Mainframes
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 103 | - | 111 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +77 |
| Permanent jobs citing Mainframe | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.22% | - | 0.064% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.67% | - | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | - | £55,000 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £50,000 | £43,072 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.08% | -21.69% | +52.78% |
All Generic Skills
Birmingham
Mainframe falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 448 | 653 | 581 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 32.99% | 27.45% | 37.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 290 | 438 | 466 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,425 | £35,225 | £32,629 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £45,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,502 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -8.00% | +8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £72,188 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,750 | £91,250 | £80,000 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £45,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | - | +15.79% |
Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Mainframe
Salary Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in Birmingham.
Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
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