zOS Contracts in South Yorkshire

IBM z/OS
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for zOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited zOS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 48 55
Rank change year-on-year +38 +7 -28
Contract jobs citing zOS 56 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 12.25% 1.50% 0.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.44% 10.39% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 3 1
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £415 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -9.52% +105.88%
75th Percentile £476 £506 £563
90th Percentile £588 £518 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £430 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -9.47% -9.52% +84.21%

All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire

zOS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 142 77 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 31.07% 14.39% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 58 86
10th Percentile £200 £159 £136
25th Percentile £403 £240 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% +26.32%
75th Percentile £521 £588 £515
90th Percentile £588 £679 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £414 £450 £380
% change year-on-year -8.06% +18.42% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 8
10th Percentile £18.15 £11.65 £11.61
25th Percentile £21.25 £12.63 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £17.43
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% -11.07% -18.93%
75th Percentile £23.75 £19.63 £20.29
90th Percentile - £21.35 £22.99
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.00 £18.55 £17.57
% change year-on-year +18.58% +5.59% +0.40%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for zOS in South Yorkshire

zOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for zOS in South Yorkshire

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing zOS in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for zOS in South Yorkshire

zOS
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 zOS within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +28 39 £430 -9.47%
Barnsley - 14 £415 -
zOS
Yorkshire

zOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 19 (33.93%) SAS
2 1 (1.79%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.79%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) DWDM
Development Applications
1 15 (26.79%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.79%) Banking
2 1 (1.79%) Finance
2 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (35.71%) Programmer
2 19 (33.93%) Systems Programmer
2 19 (33.93%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 17 (30.36%) Storage Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) z/OS Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Hardware Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) z/OS Specialist
8 1 (1.79%) CICS Specialist
8 1 (1.79%) Hardware Specialist
8 1 (1.79%) IBM Storage Engineer
8 1 (1.79%) IBM Storage Specialist
8 1 (1.79%) Storage Engineer
8 1 (1.79%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (62.50%) ISPF
2 15 (26.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (66.07%) Mainframe
2 14 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 13 (23.21%) LPAR
4 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.79%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (32.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (53.57%) Risk Management
2 20 (35.71%) Performance Monitoring
2 20 (35.71%) Storage Management
3 18 (32.14%) Agile
3 18 (32.14%) Problem Management
4 16 (28.57%) Project Management
5 14 (25.00%) Cost Management
5 14 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (5.36%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (1.79%) Data Protection
7 1 (1.79%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 54 (96.43%) JCL
2 44 (78.57%) REXX
3 15 (26.79%) Assembly Language
3 15 (26.79%) Python
4 10 (17.86%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 53 (94.64%) Time Sharing Option
2 18 (32.14%) NFS
3 15 (26.79%) ACF2
3 15 (26.79%) RACF
4 13 (23.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 13 (23.21%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 20 (35.71%) OMEGAMON
2 19 (33.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 15 (26.79%) Ansible
Vendors
1 55 (98.21%) IBM
2 38 (67.86%) Broadcom
3 21 (37.50%) CA
4 19 (33.93%) Dell
5 18 (32.14%) Brocade
5 18 (32.14%) Splunk