Mainframe Support Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Mainframe Support
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

As of 22 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Mainframe Support daily rate in West Yorkshire.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.085% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,094 543 904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 96.11% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 358 553
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £406 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £584
90th Percentile £660 £600 £665
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.16% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 24
10th Percentile £14.25 - £11.75
25th Percentile £16.75 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £24.77 £22.14 £14.34
Median % change year-on-year +11.88% +54.45% -33.33%
75th Percentile £33.25 £34.46 £29.25
90th Percentile £60.13 £101.31 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £21.24 £14.84
% change year-on-year +29.47% +43.17% -31.00%

Mainframe Support
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Mainframe Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Mainframe Support job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Mainframe Support
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mainframe Support job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mainframe Support job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Mainframe Support
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Support within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Bradford - 1 - -
Mainframe Support
Yorkshire

Mainframe Support Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Mainframe Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Mainframe Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) zOS

Mainframe Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL