zSecure Contract Job Trends

IBM Security zSecure suite
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring zSecure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing zSecure 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.017% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

zSecure falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,798 5,239 6,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.20% 14.36% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,880 3,351 4,615
10th Percentile £308 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £547
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.02% -4.87%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 64 168
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.73 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.59 £31.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -41.90% +104.20%
75th Percentile £63.25 £60.00 £75.31
90th Percentile £77.40 £74.31 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -19.35% -32.87% +100.78%

zSecure
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing zSecure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

zSecure job vacancy trend in the UK

zSecure
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing zSecure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing zSecure

zSecure
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing zSecure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing zSecure

zSecure
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zSecure within the UK over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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 - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

zSecure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) CLIST
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM