Mainframe Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Mainframes
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.39% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £1,000 £525 £400
% change year-on-year +90.48% +31.25% -1.23%

All Generic Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 79 38 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 30.86% 31.93% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 23 54
10th Percentile £263 £173 £165
25th Percentile £357 £311 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -17.73%
75th Percentile £675 £731 £598
90th Percentile £735 £788 £678
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £24.35 - -
25th Percentile £28.63 - -
Median hourly rate £36.50 £24.66 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.01% - -
75th Percentile £43.63 - -
90th Percentile £47.45 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -34.29% -26.32% +26.67%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Mainframe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Mainframe.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 27 January 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
Horsham - 1 - -
Mainframe
South East

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Services Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management