zOS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IBM z/OS
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing zOS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.066% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £478 £488 £575
% change year-on-year -2.05% -15.22% +10.84%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 268 224 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.64% 17.55% 18.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 89 224
10th Percentile £162 £213 £143
25th Percentile £189 £278 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £415 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.73% -7.78% +29.03%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £593
90th Percentile £575 - £717
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 31 45
10th Percentile £13.00 £40.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £19.80 £52.13 £14.16
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +160.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 £76.50
England median hourly rate £23.00 £58.49 £39.08
% change year-on-year -60.68% +49.68% +56.31%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

zOS job vacancy trend in the East of England

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing zOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing zOS

zOS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
zOS
England

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) CLIST
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) zSecure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM