zOS Job Trends in the East Midlands

IBM z/OS
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring zOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing zOS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.039% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - -
England median annual salary £87,500 £50,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year +75.00% -29.58% +19.28%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 228 366 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.97% 15.19% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 187 172 215
10th Percentile £25,450 £25,075 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -17.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £54,400 £61,125 £63,750
England median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -4.76%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

zOS job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

zOS
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing zOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing zOS

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Adabas
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Natural
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM