Mainframe Job Trends in Lancashire

Mainframes
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.065% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 - -
North West median annual salary £44,447 £76,500 £94,637
% change year-on-year -41.90% -19.16% +30.55%

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 307 748 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 19.84% 66.02% 27.73%
Number of salaries quoted 224 92 169
10th Percentile £30,150 £22,425 £27,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,750 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -23.72% +12.90%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,625 £62,500 £72,600
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Mainframe
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Mainframe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool - 1 £44,447 -
Mainframe
North West

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA