zOS Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

IBM z/OS
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing zOS 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 0.67% 2.65% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.57% 14.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £429 -
25th Percentile £488 £455 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% - -
75th Percentile £505 £506 -
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £497 £488 -
% change year-on-year +1.85% - -

All Operating Systems
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 28 28 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 18.67% 18.54% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 13
10th Percentile £192 £345 £219
25th Percentile £205 £363 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.45% -8.75% +8.70%
75th Percentile £429 £506 £625
90th Percentile £499 £558 £650
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £275 £456 £513
% change year-on-year -39.73% -10.98% +14.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile £15.12 £13.63 £10.76
25th Percentile - £13.80 £11.37
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.16 £13.71
Median % change year-on-year +77.61% +3.32% +24.59%
75th Percentile - £14.59 £56.06
90th Percentile - £14.81 £70.00
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.15 £13.71
% change year-on-year -30.43% +163.77% +3.43%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

zOS job vacancy trend in Nottingham

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing zOS

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk