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The table below looks at the demand for IBM z/OS skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM z/OS
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads00
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£49,762£42,562
% change on same period last year+16.91 %
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads158122
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.055 %
Salaries quoted154118
Average minimum salary£30,018£27,557
Average salary£31,770£28,686
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum salary£33,521£29,815
UK excluding London average salary£34,408£34,140
% change on same period last year+0.78 %
zOS CheshirezOS
Cheshire

zOS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing zOS across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Chester zOS Demand Trend

zOS
Salary Trend

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

Chester zOS Salary Trend

zOS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)AIX
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
12 (100.00 %)VMS
12 (100.00 %)VERITAS
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Clustering
12 (100.00 %)SSH
12 (100.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)ITIL
21 (50.00 %)Banking
21 (50.00 %)MVS

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)WebSphere
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)SSH
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Banking
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Systems Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Systems Support
11 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Team Leader
11 (50.00 %)Systems Support Analyst
Chester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
12 (100.00 %)Clustering
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)AIX
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
12 (100.00 %)VMS
21 (50.00 %)MVS
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)VERITAS