zOS Contract Job Trends in Central London

IBM z/OS
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +62
Contract jobs citing zOS 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.15% - 0.074%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.44% - 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £491 - -
25th Percentile £530 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 - -
75th Percentile £705 - -
90th Percentile £747 - -
London median daily rate £486 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -11.36% +4.76%

All Operating Systems
Central London

zOS 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 208 289 389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.36% 12.42% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 197 287
10th Percentile £200 £208 £184
25th Percentile £325 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £614 £594
90th Percentile £775 £696 £697
London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £19.46 - -
25th Percentile £20.33 - -
Median hourly rate £24.88 £112.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -77.78% +491.65% -7.66%
75th Percentile £28.94 - £21.34
90th Percentile £29.28 - £22.79
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing zOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

zOS job vacancy trend in Central London

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing zOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing zOS

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing zOS in Central London over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for zOS in Central London

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing zOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing zOS

zOS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. 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
City of London - 3 £615 -
zOS
London

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CICS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) CICS Programmer
1 1 (33.33%) CICS Systems Programmer
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe Programmer
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe Support
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
1 1 (33.33%) Programmer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Programmer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Support
1 1 (33.33%) z/OS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ISPF
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) REXX
2 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
2 1 (33.33%) JCL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk