The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 183 175 174
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -1
Permanent jobs citing zOS 6 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.146% 0.027% 0.051%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.571% 0.102% 0.244%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 2
Average salary £40,000 £60,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1051 982 820
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.65% 26.97% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 928 838 759
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
zOS
North West

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester zOS Salary Trend

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 9 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 6 (66.67%) UNIX
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) SUSE
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) AS400
4 3 (33.33%) Workflow
4 3 (33.33%) REXX
4 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
4 3 (33.33%) RACF
4 3 (33.33%) Solaris
4 3 (33.33%) Linux
4 3 (33.33%) Apache
4 3 (33.33%) Tomcat
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) DB2
4 3 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (33.33%) SAS
4 3 (33.33%) LAN
4 3 (33.33%) WAN
4 3 (33.33%) IBM
4 3 (33.33%) HP
4 3 (33.33%) CICS
4 3 (33.33%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (33.33%) ISPF
4 3 (33.33%) WebSphere
4 3 (33.33%) GlassFish

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (33.33%) ISPF
1 3 (33.33%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Apache
1 3 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 3 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (33.33%) SAS
1 3 (33.33%) CICS
1 3 (33.33%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 3 (33.33%) DB2
1 3 (33.33%) NonStop SQL
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Operations Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Environment Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (33.33%) AS400
2 3 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) UNIX
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) SUSE
2 3 (33.33%) Solaris
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Change Management
1 3 (33.33%) Workflow
2 2 (22.22%) V-Model
2 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) REXX
2 2 (22.22%) VBA
2 2 (22.22%) Python
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) RACF
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Tivoli
1 1 (11.11%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
1 3 (33.33%) IBM
1 3 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) FatWire
2 1 (11.11%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) CA
2 1 (11.11%) Endeca
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