Mainframe Contracts in Edinburgh

Mainframes
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 65 107
Rank change year-on-year +11 +42 +18
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 13 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.08% 0.86% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.44% 2.56% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile £715 - -
Scotland median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% -2.33%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 239 273 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.24% 33.50% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 327
10th Percentile £208 £334 £242
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £510 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +6.47% -4.20%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £538
90th Percentile £638 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 3
10th Percentile - £14.88 £21.34
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.57 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -5.08% -54.38%
75th Percentile £24.38 £60.19 £37.71
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.75 £47.33
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in Edinburgh

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in Edinburgh

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mainframe in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) SNA
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Mainframe Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Splunk Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) COBOL Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Mainframe Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Network Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) z/OS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
1 4 (30.77%) Replication
2 3 (23.08%) Clustering
3 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.69%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) zOS
3 4 (30.77%) HPUX
3 4 (30.77%) Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Solaris
4 3 (23.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
1 7 (53.85%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (46.15%) DevOps
2 6 (46.15%) High Availability
3 4 (30.77%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) ITSM
4 3 (23.08%) Network Management
4 3 (23.08%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (23.08%) Planning and Forecasting
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Systems Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) JCL
2 1 (7.69%) COBOL
2 1 (7.69%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) IBM
2 4 (30.77%) Sun
2 4 (30.77%) Unisys
3 2 (15.38%) Dynatrace
3 2 (15.38%) HP
3 2 (15.38%) Splunk
4 1 (7.69%) Fujitsu
4 1 (7.69%) ICL
4 1 (7.69%) Pega