MVS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

IBM MVS
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring MVS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MVS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.059% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - £600

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

MVS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 268 180 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.83% 13.80% 16.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 106 246
10th Percentile £204 £206 £200
25th Percentile £310 £341 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £452 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +13.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £500 £587 £575
90th Percentile £575 £675 £615
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 14
10th Percentile £17.36 £34.02 £31.56
25th Percentile £20.57 £48.07 £49.94
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £59.80
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% -5.11% +8.73%
75th Percentile £65.01 £57.62 £66.69
90th Percentile £81.40 - £68.63
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £59.13 £54.56
% change year-on-year -64.84% +8.37% +106.28%

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MVS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

MVS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

MVS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MVS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MVS

MVS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MVS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MVS

MVS
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell - 1 - -
MVS
South East

MVS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM