zOS Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

IBM z/OS
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring zOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 76 48
Rank change year-on-year -54 -28 +73
Contract jobs citing zOS 8 7 59
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.34% 0.74% 3.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.58% 3.61% 17.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 37
10th Percentile - £430 £403
25th Percentile - £475 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £531 £430
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +23.55% -9.47%
75th Percentile - £579 £488
90th Percentile - £592 £588
England median daily rate £475 £519 £459
% change year-on-year -8.43% +13.02% -16.16%

All Operating Systems
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 310 194 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.34% 20.44% 20.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 121 245
10th Percentile £181 £185 £163
25th Percentile £230 £300 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £460 £411
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +11.92% -0.36%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £500
90th Percentile £613 £725 £588
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 14
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.45 £13.61
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.25 £15.61
Median hourly rate £22.06 £18.10 £21.35
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% -15.22% +10.15%
75th Percentile £24.51 £18.94 £23.75
90th Percentile £26.23 £26.10 -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +30.23% -25.86%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

zOS job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

zOS
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing zOS

zOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing zOS

zOS
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
South Yorkshire -49 8 £514 -6.55%
zOS
England

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Storage Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Programmer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Programmer
2 2 (25.00%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) DB2 Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) IBM Storage Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (50.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (12.50%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Data Protection
2 5 (62.50%) Storage Management
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) JCL
2 1 (12.50%) CLIST
2 1 (12.50%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 3 (37.50%) NFS
3 1 (12.50%) ACF2
3 1 (12.50%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) IBM
2 4 (50.00%) Broadcom
3 3 (37.50%) Brocade
3 3 (37.50%) Dell