Mainframe Systems Programmer Contract Job Trends in London

Mainframe Systems Programmer
England > London

The median Mainframe Systems Programmer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 376 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Systems Programmer 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile £548 - -
England median daily rate £500 £480 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% -20.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

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

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,179 14,595 18,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.55% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,760 9,478 13,182
10th Percentile £338 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Mainframe Systems Programmer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Mainframe Systems Programmer job vacancy trend in London

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mainframe Systems Programmer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mainframe Systems Programmer job vacancies in London

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Mainframe Systems Programmer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Mainframe Systems Programmer job vacancies in London

Mainframe Systems Programmer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Central London - 1 - -
Mainframe Systems Programmer
England

Mainframe Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Mainframe Systems Programmer 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 London region featuring Mainframe Systems Programmer in the job title.

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

Mainframe Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

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