Mainframes
North West > Cheshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 95 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Mainframe | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.26% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.70% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | £87,283 | £92,319 | £69,447 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.45% | +32.93% | +38.89% |
All Generic Skills
Cheshire
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 Cheshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 286 | 478 | 363 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 36.57% | 30.72% | 40.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 42 | 325 | 177 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,675 | £23,125 | £25,420 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,688 | £27,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £43,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.91% | -21.82% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £79,688 | £62,500 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,925 | £85,000 | £96,250 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Salary Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in Cheshire.
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Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Knutsford | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Mainframe North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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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