zOS Job Trends in Manchester

IBM z/OS
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring zOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 154 147
Rank change year-on-year - -7 +104
Permanent jobs citing zOS 0 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester - 0.075% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.48% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £90,801 £68,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £94,637 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - +33.29% +31.48%
75th Percentile - £98,474 £79,635
90th Percentile - - £89,777
North West median annual salary - £94,637 £71,000
% change year-on-year - +33.29% +31.48%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 192 417 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.58% 15.64% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 172 215 290
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,188 £33,250 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £57,813 £67,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £40,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% +5.88%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

zOS job vacancy trend in Manchester

zOS
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing zOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing zOS