The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 24 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 142 154 150
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Permanent jobs citing zOS 11 1 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.350% 0.029% 0.258%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.332% 0.118% 1.068%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
Average salary £35,000 - £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 - £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,898 - £33,700
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
826 851 843
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 26.25% 24.63% 24.20%
Number of salaries quoted 487 583 591
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland zOS Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh +12 7 £35,000 -
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Highlands - 2 - -
zOS
UK

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 11 (100.00%) UNIX
2 9 (81.82%) IBM
3 8 (72.73%) Mainframe
3 8 (72.73%) HTTP
4 7 (63.64%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (63.64%) IBM HTTP Server
4 7 (63.64%) WebSphere Process Server
4 7 (63.64%) WebSphere
4 7 (63.64%) WebSphere Portal
5 6 (54.55%) Windows
6 5 (45.45%) AIX
6 5 (45.45%) Linux
6 5 (45.45%) Finance
6 5 (45.45%) Advertising
7 4 (36.36%) JBoss
7 4 (36.36%) SAS
7 4 (36.36%) BMC
8 3 (27.27%) Adobe
8 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
8 3 (27.27%) Apache
8 3 (27.27%) Python
8 3 (27.27%) Perl
8 3 (27.27%) Jython
8 3 (27.27%) Content Management
8 3 (27.27%) Adobe CQ
9 2 (18.18%) SCCM
9 2 (18.18%) SCOM
9 2 (18.18%) VME
9 2 (18.18%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (18.18%) SAS Macro

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 7 (63.64%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (63.64%) WebSphere Application Server
1 7 (63.64%) IBM HTTP Server
1 7 (63.64%) WebSphere Process Server
1 7 (63.64%) WebSphere Portal
2 4 (36.36%) SAS
3 3 (27.27%) Apache
3 3 (27.27%) Adobe CQ
4 2 (18.18%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) HTTP
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) SNA
2 2 (18.18%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Base SAS
1 2 (18.18%) DB2
1 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
1 5 (45.45%) Advertising
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) WebSphere Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Web Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Programmer
3 2 (18.18%) Capacity Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Mainframe Programmer
3 2 (18.18%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Mainframe
2 2 (18.18%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (18.18%) Statistics
2 2 (18.18%) e-Health
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) UNIX
2 6 (54.55%) Windows
3 5 (45.45%) AIX
3 5 (45.45%) Linux
4 2 (18.18%) VME
4 2 (18.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Content Management
2 2 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL V3
2 2 (18.18%) Capacity Management
2 2 (18.18%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
1 3 (27.27%) Python
1 3 (27.27%) Perl
1 3 (27.27%) Jython
2 2 (18.18%) SAS Macro
2 2 (18.18%) JCL
2 2 (18.18%) Assembly Language
2 2 (18.18%) REXX
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (18.18%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
1 2 (18.18%) SCOM
1 2 (18.18%) HP SIM
1 2 (18.18%) OMEGAMON
1 2 (18.18%) OpenView
1 2 (18.18%) Unicenter
1 2 (18.18%) Tivoli
1 2 (18.18%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) IBM
2 4 (36.36%) JBoss
2 4 (36.36%) BMC
3 3 (27.27%) Adobe
4 2 (18.18%) ICL
4 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) HP
4 2 (18.18%) CA