IBM Mainframe Contracts in Scotland

IBM Mainframe
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IBM Mainframe over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 - 174
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% - 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% - 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £374 £446 £525
% change year-on-year -16.19% -15.00% +20.00%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

IBM 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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 730 1,037 1,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.72% 36.28% 33.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 712 817
10th Percentile £205 £250 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +1.84% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 23
10th Percentile £13.80 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.27 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.54% -71.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £48.00 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.30 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

IBM Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM Mainframe in Scotland

IBM Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IBM Mainframe in Scotland

IBM Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM Mainframe in Scotland

IBM Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Edinburgh - 6 £500 -
IBM Mainframe
UK

IBM Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (33.33%) SAS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) z/OS Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JCL
1 6 (100.00%) REXX
2 2 (33.33%) Assembly Language
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (33.33%) ACF2
2 2 (33.33%) RACF
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) BMC
1 6 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 6 (100.00%) IBM