Mainframe Analyst Contracts

Mainframe Analyst
UK

The median Mainframe Analyst daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 716 851
Rank change year-on-year +129 +135 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Analyst 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.004% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £298 - -
25th Percentile £331 £413 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £285
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +49.12% -25.73%
75th Percentile - £438 £288
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £425 £285
% change year-on-year -17.65% +49.12% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Mainframe Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Mainframe Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe Analyst in the UK

Mainframe Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe Analyst in the UK

Mainframe Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe Analyst in the UK

Mainframe Analyst
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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
England +112 4 £350 -17.65%
UK excluding London +69 4 £350 -17.65%
South East - 4 £350 -

Mainframe Analyst Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Mainframe Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Mainframe Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
1 4 (100.00%) Big Data

Mainframe Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe