The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing zOS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.483% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.703% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
All Operating Systems
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
37 52 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 17.87% 16.40% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 22 44 25
Average salary £43,750 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
zOS
England

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands zOS Salary Trend

zOS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM