MVS Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IBM MVS
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring MVS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MVS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.097% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £514 £400 £600
% change year-on-year +28.50% -33.33% -20.00%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 137 77 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.22% 15.31% 20.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 55 95
10th Percentile £131 £174 £122
25th Percentile £163 £200 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £390 £225
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +73.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £430 £494 £525
90th Percentile £528 £537 £583
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 27
10th Percentile £13.01 £14.29 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.09 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.27 £18.77 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year +18.65% +6.02% +4.52%
75th Percentile £25.58 £23.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £24.59 £23.74
England median hourly rate £26.00 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +30.23% -25.86%

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

MVS job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

MVS
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MVS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MVS

MVS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MVS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MVS

MVS
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 £500 - 1
MVS
England

MVS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk