zOS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IBM z/OS
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing zOS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.018% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 382 418 984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.75% 12.67% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 298 303 875
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,531 £34,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,710 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% +2.85% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £54,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £68,100
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% -

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

zOS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

zOS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing zOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing zOS

zOS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire - 1 £60,000 - 2
zOS
South East

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ChangeMan
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Code
1 1 (100.00%) VSAM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CA Endevor