z/OS Specialist Contract Job Trends in Scotland

IBM z/OS Specialist
UK > Scotland

As of 27 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IBM z/OS Specialist daily rate in Scotland.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a z/OS Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.045% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - £550 £460
% change year-on-year - +19.70% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,094 1,557 1,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 92.18% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,104 911 1,141
10th Percentile £288 £238 £200
25th Percentile £386 £358 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £455 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +1.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 62 81
10th Percentile £13.18 £16.02 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.97 £16.90 £14.73
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.71 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +77.57% +8.71% +2.31%
75th Percentile £61.21 £25.97 £40.94
90th Percentile £74.16 £59.75 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +70.97% -40.16% -2.26%

z/OS Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

z/OS Specialist job vacancy trend in Scotland

z/OS Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Specialist job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Specialist job vacancies in Scotland

z/OS Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing z/OS Specialist within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. 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
Edinburgh - 1 - -
z/OS Specialist
UK

z/OS Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, z/OS Specialist 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 Scotland region featuring z/OS Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) zOS

z/OS Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow