MVS Contracts in England

IBM MVS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring MVS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MVS over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 536 645
Rank change year-on-year +64 +109 +124
Contract jobs citing MVS 8 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.019% 0.006%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.23% 0.14% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £545
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +85.71%
75th Percentile £447 - £725
90th Percentile £475 - £755
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £650
% change year-on-year -5.88% -34.62% +85.71%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,411 5,081 8,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.01% 13.65% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,316 3,461 5,866
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £285 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £468 £505
% change year-on-year +1.50% -7.33% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 370 384
10th Percentile £16.07 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.19 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MVS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MVS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MVS in England.

Daily rate trend for MVS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MVS in England.

Hourly rate trend for MVS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
South East - 5 - -
London - 1 £488 -
MVS
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) EngageOne
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) GCC
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (37.50%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) REXX
3 1 (12.50%) Assembly Language
3 1 (12.50%) JCL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) ACF2
1 1 (12.50%) RACF
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (12.50%) IBM