OS/390 Contracts

IBM OS/390 (OS390)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for OS/390 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OS/390 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 690 -
Rank change year-on-year +106 - -
Contract jobs citing OS/390 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.005% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.018% 0.032% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Operating Systems
UK

OS/390 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,693 9,494 13,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 16.34% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,848 6,655 8,981
10th Percentile £185 £193 £175
25th Percentile £300 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.84% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 420 621
10th Percentile £12.70 £14.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.72 £15.93
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.25 £29.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -24.06% +46.50% +21.21%

OS/390
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OS/390 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OS/390 in the UK

OS/390
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OS/390.

Daily rate trend for OS/390 in the UK

OS/390
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OS/390.

Hourly rate trend for OS/390 in the UK

OS/390
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OS/390 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +101 1 - -
London +88 1 - -

OS/390
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle