zOS Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IBM z/OS
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 61 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing zOS 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% 0.55% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.80% 3.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £429 -
25th Percentile £488 £455 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% - -
75th Percentile £505 £506 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £488 £575
% change year-on-year -2.56% -15.22% +10.84%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 125 110 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.09% 15.05% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 62 86
10th Percentile £132 £180 £130
25th Percentile £173 £309 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £394 £285
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +38.16% -12.31%
75th Percentile £469 £484 £519
90th Percentile £494 £530 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 23
10th Percentile £18.28 £14.65 £12.15
25th Percentile £20.93 £17.58 £14.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +12.62%
75th Percentile - £24.74 £21.50
90th Percentile - £58.75 £49.55
England median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £39.08
% change year-on-year -60.00% +47.14% +56.31%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

zOS job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

zOS
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 zOS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Nottinghamshire -4 1 £497 +1.85%
zOS
England

zOS
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:

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
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk