Mainframe Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Mainframes
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 89 116
Rank change year-on-year - +27 -
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 0 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England - 0.21% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.84% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
England median daily rate £402 £488 £575
% change year-on-year -17.54% -15.22% -4.17%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Mainframe falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 470 358 620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.76% 25.21% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 161 332
10th Percentile £200 £220 £182
25th Percentile £363 £315 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -4.23%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £588
90th Percentile £700 £650 £686
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 44 79
10th Percentile £13.50 £27.38 £20.50
25th Percentile £17.79 £38.75 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% - +47.31%
75th Percentile £67.88 £74.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.38 £92.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £27.53 £52.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -47.56% +16.12% +75.50%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mainframe relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Mainframe job vacancy trend in the East of England

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mainframe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mainframe.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mainframe