Mainframe Systems Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Mainframe System Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Mainframe System Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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.

Mainframe Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, Mainframe Systems Engineer 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 City of London region featuring Mainframe Systems Engineer in the job title.

Mainframe Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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: