Mainframe Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Mainframes
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 54 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.26% 0.22% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 0.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £950 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - -
75th Percentile £1,050 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £1,000 £525 -
% change year-on-year +90.48% - -

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 106 149 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 27.04% 32.96% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 95 193
10th Percentile - £203 £190
25th Percentile £204 £302 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £415 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -17.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £575
90th Percentile £616 £591 £672
South East median daily rate £496 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 17
10th Percentile £30.51 £13.25 £28.05
25th Percentile £32.77 £20.30 £36.25
Median hourly rate £70.16 £53.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.38% -15.87% +262.49%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.98 - £82.67
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.38% -1.87% +42.67%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mainframe relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Mainframe job vacancy trend in Surrey

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Mainframe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Mainframe.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 19 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
Staines - 1 £1,000 -
Mainframe
South East

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle