MVS Contracts in the South East

IBM MVS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring MVS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MVS over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MVS 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.99% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £400 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +85.71%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 507 984 1,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.91% 17.73% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 651 830
10th Percentile £205 £200 £197
25th Percentile £338 £264 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £669
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 59 70
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.98 £18.08
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.69 £18.88
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -10.38% +165.00%
75th Percentile £59.44 £62.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £63.25 £70.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +12.09% -42.11% +76.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MVS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MVS in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MVS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for MVS in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MVS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for MVS in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
West Sussex - 5 - -
MVS
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) EngageOne
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GCC
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java