Mainframe Contracts in London

Mainframes
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 401 511
Rank change year-on-year +69 +110 -57
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 68 81 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.38% 0.32% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% 0.90% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 51 48
10th Percentile £425 £475 £474
25th Percentile £464 £521 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £619
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -7.07% +12.50%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £705
90th Percentile £750 £738 £779
England median daily rate £488 £563 £530
% change year-on-year -13.33% +6.13% +11.58%

All Generic Skills
London

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 in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,844 9,036 14,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.05% 35.93% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,106 6,567 10,276
10th Percentile £315 £364 £400
25th Percentile £450 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £725
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 104 201
10th Percentile £15.45 £18.28 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £34.81 £42.02
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% -17.16% +20.47%
75th Percentile £50.38 £60.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in London over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +42 8 £550 -15.38%
East London -5 3 £460 -13.86%
South London +4 1 £550 +7.32%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 8 (11.76%) CICS
2 1 (1.47%) SAS
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.59%) AWS
2 9 (13.24%) Azure
3 8 (11.76%) GCP
4 2 (2.94%) PaaS
5 1 (1.47%) IaaS
5 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.82%) SSL
2 1 (1.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.18%) DB2
2 2 (2.94%) Adabas
2 2 (2.94%) OLTP
3 1 (1.47%) NewSQL
3 1 (1.47%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) ChangeMan
General
1 22 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Finance
3 6 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.82%) Banking
4 5 (7.35%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) Architect
2 11 (16.18%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (11.76%) Developer
3 8 (11.76%) Mainframe Architect
4 7 (10.29%) SailPoint Architect
5 6 (8.82%) Security Architect
5 6 (8.82%) Senior
6 5 (7.35%) Consultant
6 5 (7.35%) Mainframe Developer
7 4 (5.88%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Data Consultant
7 4 (5.88%) EMC Consultant
7 4 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Backend Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Mainframe Developer
8 3 (4.41%) z/OS Specialist
9 2 (2.94%) Programmer
9 2 (2.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.24%) ISPF
2 7 (10.29%) HTML
2 7 (10.29%) JSP
2 7 (10.29%) LDAP
2 7 (10.29%) SailPoint
2 7 (10.29%) Servlets
2 7 (10.29%) SOAP
2 7 (10.29%) SPML
2 7 (10.29%) XML
3 2 (2.94%) Middleware
4 1 (1.47%) Ajax
4 1 (1.47%) EDI
4 1 (1.47%) EntireX
4 1 (1.47%) REST
4 1 (1.47%) RESTful
4 1 (1.47%) Spring
4 1 (1.47%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.88%) IBM Mainframe
1 4 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.47%) PMI
3 1 (1.47%) Replication
3 1 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.53%) zOS
2 4 (5.88%) Linux
2 4 (5.88%) Windows
3 2 (2.94%) Unix
4 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.71%) Agile
2 9 (13.24%) Secrets Management
3 8 (11.76%) Architectural Design
4 7 (10.29%) Microservices
4 7 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (10.29%) RBAC
4 7 (10.29%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (8.82%) Security Architecture
6 5 (7.35%) API Development
6 5 (7.35%) ITIL
6 5 (7.35%) Roadmaps
7 4 (5.88%) Change Data Capture
7 4 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (5.88%) Migration
7 4 (5.88%) Reverse Engineering
7 4 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (4.41%) Decision-Making
8 3 (4.41%) Digital Transformation Strategy
8 3 (4.41%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.71%) SQL
2 9 (13.24%) Java
2 9 (13.24%) JCL
3 7 (10.29%) COBOL
3 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.82%) REXX
5 2 (2.94%) Assembly Language
5 2 (2.94%) Natural
6 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (10.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.88%) Degree
4 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMP
5 1 (1.47%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) GDPR
2 1 (1.47%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 14 (20.59%) RACF
2 9 (13.24%) Active Directory
3 8 (11.76%) ACF2
4 7 (10.29%) IAG
5 3 (4.41%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (1.47%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (8.82%) zSecure
2 4 (5.88%) CA Endevor
3 3 (4.41%) Control-M
4 1 (1.47%) Ansible
4 1 (1.47%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (22.06%) CyberArk
1 15 (22.06%) IBM
2 12 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 7 (10.29%) BeyondTrust
4 6 (8.82%) CA
5 5 (7.35%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.88%) EMC
7 3 (4.41%) Splunk
8 2 (2.94%) Dell
8 2 (2.94%) Software AG
9 1 (1.47%) BMC
9 1 (1.47%) Google
9 1 (1.47%) Guidewire
9 1 (1.47%) HP
9 1 (1.47%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (1.47%) Pegasus