Hybrid/Remote z/OS Specialist Contract Job Trends

IBM z/OS Specialist
UK > Work from Home

As of 15 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IBM z/OS Specialist daily rate in Work from Home.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 318 373
Rank change year-on-year +7 +55 +172
Contract jobs requiring a z/OS Specialist 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.026% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.028% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £459 £430
Median % change year-on-year - +6.74% -18.10%
UK median daily rate - £459 £430
% change year-on-year - +6.74% -18.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,474 10,884 16,258
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 93.11% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,181 6,887 11,150
10th Percentile £328 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 200 364
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.40 £17.29
25th Percentile £20.58 £23.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.39 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.58% -28.78% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.85
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%

z/OS Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'z/OS Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

z/OS Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

z/OS Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid z/OS Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid z/OS Specialist job vacancies

z/OS Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, z/OS Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring z/OS Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
1 1 (100.00%) zOS

z/OS Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) IBM