Mainframe Contracts in Scotland

Mainframes
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mainframe over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 158 161
Rank change year-on-year +39 +3 -19
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 12 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.54% 0.24% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 0.68% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £406 - £499
25th Percentile £430 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +20.79%
75th Percentile - £538 £578
90th Percentile - - £580
UK median daily rate £500 £558 £525
% change year-on-year -10.31% +6.19% +10.53%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 721 1,036 1,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.67% 36.24% 33.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 712 814
10th Percentile £204 £250 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £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 36 23 23
10th Percentile £13.75 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.14 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -71.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £38.25 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.38 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in Scotland

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in Scotland

Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in Scotland

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 Mainframe within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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 +41 7 £500 - 4
Glasgow +4 5 £435 -17.14%
Mainframe
UK

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 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) SAS
3 1 (8.33%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 4 (33.33%) z/OS Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Agile Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis Manager
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) COBOL Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Mainframe Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Mainframe Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile
1 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 4 (33.33%) Workflow
2 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Capacity Management
3 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Governance
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) JCL
2 6 (50.00%) REXX
3 3 (25.00%) Perl
3 3 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (16.67%) Assembly Language
4 2 (16.67%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (16.67%) ACF2
2 2 (16.67%) RACF
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) IBM
2 6 (50.00%) BMC
2 6 (50.00%) Broadcom