Mainframe Job Trends in Leeds

Mainframes
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.054% - 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% - 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26,045
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 - £26,384
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.92%
75th Percentile - - £61,630
90th Percentile - - £82,575
West Yorkshire median annual salary £76,000 £25,625 £92,778
% change year-on-year +196.59% -72.38% +44.90%

All Generic Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 526 289 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.52% 37.48% 30.38%
Number of salaries quoted 328 175 430
10th Percentile £29,675 £25,850 £31,100
25th Percentile £43,438 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,324 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in Leeds

Mainframe
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Mainframe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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