IBM MVS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MVS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MVS over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 737 1065 1096
Rank change year-on-year +328 +31 -345
Permanent jobs citing MVS 4 11 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.044% 0.054% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £38,750 £59,925 -
25th Percentile £40,625 £104,805 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £116,450 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.06% - -
75th Percentile £63,125 £128,095 -
90th Percentile £67,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £51,750 -
% change year-on-year -22.71% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

MVS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,192 20,454 22,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.27% 16.50% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,146 13,683 16,133
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MVS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MVS in the UK

MVS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MVS.

Salary trend for MVS in the UK

MVS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MVS over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for MVS in the UK

MVS
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +326 4 £50,000 -57.06%
UK excluding London +244 3 £40,000 -22.71%
Work from Home +242 2 - -
North of England +153 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
London +259 1 £60,000 -48.48%
South West - 1 £40,000 -

MVS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Designer
1 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (25.00%) Minimum Viable Product
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VB