The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 319 - 333
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing zOS 4 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.033% - 0.019%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.123% - 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £39,889 - £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Operating Systems
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3263 3342 4056
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 27.17% 25.37% 25.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2884 3100 3602
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
zOS
London

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London zOS Salary Trend

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 10 (90.91%) IBM
2 8 (72.73%) Mainframe
3 7 (63.64%) UNIX
3 7 (63.64%) Windows
4 6 (54.55%) EMC
5 5 (45.45%) Citrix
5 5 (45.45%) Intranet
5 5 (45.45%) Internet
5 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 5 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
5 5 (45.45%) Solaris
5 5 (45.45%) Middleware
5 5 (45.45%) iSeries
5 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (27.27%) Validation
6 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (18.18%) WebSphere
7 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Portal
7 2 (18.18%) VME
7 2 (18.18%) Jython
7 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Process Server
7 2 (18.18%) Content Management
7 2 (18.18%) ICL
7 2 (18.18%) Linux
7 2 (18.18%) Apache
7 2 (18.18%) Python
7 2 (18.18%) Perl
7 2 (18.18%) DB2
7 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Application Server

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) Middleware
2 2 (18.18%) WebSphere
2 2 (18.18%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Portal
1 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Process Server
1 2 (18.18%) Apache
1 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (18.18%) SAS
1 2 (18.18%) CICS
1 2 (18.18%) Adobe CQ
1 2 (18.18%) IBM HTTP Server
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Intranet
1 5 (45.45%) Internet
2 2 (18.18%) HTTP
3 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (18.18%) DB2
General
1 1 (9.091%) Banking
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
1 1 (9.091%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Design Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Web Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Capacity Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Programmer
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Design Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Design Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) CICS Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Mainframe
2 5 (45.45%) iSeries
2 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) UNIX
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Solaris
3 2 (18.18%) VME
3 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 2 (18.18%) AIX
4 1 (9.091%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
2 3 (27.27%) Validation
2 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Content Management
3 2 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Jython
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) Perl
1 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
2 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
2 1 (9.091%) COBOL
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) RACF
1 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (9.091%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Unicenter
1 1 (9.091%) Tivoli
1 1 (9.091%) BMC PATROL
1 1 (9.091%) OpenView
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
1 1 (9.091%) CA Endevor
1 1 (9.091%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) IBM
2 6 (54.55%) EMC
3 5 (45.45%) Citrix
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) ICL
4 2 (18.18%) Adobe
5 1 (9.091%) BMC
5 1 (9.091%) CA
5 1 (9.091%) HP
5 1 (9.091%) VMware
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