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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 120 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Mainframe | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England | - | - | 0.10% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £525 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £563 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £443 | £475 | £558 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.68% | -14.80% | +9.85% |
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 | 419 | 500 | 643 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England | 43.78% | 26.37% | 32.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 228 | 242 | 416 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £178 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £396 | £296 | £275 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £518 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £616 | £560 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £679 | £650 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £547 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.55% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 72 | 124 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.95 | £13.05 | £19.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.25 | £17.00 | £21.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.00 | £57.50 | £62.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.78% | -8.37% | +120.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £82.88 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.25 | £70.00 | £80.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £34.25 | £32.12 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.65% | +42.83% | -16.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in the East of England.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in the East of England.