Mainframes
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | 16 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Mainframe | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire | 2.42% | 5.26% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 7.41% | 14.52% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £683 | £488 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.10% | - | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £350 | £488 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.21% | +30.00% | -6.25% |
All Generic Skills
Nottinghamshire
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 Nottinghamshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 54 | 62 | 47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire | 32.73% | 36.26% | 25.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 33 | 33 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £195 | £180 | £258 |
| 25th Percentile | £394 | £319 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £488 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.62% | -15.22% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £525 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £697 | £605 | £754 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £437 | £453 | £478 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.43% | -5.24% | +6.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £15.33 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £16.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.83 | - | £55.11 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +237.24% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £93.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £21.39 | £50.00 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -57.22% | +138.10% | +19.59% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mainframe relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Mainframe.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Mainframe.
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Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | -9 | 4 | £683 | +40.10% | 1 |
| Mainframe East Midlands |
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