z/OS Systems Programmer Contract Job Trends in England

IBM z/OS Systems Programmer
UK > England

The median IBM z/OS Systems Programmer daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 504 569
Rank change year-on-year -35 +65 +169
Contract jobs requiring a z/OS Systems Programmer 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.010% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.011% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £523 £466 £473
25th Percentile £538 £472 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £613 £516 £563
90th Percentile £628 £529 £578
UK median daily rate £550 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +12.82% -7.14% -1.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,233 28,165 35,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.89% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,092 17,437 24,751
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,705 974 1,399
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.34 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

z/OS Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

z/OS Systems Programmer job vacancy trend in England

z/OS Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Systems Programmer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Systems Programmer job vacancies in England

z/OS Systems Programmer
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 z/OS Systems Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Yorkshire - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - -
London -4 2 £575 +19.48%
z/OS Systems Programmer
UK

z/OS Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, z/OS Systems Programmer 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 England region featuring z/OS Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) zOS
2 4 (80.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) ISPF
3 2 (40.00%) JCL
3 2 (40.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 2 (40.00%) RACF
3 2 (40.00%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
4 1 (20.00%) BMC
4 1 (20.00%) Broadcom
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) CICS
4 1 (20.00%) CLIST
4 1 (20.00%) COBOL
4 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) DB2
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) REXX

z/OS Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CICS
1 1 (20.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (20.00%) Change Control
1 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (20.00%) High Availability
1 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JCL
2 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
2 1 (20.00%) CLIST
2 1 (20.00%) COBOL
2 1 (20.00%) REXX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 2 (40.00%) RACF
1 2 (40.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) BMC
2 1 (20.00%) Broadcom