zOS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

IBM z/OS
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 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 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing zOS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.24% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £87,500 £50,000 £65,066
% change year-on-year +75.00% -23.15% +12.32%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 20 50 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.83% 10.33% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 15 27 47
10th Percentile £30,750 £33,360 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +29.41% -10.53%
75th Percentile £38,750 £74,144 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,274 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

zOS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

zOS
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing zOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing zOS

zOS
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim - 1 - -
zOS
UK

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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