Mainframe Specialist Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Mainframe Specialist
England > North of England

As of 30 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Mainframe Specialist daily rate in the North of England.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.016% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 5,660 3,060 4,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 93.49% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,480 2,034 2,802
10th Percentile £284 £230 £263
25th Percentile £390 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £480
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -2.29% -4.00%
75th Percentile £569 £553 £580
90th Percentile £650 £648 £672
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 159 395
10th Percentile £17.13 £12.95 £11.03
25th Percentile £25.44 £16.38 £12.53
Median hourly rate £46.80 £24.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.36% +26.08% -36.15%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £45.94
90th Percentile £78.75 £81.15 £60.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.64 £35.96
% change year-on-year +48.55% -12.01% -20.09%

Mainframe Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Mainframe Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Mainframe Specialist job vacancy trend in the North of England

Mainframe Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mainframe Specialist job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mainframe Specialist job vacancies in the North of England

Mainframe Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Mainframe Specialist
England

Mainframe Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, Mainframe Specialist 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 North of England region featuring Mainframe Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CA Endevor
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC

Mainframe Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CA Endevor