The first table below looks at the demand for OS/390 skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OS/390 over the 3 months to 17 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM OS/390 (OS390)
Rank 827 856 854
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -2
Permanent jobs citing OS/390 3 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.003% 0.006% 0.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.011% 0.023% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 5
Average salary £27,500 £28,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.78% -56.92%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-34.78% +9.52%
All Operating Systems
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
27455 30466 29255
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.22% 26.82% 25.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23399 26370 24771
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
OS/390
UK

OS/390
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OS/390 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

England OS/390 Jobs Demand Trend

OS/390
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OS/390 across the England region.

England OS/390 Salary Trend

OS/390
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OS/390 within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Midlands -17 2 £27,500 -1.78%
London - 1 £37,500 -
OS/390
UK

OS/390
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing OS/390 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 OS/390.

1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (50.00%) FTP
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) DB2
2 3 (50.00%) XML
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (33.33%) V-Model
3 2 (33.33%) Product Management
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Middleware
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) Process Management
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) AS400
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) ODBC
3 2 (33.33%) CORBA
3 2 (33.33%) MQSeries
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) JMS
3 2 (33.33%) EAI
3 2 (33.33%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) EJB

OS/390
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing OS/390 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 OS/390. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) ODBC
2 2 (33.33%) CORBA
2 2 (33.33%) JMS
2 2 (33.33%) Middleware
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) EJB
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MQSeries
1 2 (33.33%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) FTP
2 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) SNA
2 2 (33.33%) Intranet
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) DB2
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) TIBCO Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Support Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Support Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Mainframe Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Technical Support
3 1 (16.67%) Mainframe Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) zOS
1 1 (16.67%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
1 2 (33.33%) ERP
1 2 (33.33%) EAI
1 2 (33.33%) SOA
1 2 (33.33%) Process Management
1 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (33.33%) V-Model
1 2 (33.33%) Product Management
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) JCL
2 1 (16.67%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) Sybase
1 2 (33.33%) IBM
1 2 (33.33%) TIBCO
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft