The first table below looks at the demand for zOS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited zOS over the 3 months to 23 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 208 210 211
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs citing zOS 2 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.038% 0.072% 0.114%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.137% 0.280% 0.434%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
Average salary £47,500 £65,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.92% +52.94%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
All Operating Systems
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1462 1430 1613
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 27.86% 25.75% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1306 1219 1392
Average salary £36,750 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £47,500 -
zOS
England

zOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 7 (100.00%) IBM
2 6 (85.71%) DB2
2 6 (85.71%) CICS
2 6 (85.71%) Mainframe
2 6 (85.71%) IBM Mainframe
3 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) HP
4 3 (42.86%) Citrix
4 3 (42.86%) NetApp
4 3 (42.86%) Lotus
4 3 (42.86%) AIX
4 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (42.86%) SOA
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco
4 3 (42.86%) Web Services
4 3 (42.86%) .NET
4 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) Investment Management
4 3 (42.86%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (42.86%) XenApp
4 3 (42.86%) XenServer
4 3 (42.86%) vSphere
4 3 (42.86%) Banking
4 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Java EE
5 2 (28.57%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
5 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 (42.86%) Web Services
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) CICS
2 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) CATIA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) DB2
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 2 (28.57%) Mainframe Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Operations Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Mainframe
1 6 (85.71%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) AIX
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) SOA
1 3 (42.86%) Investment Management
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) COBOL
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) XenApp
1 3 (42.86%) XenServer
1 3 (42.86%) vSphere
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Unicenter
1 1 (14.29%) Tivoli
1 1 (14.29%) BMC PATROL
1 1 (14.29%) OpenView
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) IBM
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) HP
3 3 (42.86%) Citrix
3 3 (42.86%) NetApp
3 3 (42.86%) Lotus
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) BMC
4 1 (14.29%) ICL