Hybrid/Remote zSecure Contract Job Trends

IBM Security zSecure suite
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work 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 314 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing zSecure 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.058% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,720 1,679 2,608
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.76% 13.77% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,127 1,108 1,942
10th Percentile £358 £360 £363
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £547
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.02% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 45
10th Percentile £29.40 £22.64 £32.75
25th Percentile £33.00 £33.97 £55.00
Median hourly rate £56.00 £49.00 £67.27
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -27.15% +22.30%
75th Percentile £67.00 £63.13 £78.17
90th Percentile £103.40 £66.13 £84.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -1.64% -41.90% +104.20%

zSecure
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing zSecure and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

zSecure job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

zSecure
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing zSecure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing zSecure

zSecure
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:

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