Mainframe Consultant Contracts

Mainframe Consultant
UK

The median Mainframe Consultant daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 708 850
Rank change year-on-year +139 +142 -173
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Consultant 13 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.007% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £425 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £356
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +47.37% +4.01%
75th Percentile - £653 £461
90th Percentile £537 £659 £514
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -

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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Mainframe Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe Consultant in the UK

Mainframe Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe Consultant in the UK

Mainframe Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe Consultant in the UK

Mainframe Consultant
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
UK excluding London - 11 £450 -
Work from Home +130 10 £450 -
England +130 10 £450 -14.29%
North of England - 4 £450 -
London +103 2 £537 -12.29%
Yorkshire - 2 £450 -
North West - 2 £450 -
South East - 2 £494 -
South West - 1 £450 -
Wales - 1 £450 -
West Midlands - 1 £450 -
Midlands - 1 £450 -
Scotland - 1 £450 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 -

Mainframe Consultant Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Mainframe Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 13 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) EMC

Mainframe Consultant 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:

Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Mainframe
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) EMC