z/OS Specialist Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

IBM z/OS Specialist
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 27 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IBM z/OS Specialist daily rate in Edinburgh.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a z/OS Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 744 583 796
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 91.96% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 307 436
10th Percentile £334 £229 £178
25th Percentile £406 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £468 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +3.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £538
90th Percentile £625 £597 £638
Scotland median daily rate £462 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +1.54% +1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 14 40
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.48
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £23.36 £18.07
Median % change year-on-year +161.16% +29.30% +1.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £21.74
90th Percentile £76.25 £74.25 £55.25
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.71 £18.13
% change year-on-year +77.57% +8.71% +2.31%

z/OS Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'z/OS Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

z/OS Specialist job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

z/OS Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Specialist job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Specialist job vacancies in Edinburgh

z/OS Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, z/OS Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring z/OS Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) zOS

z/OS Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow