Mainframe Jobs in the South East

Mainframes
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mainframe over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 407 466
Rank change year-on-year +36 +59 -97
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 23 8 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.053% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.12% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 22 7 22
10th Percentile - £32,820 £46,875
25th Percentile £52,500 £34,850 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -40.71% +18.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £46,625 £85,000
90th Percentile - £51,600 £91,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £64,029 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.10% -8.53% +20.69%

All Generic Skills
South East

Mainframe is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,729 6,442 8,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.43% 42.56% 41.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,762 3,334 4,615
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in the South East

Mainframe
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in the South East.

Salary trend for Mainframe in the South East

Mainframe
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Mainframe in the South East

Mainframe
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire - 19 £55,000 - 1
Thames Valley - 19 £55,000 - 1
Hampshire -18 4 £37,500 -9.64%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) CloudBees
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (82.61%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.35%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) Selenium
General
1 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) COBOL Developer
1 19 (82.61%) Developer
1 19 (82.61%) Mainframe Developer
2 5 (21.74%) IBM Mainframe Developer
3 2 (8.70%) Data Centre Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) QA Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Test Automation Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (8.70%) CCTV
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) ITIL
1 19 (82.61%) Service Delivery
2 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (8.70%) Test Automation
2 2 (8.70%) Test Strategy
3 1 (4.35%) Agile
3 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
3 1 (4.35%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (4.35%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.35%) Process Improvement
3 1 (4.35%) Regression Testing
3 1 (4.35%) Release Management
3 1 (4.35%) Roadmaps
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (86.96%) COBOL
2 1 (4.35%) HLASM
2 1 (4.35%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) REXX
2 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) Security Cleared
2 19 (82.61%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) A+ Certification
3 2 (8.70%) CCNA
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.70%) MCSA
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Unisys
2 5 (21.74%) IBM
3 2 (8.70%) 3PAR