Mainframe Contracts in London

Mainframes
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mainframe over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 417 519
Rank change year-on-year +80 +102 -90
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 54 81 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.91% 0.84% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 51 37
10th Percentile £460 £495 £465
25th Percentile £500 £518 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -6.25% +20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £656 £749
90th Percentile £750 £700 £792
England median daily rate £500 £558 £510
% change year-on-year -10.31% +9.31% +13.33%

All Generic Skills
London

Mainframe is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,911 9,698 14,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.13% 35.88% 36.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,188 6,963 10,356
10th Percentile £304 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +10.09%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £701
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 109 198
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.24 £24.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -21.35% +36.92%
75th Percentile £46.86 £64.50 £55.31
90th Percentile £67.00 £83.15 £71.47
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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 +37 8 £550 -8.33% 2
East London -4 3 £460 -13.86% 1
South London +10 1 £550 -
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (18.52%) CICS
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.93%) AWS
2 12 (22.22%) Azure
3 8 (14.81%) GCP
4 2 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (1.85%) IaaS
5 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) SSL
2 1 (1.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.07%) DB2
2 3 (5.56%) IDMS
3 2 (3.70%) Adabas
3 2 (3.70%) OLTP
3 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.85%) NewSQL
4 1 (1.85%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
General
1 19 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Finance
3 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Banking
5 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) Architect
2 11 (20.37%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Mainframe Architect
4 7 (12.96%) Developer
4 7 (12.96%) SailPoint Architect
5 5 (9.26%) Consultant
6 4 (7.41%) Data Consultant
6 4 (7.41%) EMC Consultant
6 4 (7.41%) Mainframe Developer
6 4 (7.41%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Backend Developer
7 3 (5.56%) CyberArk Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior
7 3 (5.56%) z/OS Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Mainframe Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Mainframe Programmer
8 2 (3.70%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
8 2 (3.70%) Senior Backend Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Systems Programmer
8 2 (3.70%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.96%) HTML
1 7 (12.96%) JSP
1 7 (12.96%) LDAP
1 7 (12.96%) SailPoint
1 7 (12.96%) Servlets
1 7 (12.96%) SOAP
1 7 (12.96%) SPML
1 7 (12.96%) XML
2 5 (9.26%) ISPF
3 1 (1.85%) Ajax
3 1 (1.85%) EntireX
3 1 (1.85%) Middleware
3 1 (1.85%) RESTful
3 1 (1.85%) Spring
3 1 (1.85%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.70%) VSAM
4 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) PMI
4 1 (1.85%) Replication
4 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.22%) zOS
2 4 (7.41%) Linux
2 4 (7.41%) Windows
3 3 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.67%) Secrets Management
2 8 (14.81%) Architectural Design
3 7 (12.96%) Agile
3 7 (12.96%) Microservices
3 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.96%) RBAC
3 7 (12.96%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (11.11%) Migration
5 5 (9.26%) API Development
5 5 (9.26%) Roadmaps
6 4 (7.41%) Change Data Capture
6 4 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (7.41%) Reverse Engineering
6 4 (7.41%) Security Architecture
6 4 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (5.56%) API Integration
7 3 (5.56%) DevOps
7 3 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Strategy
7 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) SQL
2 9 (16.67%) COBOL
2 9 (16.67%) Java
3 7 (12.96%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.41%) Assembly Language
4 4 (7.41%) JCL
5 2 (3.70%) Natural
5 2 (3.70%) REXX
6 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.70%) Degree
4 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.85%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 12 (22.22%) RACF
2 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
3 8 (14.81%) ACF2
4 7 (12.96%) IAG
5 1 (1.85%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) CA Endevor
1 4 (7.41%) zSecure
2 1 (1.85%) Ansible
2 1 (1.85%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) IBM
2 13 (24.07%) CyberArk
3 8 (14.81%) ServiceNow
4 7 (12.96%) BeyondTrust
4 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.41%) EMC
6 2 (3.70%) Dell
6 2 (3.70%) Software AG
7 1 (1.85%) CA
7 1 (1.85%) Google
7 1 (1.85%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.85%) HP
7 1 (1.85%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.85%) Pegasus