zOS Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

IBM z/OS
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 65 73
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 -
Contract jobs citing zOS 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.087% 0.36% 0.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.02% 1.85% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £506 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £519 £638
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £514 £531 £430
% change year-on-year -3.25% +23.55% -9.47%

All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire

zOS 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 in West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 98 108 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 8.56% 19.32% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 62 103
10th Percentile £148 £183 £178
25th Percentile £298 £322 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £490 £575 £544
90th Percentile £545 £623 £619
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £450 £419
% change year-on-year -5.56% +7.46% -6.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - £13.87
Median hourly rate £17.12 - £14.52
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.06%
75th Percentile £25.00 - £15.95
90th Percentile £26.80 - £17.34
Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.91 £18.21 £18.27
% change year-on-year +14.83% -0.36% -6.95%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing zOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

zOS job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing zOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing zOS

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing zOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing zOS

zOS
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Leeds -17 1 £525 - 2
zOS
Yorkshire

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM