The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank - 221 208
Permanent jobs citing zOS 0 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.016% 0.038%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.054% 0.136%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
Average salary - £32,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.07%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1604 1837 1474
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 30.79% 29.82% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1312 1524 1236
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £60,200 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
zOS
South East

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire zOS Jobs Demand Trend

zOS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing zOS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire zOS Salary Trend

zOS
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited zOS.

1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) DB2
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) i5/OS
1 4 (100.00%) IDMS
1 4 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 4 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 4 (100.00%) VSAM
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited zOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) DB2
1 4 (100.00%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (100.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) C Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) C++ Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 4 (100.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) i5/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree