IBM Mainframe Job Trends in the East Midlands

IBM Mainframe
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IBM Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 - 180
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.024% - 0.073%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - £43,072
75th Percentile - - £44,005
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £59,500 £50,000 £43,072
% change year-on-year +19.00% +16.08% -21.69%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

IBM 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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 992 506 1,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 23.62% 34.26% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 522 352 935
10th Percentile £26,053 £26,936 £24,840
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +14.12% -18.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

IBM Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IBM Mainframe relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

IBM Mainframe job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IBM Mainframe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IBM Mainframe

IBM Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Adabas
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Natural
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM