Mainframe Contracts in Edinburgh

Mainframes
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 111 119
Rank change year-on-year +45 +8 -21
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 7 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.85% 0.39% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.53% 1.08% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £440 - £497
25th Percentile - - £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £544
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.08%
75th Percentile - - £580
90th Percentile - - £581
Scotland median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +20.79%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 277 465 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 33.70% 35.82% 36.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 325 489
10th Percentile £323 £191 £313
25th Percentile £415 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
Scotland median daily rate £475 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 9
10th Percentile £13.40 £21.34 £19.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £21.47 £40.25
Median hourly rate £18.27 £21.67 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% -54.38% +4.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £37.71 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £47.33 £54.15
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 £13.40 £42.48
% change year-on-year +34.33% -68.45% -5.61%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (28.57%) SAS
2 1 (14.29%) CICS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) z/OS Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) COBOL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JCL
2 6 (85.71%) REXX
3 2 (28.57%) Assembly Language
4 1 (14.29%) COBOL
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (28.57%) ACF2
2 2 (28.57%) RACF
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) BMC
1 6 (85.71%) Broadcom
1 6 (85.71%) IBM