MVS Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

IBM MVS
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring MVS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MVS 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.11% - 2.01%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.74% - 6.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £514 - -

All Operating Systems
Sheffield

MVS 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 135 63 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 14.53% 20.86% 31.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 37 65
10th Percentile £366 £167 £234
25th Percentile £413 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £430
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +25.00% -14.00%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £538
90th Percentile £688 £739 £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate £498 £544 £430
% change year-on-year -8.51% +26.45% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.10 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £18.21 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - -19.09% +45.16%
75th Percentile - £18.41 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.47 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £18.21 £22.50
% change year-on-year - -19.09% +104.55%

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

MVS job vacancy trend in Sheffield

MVS
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing MVS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing MVS

MVS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DB2 Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) CLIST
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) IBM