Mainframes
London > South London
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 9 Jun 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing Mainframe | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South London | - | - | 0.46% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 1.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +7.32% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £430 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.98% | -21.86% | -3.30% |
All Generic Skills
South London
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 South London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 98 | 72 | 69 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London | 32.13% | 42.86% | 31.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 57 | 35 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £163 | £170 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £350 | £436 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £625 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.00% | +28.21% | -11.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £756 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £732 | £938 | £717 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | - | -4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £16.06 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.70 | - | £17.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.85 | £15.84 | £23.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.69% | -32.60% | +88.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.01 | - | £77.81 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £21.21 | £83.75 |
| London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £31.00 | £27.42 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.90% | +13.06% | -21.23% |
Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in South London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mainframe relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.
Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend in South London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Mainframe.
