Mainframe Contracts in the North of England

Mainframes
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mainframe over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 172 224
Rank change year-on-year +51 +52 -43
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 57 35 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.20% 0.63% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.58% 2.08% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 16
10th Percentile £413 £403 £398
25th Percentile £430 £491 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £600 £490
Median % change year-on-year -25.42% +22.45% +30.67%
75th Percentile £563 £650 £500
90th Percentile £588 £670 £519
England median daily rate £475 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -15.56% +7.14% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.84
25th Percentile - - £12.57
Median hourly rate - - £13.79
75th Percentile - - £15.01
90th Percentile - - £15.74
England median hourly rate - - £16.23
% change year-on-year - - +20.49%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Mainframe is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,245 1,684 2,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.23% 30.37% 34.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 1,128 1,872
10th Percentile £263 £281 £205
25th Percentile £400 £401 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £503 £483
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +4.15% +10.48%
75th Percentile £585 £606 £575
90th Percentile £656 £688 £657
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 82 96
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.43
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.05 £16.85 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -11.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £32.32 £40.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £66.62 £44.03
England median hourly rate £36.00 £22.49 £26.39
% change year-on-year +60.11% -14.78% +3.47%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in the North of England

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in the North of England

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mainframe in the North of England

Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in the North of England

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +39 49 £440 -28.19% 1
North West +18 7 £448 +11.88% 3
North East - 1 - -
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (36.84%) SAS
2 1 (1.75%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.02%) AWS
1 4 (7.02%) Azure
1 4 (7.02%) SaaS
2 1 (1.75%) GCP
2 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) DB2
1 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
General
1 33 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.81%) Banking
3 12 (21.05%) Finance
4 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (38.60%) Programmer
2 21 (36.84%) Systems Programmer
2 21 (36.84%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 7 (12.28%) Consultant
4 5 (8.77%) Architect
4 5 (8.77%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) z/OS Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Hardware Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Mainframe Consultant
5 4 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.26%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) z/OS Specialist
8 1 (1.75%) Applications Architect
8 1 (1.75%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) CICS Specialist
8 1 (1.75%) Integration Consultant
8 1 (1.75%) Mainframe Architect
8 1 (1.75%) SailPoint Architect
8 1 (1.75%) Server Consultant
8 1 (1.75%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (64.91%) ISPF
2 3 (5.26%) .NET
2 3 (5.26%) React
3 1 (1.75%) HTML
3 1 (1.75%) JSP
3 1 (1.75%) LDAP
3 1 (1.75%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.75%) Servlets
3 1 (1.75%) SOAP
3 1 (1.75%) SPML
3 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) LPAR
2 4 (7.02%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.26%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 39 (68.42%) zOS
2 7 (12.28%) MVS
3 3 (5.26%) Android
3 3 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (56.14%) Risk Management
2 22 (38.60%) Performance Monitoring
3 7 (12.28%) Change Management
4 5 (8.77%) Agile
5 4 (7.02%) Data Protection
5 4 (7.02%) Microservices
5 4 (7.02%) Project Management
6 3 (5.26%) API Design
6 3 (5.26%) Architectural Design
6 3 (5.26%) Containerisation
6 3 (5.26%) Domain-Driven Design
6 3 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (5.26%) SDLC
6 3 (5.26%) Waterfall
7 2 (3.51%) ETL
8 1 (1.75%) Data Modelling
8 1 (1.75%) Open Source
8 1 (1.75%) RBAC
8 1 (1.75%) Secrets Management
8 1 (1.75%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 38 (66.67%) JCL
2 31 (54.39%) REXX
3 17 (29.82%) Assembly Language
4 11 (19.30%) CLIST
5 4 (7.02%) Java
6 3 (5.26%) C
7 2 (3.51%) SQL
8 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 37 (64.91%) Time Sharing Option
2 17 (29.82%) ACF2
2 17 (29.82%) RACF
3 13 (22.81%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 13 (22.81%) Microcode
4 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.75%) IAG
Systems Management
1 22 (38.60%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 38 (66.67%) IBM
2 20 (35.09%) Broadcom
3 19 (33.33%) Splunk
4 7 (12.28%) CA
5 1 (1.75%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.75%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow