Mainframe Contracts in Wales

Mainframes
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 46 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.34% 0.25% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.90% 0.74% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £558
% change year-on-year - -10.31% +6.19%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 111 135 262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 37.63% 33.67% 41.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 94 185
10th Percentile £160 £163 £161
25th Percentile £267 £380 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £478 £537 £538
90th Percentile £600 £574 £620
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 10
10th Percentile £18.96 - £12.61
25th Percentile £21.01 £11.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £33.38 £13.50 £17.03
Median % change year-on-year +147.22% -20.73% +17.23%
75th Percentile £44.06 £19.00 £19.81
90th Percentile £45.00 £45.80 £27.64
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in Wales

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in Wales

Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in Wales

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
South Wales +6 1 £525 +16.67%
Mainframe
UK

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC