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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 422 435 422
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -13
Permanent jobs citing zOS 11 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.017% 0.009%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.170% 0.059% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 2
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +51.78%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
All Operating Systems
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6459 6796 6190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 29.18% 28.58% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5566 5897 5339
Average salary £38,000 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.56% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East zOS Salary Trend

zOS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing zOS across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East 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
Hampshire - 5 £62,500 -
West Sussex -9 4 £50,000 +17.64%
Surrey +7 2 £50,000 -20.00%
zOS
England

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 15 (93.75%) UNIX
2 12 (75.00%) Windows
3 11 (68.75%) Mainframe
4 10 (62.50%) SAS
5 7 (43.75%) ITIL
5 7 (43.75%) C++
5 7 (43.75%) DB2
5 7 (43.75%) VMware
5 7 (43.75%) VSAM
6 6 (37.50%) Capacity Management
7 5 (31.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (31.25%) Linux
8 4 (25.00%) Java
8 4 (25.00%) C
8 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
8 4 (25.00%) Eclipse
8 4 (25.00%) Assembly Language
8 4 (25.00%) REXX
8 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
8 4 (25.00%) Degree
8 4 (25.00%) i5/OS
8 4 (25.00%) IDMS
8 4 (25.00%) Multithreading
8 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
8 4 (25.00%) Data Integration
9 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
9 3 (18.75%) ISPF
9 3 (18.75%) SSH
9 3 (18.75%) MVS
9 3 (18.75%) JCL

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 (18.75%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 10 (62.50%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) SSH
2 2 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) DB2
2 4 (25.00%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (25.00%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Capacity Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) C Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) C++ Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Mainframe Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Capacity Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Database Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Mainframe
2 7 (43.75%) VSAM
3 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (25.00%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) UNIX
2 12 (75.00%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) Linux
4 4 (25.00%) i5/OS
5 3 (18.75%) MVS
6 1 (6.250%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) ITIL
2 6 (37.50%) Capacity Management
3 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
5 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) C++
2 4 (25.00%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) C
2 4 (25.00%) Assembly Language
2 4 (25.00%) REXX
3 3 (18.75%) JCL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) VMware
2 3 (18.75%) Teradata
2 3 (18.75%) IBM
3 2 (12.50%) Hitachi
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