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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM z/OS
Rank 218 225 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Permanent jobs citing zOS 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.038% 0.033% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.135% 0.110% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £50,000 £62,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
All Operating Systems
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1486 1814 1634
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 28.18% 30.15% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1353 1568 1412
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £63,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
zOS
South East

zOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Dorking - 2 £50,000 -
zOS
South East

zOS
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Management
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) Hitachi
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

zOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 2 (66.67%) Hitachi