Time Sharing Option Contracts in Sheffield

IBM Time Sharing Option (TSO)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring Time Sharing Option skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Time Sharing Option over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 19 54
Rank change year-on-year -28 +35 -5
Contract jobs citing Time Sharing Option 3 38 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.94% 10.03% 0.44%
As % of the System Software category 4.55% 48.72% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 23 2
10th Percentile - £402 -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +17.28%
75th Percentile - £538 £488
90th Percentile - £588 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £483 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +12.21% -9.47% +17.28%

All System Software Skills
Sheffield

Time Sharing Option falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 66 78 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 20.69% 20.58% 6.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 52 22
10th Percentile £335 £190 £450
25th Percentile £391 £398 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £470 £594
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -20.84% +36.49%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £684
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £430 £500
% change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% +24.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +19.40%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +15.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Time Sharing Option as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Time Sharing Option in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Time Sharing Option in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Time Sharing Option in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Time Sharing Option in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Time Sharing Option in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DWDM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Programmer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Programmer
1 2 (66.67%) z/OS Systems Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) LPAR
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) CLIST
1 3 (100.00%) JCL
1 3 (100.00%) REXX
2 2 (66.67%) Assembly Language
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (33.33%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM