The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited zOS 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 z/OS
Rank 773 838 797
Rank change year-on-year
+65 -41
Permanent jobs citing zOS 57 25 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.057% 0.022% 0.053%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.208% 0.082% 0.212%
Number of salaries quoted 34 21 44
Average salary £48,750 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.70% +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,750 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
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%
zOS
UK

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England zOS Salary Trend

zOS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing zOS across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England zOS Salary Histogram

zOS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing zOS 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
London +55 25 £50,000 -31.03%
North West +15 14 £42,500 -39.28%
South East +12 10 £50,000 +17.64%
East Midlands - 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands -25 2 - -
South West +2 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
zOS
UK

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 90 (72.58%) Mainframe
2 75 (60.48%) Windows
3 72 (58.06%) IBM
4 63 (50.81%) UNIX
5 49 (39.52%) DB2
6 48 (38.71%) Finance
7 38 (30.65%) CICS
8 36 (29.03%) Linux
9 34 (27.42%) Banking
10 33 (26.61%) ITIL
11 30 (24.19%) JCL
12 29 (23.39%) REXX
13 28 (22.58%) ISPF
13 28 (22.58%) WebSphere
14 27 (21.77%) MVS
15 22 (17.74%) BMC
16 20 (16.13%) CA
16 20 (16.13%) Java
16 20 (16.13%) Citrix
16 20 (16.13%) Apache
17 19 (15.32%) Enterprise Architecture
17 19 (15.32%) Middleware
18 18 (14.52%) Project Management
18 18 (14.52%) Solaris
19 17 (13.71%) E-Commerce
19 17 (13.71%) SAS
19 17 (13.71%) IBM Mainframe
20 16 (12.90%) Marketing
20 16 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
20 16 (12.90%) HP

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 28 (22.58%) ISPF
1 28 (22.58%) WebSphere
2 19 (15.32%) Middleware
3 14 (11.29%) Java EE
4 10 (8.065%) Web Services
5 8 (6.452%) XML
6 7 (5.645%) .NET
7 6 (4.839%) J2EE
8 5 (4.032%) HTML
9 4 (3.226%) CSS
9 4 (3.226%) XSD
9 4 (3.226%) XSL
10 3 (2.419%) COM
11 2 (1.613%) SOAP
12 1 (0.806%) WSDL
12 1 (0.806%) XML Schema
12 1 (0.806%) JAXB
12 1 (0.806%) Hibernate
12 1 (0.806%) Spring
12 1 (0.806%) Grails
Application Platforms
1 38 (30.65%) CICS
2 20 (16.13%) Apache
3 17 (13.71%) SAS
4 15 (12.10%) Tomcat
5 6 (4.839%) WebLogic
5 6 (4.839%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 5 (4.032%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (3.226%) GlassFish
8 3 (2.419%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (2.419%) MQSeries
9 2 (1.613%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (1.613%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (1.613%) WebSphere Process Server
9 2 (1.613%) ESB
9 2 (1.613%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (1.613%) Adobe CQ
10 1 (0.806%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (8.871%) MS Office
2 9 (7.258%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.613%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 3 (2.419%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.29%) Intranet
1 14 (11.29%) Internet
2 4 (3.226%) HTTP
2 4 (3.226%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.419%) LAN
3 3 (2.419%) WAN
3 3 (2.419%) Firewall
3 3 (2.419%) SSH
4 2 (1.613%) SAN
5 1 (0.806%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (39.52%) DB2
2 16 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (8.065%) RDBMS
4 7 (5.645%) NonStop SQL
5 4 (3.226%) IDMS
6 3 (2.419%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.613%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 10 (8.065%) Eclipse
2 7 (5.645%) ClearCase
3 4 (3.226%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.613%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (1.613%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.613%) Subversion
4 2 (1.613%) TortoiseSVN
5 1 (0.806%) JUnit
General
1 48 (38.71%) Finance
2 34 (27.42%) Banking
3 16 (12.90%) Marketing
4 10 (8.065%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.645%) Financial Institution
5 7 (5.645%) Retail
6 4 (3.226%) Wholesale Banking
6 4 (3.226%) Spanish Language
7 3 (2.419%) Advertising
7 3 (2.419%) Retail Banking
7 3 (2.419%) Private Banking
7 3 (2.419%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.613%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (20.16%) Programmer
2 22 (17.74%) Consultant
3 20 (16.13%) Systems Programmer
4 17 (13.71%) Mainframe Programmer
4 17 (13.71%) Developer
5 13 (10.48%) Analyst
5 13 (10.48%) Architect
6 12 (9.677%) Technical Consultant
7 10 (8.065%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (7.258%) Technical Architect
9 8 (6.452%) Mainframe Consultant
10 7 (5.645%) Capacity Manager
10 7 (5.645%) Technical Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.645%) Operations Manager
10 7 (5.645%) Design Engineer
10 7 (5.645%) Implementation Consultant
11 6 (4.839%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (4.032%) Service Manager
12 5 (4.032%) Performance Analyst
12 5 (4.032%) WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
1 90 (72.58%) Mainframe
2 17 (13.71%) IBM Mainframe
3 14 (11.29%) iSeries
3 14 (11.29%) Enterprise Storage
4 12 (9.677%) Credit Risk
5 11 (8.871%) SWIFT
6 7 (5.645%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (5.645%) AS400
6 7 (5.645%) VSAM
7 5 (4.032%) Computer Science
8 4 (3.226%) Data Integration
9 3 (2.419%) LPAR
9 3 (2.419%) Digital Media
9 3 (2.419%) Online Banking
10 2 (1.613%) Statistics
10 2 (1.613%) e-Health
11 1 (0.806%) W3C
11 1 (0.806%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 75 (60.48%) Windows
2 63 (50.81%) UNIX
3 36 (29.03%) Linux
4 27 (21.77%) MVS
5 18 (14.52%) Solaris
6 9 (7.258%) AIX
7 6 (4.839%) VMS
7 6 (4.839%) VME
8 4 (3.226%) SUSE
8 4 (3.226%) i5/OS
8 4 (3.226%) OpenVMS
9 3 (2.419%) HPUX
10 2 (1.613%) Windows NT
10 2 (1.613%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.806%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.806%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (26.61%) ITIL
2 19 (15.32%) Enterprise Architecture
3 18 (14.52%) Project Management
4 17 (13.71%) E-Commerce
5 12 (9.677%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (8.871%) Change Management
7 10 (8.065%) Investment Management
7 10 (8.065%) Waterfall
8 9 (7.258%) SOA
8 9 (7.258%) Configuration Management
9 7 (5.645%) Risk Management
9 7 (5.645%) Workflow
9 7 (5.645%) Validation
9 7 (5.645%) Asset Management
9 7 (5.645%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (5.645%) Incident Management
9 7 (5.645%) Problem Management
9 7 (5.645%) Capacity Management
10 4 (3.226%) Software Engineering
10 4 (3.226%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.19%) JCL
2 29 (23.39%) REXX
3 20 (16.13%) Java
4 9 (7.258%) SQL
5 8 (6.452%) COBOL
6 7 (5.645%) C++
6 7 (5.645%) Assembly Language
7 6 (4.839%) C
8 5 (4.032%) C#
8 5 (4.032%) JavaScript
9 4 (3.226%) VB
9 4 (3.226%) Python
10 3 (2.419%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.419%) Perl
11 2 (1.613%) VBA
11 2 (1.613%) Jython
11 2 (1.613%) SAS Macro
12 1 (0.806%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (9.677%) Degree
2 5 (4.032%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (3.226%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.226%) ISEB
4 2 (1.613%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.839%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.032%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.226%) RACF
3 2 (1.613%) XenApp
3 2 (1.613%) XenServer
3 2 (1.613%) OpenSSH
3 2 (1.613%) vSphere
4 1 (0.806%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.806%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 7 (5.645%) OMEGAMON
2 6 (4.839%) Tivoli
3 4 (3.226%) OpenView
3 4 (3.226%) Unicenter
3 4 (3.226%) SCCM
3 4 (3.226%) SCOM
3 4 (3.226%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (1.613%) HP SIM
4 2 (1.613%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.806%) CA Wily
5 1 (0.806%) Tivoli NetView
5 1 (0.806%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 72 (58.06%) IBM
2 22 (17.74%) BMC
3 20 (16.13%) CA
3 20 (16.13%) Citrix
4 16 (12.90%) HP
5 15 (12.10%) EMC
5 15 (12.10%) VMware
6 14 (11.29%) Microsoft
7 9 (7.258%) Oracle
8 5 (4.032%) ICL
9 4 (3.226%) Unisys
9 4 (3.226%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.419%) Teradata
11 2 (1.613%) Hitachi
11 2 (1.613%) NetApp
11 2 (1.613%) Lotus
11 2 (1.613%) Cisco
11 2 (1.613%) SAP
11 2 (1.613%) Adobe
12 1 (0.806%) FatWire
Manchester, Lancashire
In this vital mainframe security role, you will help safeguard the data stored on. the bank's mainframe systems and infrastructure. Your IT security expertise and z/OS...
The Co-operative Bank
Salary: Circa £40,000 including Standby + Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Wiltshire
Technologies used across the site of which you'll need demonstrable knowledge are: * Cisco Network * NetApp storage IBM Mainframe (Z/Os, DB2, CICS &MQ) * HP Blades * AIX and...
Roc Search
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London, Bromley or Croydon
What being an Infrastructure Solutions Engineer involves: - Contributing to the infrastructure elements of overall IT strategy, enterprise architecture, and technology roadmap to support business needs both current and...
Direct Line
Salary: £45,000 - £65,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013