Mainframe Support Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Mainframe Support
West Yorkshire > Bradford

As of 22 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Mainframe Support daily rate in Bradford.

 6 months to
22 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 1.03% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bradford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bradford. 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 Bradford with a recognized job title 91 21 57
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 91.30% 98.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 10 48
10th Percentile £283 £288 £204
25th Percentile £324 £450 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% +5.00% -18.18%
75th Percentile £618 £613 £528
90th Percentile £661 £650 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 0
10th Percentile £19.06 - -
25th Percentile £23.50 - -
Median hourly rate £26.77 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.91% - -
75th Percentile £46.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.77 £22.14 £14.34
% change year-on-year +11.88% +54.45% -33.33%

Mainframe Support Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Mainframe Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bradford region featuring Mainframe Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) zOS

Mainframe Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL