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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 144 162
Rank change year-on-year - +18 +115
Permanent jobs citing zOS 0 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire - 0.13% 0.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.98% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £78,135 -
25th Percentile - £80,246 £63,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £89,945 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year - +7.62% -
75th Percentile - £97,300 £94,237
90th Percentile - £98,004 £96,539
England median annual salary £87,500 £50,000 £83,577
% change year-on-year +75.00% -40.17% +43.48%

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 246 407 548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.36% 12.82% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 181 166 475
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £30,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% -5.03%
75th Percentile £46,500 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

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