Mainframe Job Trends in the East Midlands

Mainframes
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 128 115
Rank change year-on-year -7 -13 +45
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.040% 0.044% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.14% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.05%
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -31.51% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 778 712 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.86% 31.00% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 448 314 377
10th Percentile £25,675 £30,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,375 £40,313 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £53,188 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Mainframe
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mainframe

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%) IBM 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