Mainframe Contract Job Trends in South London

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 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.35% - 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% - 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £375 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 £500 £507
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.28% -8.94%

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 113 79 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 39.24% 44.63% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 40 39
10th Percentile £450 £163 £231
25th Percentile £475 £320 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +6.84% -15.56%
75th Percentile £631 £634 £567
90th Percentile £738 £693 £725
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 4
10th Percentile £16.70 - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £15.84 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.95% -18.77% -55.51%
75th Percentile £32.78 - £34.28
90th Percentile £33.60 £17.98 £56.84
London median hourly rate £33.36 £27.81 £30.09
% change year-on-year +19.95% -7.57% -14.03%

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 job vacancy trend in South London

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Mainframe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Bromley - 1 £350 - 1
Mainframe
London

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL