zSecure Contracts

IBM Security zSecure suite
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for zSecure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited zSecure 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 578 701 840
Rank change year-on-year +123 +139 -164
Contract jobs citing zSecure 4 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.018% 0.017%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.078% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 5
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile - £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -3.70% -
75th Percentile - £675 £688
90th Percentile - £683 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £513

All Systems Management Skills
UK

zSecure is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,135 9,699 14,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.77% 16.12% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,680 7,004 10,359
10th Percentile £252 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £570 £563
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +1.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £671
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 209 189
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.74 £22.41 £15.88
Median hourly rate £30.75 £57.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% +158.08% -23.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £72.50 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.38 £83.15 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.25 £44.88 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.68% +124.38% -9.09%

zSecure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing zSecure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for zSecure in the UK

zSecure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing zSecure.

Daily rate trend for zSecure in the UK

zSecure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing zSecure.

Hourly rate trend for zSecure in the UK

zSecure
Top 3 Contract 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 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
Work from Home +126 4 £750 -
England +118 4 £750 +15.38%
London +100 4 £750 +15.38%

zSecure
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM