IBM OS/390 (OS390)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring OS/390 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OS/390 over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 589 | 696 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +107 | - |
| Contract jobs citing OS/390 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.002% | 0.005% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.017% | 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 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 4,080 | 5,733 | 9,408 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.95% | 13.33% | 16.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,681 | 3,878 | 6,587 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £185 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £300 | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £468 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.60% | -7.43% | +1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £690 | £700 | £719 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 181 | 392 | 419 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.33 | £12.75 | £13.99 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.79 | £15.44 | £17.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.00 | £22.00 | £38.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -42.86% | +67.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £60.75 | £64.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.00 | £22.50 | £29.30 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.22% | -23.21% | +46.50% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing OS/390 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OS/390.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OS/390.