zOS Job Trends in County Antrim

IBM z/OS
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring zOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing zOS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 0.33% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary - - -

All Operating Systems
County Antrim

zOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 19 46 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 6.35% 11.25% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14 25 42
10th Percentile £31,088 £38,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,081 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +35.80% -14.74%
75th Percentile £38,750 £74,144 £62,813
90th Percentile £72,403 £95,000 £85,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -31.82% +29.41% -10.53%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing zOS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

zOS job vacancy trend in County Antrim

zOS
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing zOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing zOS

zOS
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast - 1 - -
zOS
Northern Ireland

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) VSAM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Telematics
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager