Mainframe Contract Job Trends in the North East

Mainframes
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in the North East. 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 - - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East - - 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £525 £440 £478
% change year-on-year +19.45% -7.96% -15.11%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 154 99 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 23.19% 32.57% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 60 52
10th Percentile £155 £200 £181
25th Percentile £313 £356 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +8.11% -11.90%
75th Percentile £488 £606 £588
90th Percentile £613 £641 £698
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.45% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 5
10th Percentile £43.96 £19.31 -
25th Percentile £48.49 £19.97 £11.44
Median hourly rate £68.47 £46.18 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.27% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £52.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.75 £55.35 -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.50
% change year-on-year +29.64% -7.10% +62.33%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in the North East

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Mainframe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Mainframe.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Mainframe