Mainframe Specialist Contracts

Mainframe Specialist
UK

As of 12 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Mainframe Specialist daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 - 863
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Specialist 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

Mainframe Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe Specialist in the UK

Mainframe Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe Specialist in the UK

Mainframe Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe Specialist in the UK

Mainframe Specialist
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 - 1 - -

Mainframe Specialist Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Mainframe Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SunGard
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Teradata
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management

Mainframe Specialist 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 1 (100.00%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SunGard
1 1 (100.00%) Teradata