCL
2 45 (76.27%) REXX
3 16 (27.12%) Assembly Language
4 15 (25.42%) Python
5 10 (16.95%) CLIST
6 2 (3.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (3.39%) Degree
2 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 54 (91.53%) Time Sharing Option
2 18 (30.51%) NFS
3 16 (27.12%) ACF2
3 16 (27.12%) RACF
4 13 (22.03%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 13 (22.03%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 21 (35.59%) OMEGAMON
2 19 (32.20%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 15 (25.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 56 (94.92%) IBM
2 39 (66.10%) Broadcom
3 21 (35.59%) CA
4 19 (32.20%) Dell
4 19 (32.20%) Splunk
5 18 (30.51%) Brocade