zOS Contracts in the South East

IBM z/OS
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 214 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs citing zOS 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.034% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.61% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £354 - -
25th Percentile - £675 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.86% - -
75th Percentile £625 £725 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £459 £585 £500
% change year-on-year -21.54% +17.00% +22.70%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 985 1,228 1,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.69% 21.02% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 844 1,028
10th Percentile £200 £197 £150
25th Percentile £263 £263 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
England median daily rate £463 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -10.19% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 68 112
10th Percentile £15.98 £18.08 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +161.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £62.25 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.75 £75.00 £64.04
England median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -37.14% +62.79% +20.99%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for zOS in the South East

zOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for zOS in the South East

zOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing zOS in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for zOS in the South East

zOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for zOS in the South East

zOS
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 zOS within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
West Sussex - 4 £358 -
Kent - 1 £600 -
Surrey - 1 £600 -
zOS
England

zOS
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) CICS
1 4 (66.67%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) DB2
1 4 (66.67%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) IBM Mainframe Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Mainframe Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Programmer
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) COBOL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) IBM Mainframe
1 4 (66.67%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) CLIST
1 4 (66.67%) COBOL
1 4 (66.67%) REXX
2 3 (50.00%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) IBM
1 4 (66.67%) Syncsort