zOS Job Trends in Yorkshire

IBM z/OS
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring zOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 157 211
Rank change year-on-year -34 +54 +31
Permanent jobs citing zOS 2 10 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.029% 0.29% 0.066%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.49% 1.96% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £122,773 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £81,250 £87,610
% change year-on-year -26.15% -7.26% +34.78%

All Operating Systems
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 406 510 726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.90% 14.91% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 312 373 581
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £54,000
90th Percentile £69,939 £67,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

zOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

zOS job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

zOS
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing zOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing zOS

zOS
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing zOS within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
West Yorkshire -32 2 - -
zOS
England

zOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) CICS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Batch Scheduling
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) CLIST
1 2 (100.00%) JCL
1 2 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM