IBM Mainframe Contracts

IBM Mainframe
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 620 817
Rank change year-on-year +85 +197 +14
Contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe 13 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.023% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.073% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 11
10th Percentile £459 £461 £330
25th Percentile £463 £534 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £613 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.22% +16.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £508 £706 £638
90th Percentile £588 £763 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £613 £400
% change year-on-year -21.63% +53.13% -17.95%

All Generic Skills
UK

IBM Mainframe falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,067 15,009 27,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 31.94% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,532 10,122 18,633
10th Percentile £278 £275 £315
25th Percentile £409 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £656 £669 £675
90th Percentile £788 £770 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 501 582
10th Percentile £16.79 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.27 £21.00 £17.60
Median hourly rate £37.50 £43.84 £28.95
Median % change year-on-year -14.45% +51.42% +16.22%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £77.50 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £46.18 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.80% +92.42% +20.00%

IBM Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM Mainframe in the UK

IBM Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM Mainframe.

Daily rate trend for IBM Mainframe in the UK

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM Mainframe over the 6 months to 10 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM Mainframe in the UK

IBM Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM Mainframe.

Hourly rate trend for IBM Mainframe in the UK

IBM Mainframe
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK over the 6 months to 10 November 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
England +80 12 £485 -25.38%
London +46 9 £486 -25.19%
Work from Home +86 6 £488 -15.22% 2
UK excluding London +65 1 £480 -21.63%
East Midlands +6 1 £480 +12.94%
Midlands +6 1 £480 +12.94%

IBM Mainframe
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) DB2
2 3 (23.08%) NoSQL
2 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (15.38%) NewSQL
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Programmer
1 3 (23.08%) Systems Programmer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) AWS Architect
2 2 (15.38%) AWS Data Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Data Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Mainframe Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Mainframe Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Mainframe Programmer
2 2 (15.38%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
2 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Mainframe Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
3 1 (7.69%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) ISPF
1 3 (23.08%) Spring
1 3 (23.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (23.08%) Microservices
2 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Database Migration
3 2 (15.38%) EAI
3 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Data Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) User Experience
4 1 (7.69%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) COBOL
2 3 (23.08%) REXX
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) CISA
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) IBM Certification
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) RACF
2 2 (15.38%) ACF2
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Control-M
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) BMC
2 1 (7.69%) SAP