IBM Time Sharing Option (TSO)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Time Sharing Option skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 660 | 792 | 768 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +132 | -24 | +434 |
| Permanent jobs citing Time Sharing Option | 16 | 4 | 9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.032% | 0.005% | 0.015% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.27% | 0.050% | 0.094% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £70,750 | - | £59,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £72,500 | - | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,500 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | +7.69% | +30.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,750 | - | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | - | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.52% |
All System Software Skills
UK
Time Sharing Option falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 5,837 | 7,939 | 9,540 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 11.80% | 10.16% | 15.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,512 | 4,948 | 7,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £29,250 | £28,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £53,909 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.25% | -1.98% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £71,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,750 | £90,000 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £50,000 | £49,565 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +0.88% | -0.87% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Time Sharing Option as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Time Sharing Option.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Time Sharing Option over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
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Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Time Sharing Option within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +122 | 16 | £87,500 | +25.00% | |
| London | +75 | 12 | £87,500 | +25.00% | |
| UK excluding London | +117 | 4 | £72,500 | - | |
| Work from Home | +76 | 3 | £52,500 | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +29 | 3 | £70,000 | - | |
| North of England | +25 | 3 | £70,000 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £75,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £75,000 | - |
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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: