zOS Contracts in the South West

IBM z/OS
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring zOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited zOS 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 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing zOS 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.36% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.87% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £586 - -
25th Percentile £595 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £454 £459 £585
% change year-on-year -1.14% -21.54% +15.84%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 321 497 718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.06% 15.54% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 358 520
10th Percentile £200 £170 £166
25th Percentile £250 £235 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £613
90th Percentile £698 £700 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 69 85
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £17.18
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £49.68
Median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +12.09% -42.11% +76.74%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing zOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for zOS in the South West

zOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing zOS in the South West.

Daily rate trend for zOS in the South West

zOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing zOS in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for zOS in the South West

zOS
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the South West 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
Wiltshire - 6 £600 - 2
zOS
England

zOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Administrator
1 6 (100.00%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 5 (83.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (100.00%) Security Auditing
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
2 5 (83.33%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) IBM Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM