MVS Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

IBM MVS
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 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 101 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MVS 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.100% - 1.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.65% - 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £514 - -

All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 153 74 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 15.25% 21.08% 33.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 48 90
10th Percentile £342 £170 £199
25th Percentile £373 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £544 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% +26.45% -14.00%
75th Percentile £538 £623 £528
90th Percentile £688 £711 £588
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £460 £411
% change year-on-year -7.61% +11.92% -0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - - £18.15
25th Percentile - £18.10 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £18.21 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - -19.09% +104.55%
75th Percentile - £18.41 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.47 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.06 £18.10 £21.35
% change year-on-year +21.83% -15.22% +10.15%

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

MVS job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

MVS
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing MVS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing MVS

MVS
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing MVS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing MVS

MVS
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
Sheffield - 1 £514 -
MVS
Yorkshire

MVS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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