z/OS Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM z/OS Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IBM z/OS Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 - 363
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a z/OS Engineer 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £500
UK median daily rate £550 £750 £500
% change year-on-year -26.67% +50.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 25,827 13,795 16,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 89.82% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,177 8,477 9,298
10th Percentile £303 £210 £220
25th Percentile £413 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £598
90th Percentile £688 £663 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,377 1,275 1,372
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.50 £14.43
25th Percentile £19.78 £16.30 £19.59
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £43.97
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% -42.97% +0.50%
75th Percentile £67.84 £51.32 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.58 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% -3.37%

z/OS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'z/OS Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

z/OS Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

z/OS Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

z/OS Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing z/OS Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Yorkshire - 2 £500 - 2
North of England - 2 £500 - 2
Scotland - 1 - -
z/OS Engineer
UK

z/OS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, z/OS Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring z/OS Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
2 2 (66.67%) CICS
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Db2
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) CA Endevor
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) COBOL
3 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) ISPF
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JCL
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) JVM Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) RACF
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere

z/OS Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CICS
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Db2
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) ISPF
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
2 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (33.33%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) JVM Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) COBOL
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JCL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) RACF
1 1 (33.33%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CA Endevor
1 1 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM