zOS Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

IBM z/OS
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 31 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing zOS 0 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim - 1.20% -
As % of the Operating Systems category - 6.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate - - -

All Operating Systems
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 31 31 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 13.03% 18.56% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 14
10th Percentile £156 £138 £135
25th Percentile £175 £164 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £193 £400
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -51.88% -20.00%
75th Percentile £375 £464 -
90th Percentile £380 £531 £435
Northern Ireland median daily rate £250 £193 £400
% change year-on-year +29.87% -51.88% -19.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 1
10th Percentile £16.56 - -
25th Percentile £18.42 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +38.17% +34.62%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £17.50
% change year-on-year -4.88% +38.17% +34.62%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

zOS job vacancy trend in County Antrim