Mainframe Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Mainframes
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in Canary Wharf. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf - - 3.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £460
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.86%
75th Percentile - - £499
90th Percentile - - £522
Tower Hamlets median daily rate - - £460
% change year-on-year - - -13.86%

All Generic Skills
Canary Wharf

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 Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 31 23 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 46.27% 48.94% 40.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 37
10th Percentile £328 £538 £460
25th Percentile £441 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £585 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -0.92%
75th Percentile £630 - £650
90th Percentile £688 £660 £654
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £585 £585 £540
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -0.92%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mainframe relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

Mainframe job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Mainframe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Mainframe