Mainframe Contracts in Central London

Mainframes
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mainframe over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 168 199
Rank change year-on-year +39 +31 -36
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 8 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.33% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 0.59% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile - - £541
25th Percentile £525 £550 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £700
90th Percentile - £720 -
London median daily rate £625 £556 £595
% change year-on-year +12.36% -6.51% +13.33%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 747 1,357 1,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 30.97% 35.98% 35.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 931 1,181
10th Percentile £264 £325 £400
25th Percentile £425 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £615 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +6.96% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile £850 £850 £800
London median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.78 £18.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £25.00 £37.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -24.73% +158.69%
75th Percentile £27.00 £83.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £32.05 £88.30 £64.78
London median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.80
% change year-on-year -25.71% -20.09% +32.73%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in Central London

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in Central London

Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in Central London

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 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
City of London +46 8 £550 -8.33% 3
Mainframe
London

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (12.50%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) DB2
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Mainframe Programmer
2 2 (25.00%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
2 2 (25.00%) Programmer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) DB2 Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) zOS
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) API Development
1 4 (50.00%) Microservices
2 3 (37.50%) API Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Architectural Design
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) API Design
3 1 (12.50%) Change Data Capture
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Assembly Language
2 1 (12.50%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) IBM