zOS Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

IBM z/OS
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 61 70
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +40
Contract jobs citing zOS 5 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.78% 0.82% 0.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.64% 5.56% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £538 £519 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 47 90 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.34% 14.68% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 50 39
10th Percentile £166 £175 £178
25th Percentile £256 £192 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -17.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £634
90th Percentile £585 £641 £755
Scotland median daily rate £401 £450 £535
% change year-on-year -10.89% -15.89% +7.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 10
10th Percentile - £20.51 £18.24
25th Percentile - £21.00 £18.27
Median hourly rate - £22.94 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year - -46.97% +144.07%
75th Percentile - £24.02 £60.75
90th Percentile - £25.62 £60.83
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.44 £39.25
% change year-on-year -27.58% -42.83% +64.50%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

zOS job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing zOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing zOS

zOS
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) IBM Mainframe Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Mainframe Developer
3 1 (20.00%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (40.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) ACF2
1 1 (20.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Broadcom
2 2 (40.00%) IBM