zOS Contract Job Trends in Leeds

IBM z/OS
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 62 64
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 -
Contract jobs citing zOS 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.11% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.30% 1.00% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £625
75th Percentile £538 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £513 £625
% change year-on-year +2.44% -18.00% -

All Operating Systems
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 77 100 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 8.49% 21.41% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 54 83
10th Percentile £172 £190 £268
25th Percentile £313 £356 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -13.88%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £569
90th Percentile £554 £688 £619
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - -
Median hourly rate £17.12 - £13.87
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.16%
75th Percentile £18.23 - £16.07
90th Percentile - - £17.39
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.12 - £14.52
% change year-on-year - - -18.06%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

zOS job vacancy trend in Leeds

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing zOS

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM