Mainframe Systems Programmer Contracts in England

Mainframe Systems Programmer
UK > England

The median Mainframe Systems Programmer daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 547 623
Rank change year-on-year +72 +76 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Systems Programmer 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.006% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £456 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £544 £575 -
90th Percentile £548 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £550 -
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

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

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 23,313 34,623 44,505
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 92.85% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,283 22,626 31,574
10th Percentile £294 £293 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £635 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,069 2,586 1,339
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.86 £14.40
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.55 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% -9.83% +75.44%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -29.33% -14.29% +71.57%

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Mainframe Systems Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe Systems Programmer in England

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mainframe Systems Programmer in England.

Daily rate trend for Mainframe Systems Programmer in England

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mainframe Systems Programmer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe Systems Programmer in England

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Systems Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 June 2025. 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
London +46 5 £500 -9.09% 5
Mainframe Systems Programmer
UK

Mainframe Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 June 2025, Mainframe Systems Programmer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Mainframe Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 5 (100.00%) Data Sharing
2 4 (80.00%) Runbook
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
3 3 (60.00%) Cost Reduction
3 3 (60.00%) OMEGAMON
3 3 (60.00%) zOS
3 3 (60.00%) RACF
3 3 (60.00%) DB2
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) CICS
4 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (40.00%) Replication
4 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (40.00%) Change Data Capture
4 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) COBOL
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
5 1 (20.00%) REXX
5 1 (20.00%) PL/1
5 1 (20.00%) JCL

Mainframe Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (60.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (40.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Sharing
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Runbook
3 3 (60.00%) Cost Reduction
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) Change Data Capture
4 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (20.00%) COBOL
1 1 (20.00%) JCL
1 1 (20.00%) PL/1
1 1 (20.00%) REXX
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) OMEGAMON