zSecure Contract Job Trends in England

IBM Security zSecure suite
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring zSecure 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 538 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing zSecure 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.020% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Systems Management Skills
England

zSecure falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,915 4,437 5,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.13% 14.29% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,297 2,860 4,006
10th Percentile £310 £315 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -5.74%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £656
90th Percentile £694 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £547
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.02% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 55 158
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.28 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.80 £30.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% -23.47% +90.59%
75th Percentile £65.41 £63.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £74.78 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -1.64% -41.90% +104.20%

zSecure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

zSecure job vacancy trend in England

zSecure
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing zSecure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing zSecure

zSecure
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing zSecure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing zSecure

zSecure
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 zSecure within the 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
East of England - 1 - -
zSecure
UK

zSecure
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:

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
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
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
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM