IBM Mainframe Jobs in London

IBM Mainframe
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IBM Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 499 618
Rank change year-on-year +113 +119 +255
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 14 6 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.025% 0.043%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.063% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 13
10th Percentile - £46,070 -
25th Percentile - £50,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -18.52%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £43,072 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.08% -21.69% -18.22%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,619 9,501 16,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.25% 40.31% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,254 6,773 10,899
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £127,500 £122,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

IBM Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing IBM Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for IBM Mainframe in London

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IBM Mainframe in London.

Salary trend for IBM Mainframe in London

IBM Mainframe
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
West London +61 12 £50,000 -
IBM Mainframe
England

IBM Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) CICS
1 1 (7.14%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (85.71%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
1 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (85.71%) Banking
1 12 (85.71%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Architect
1 12 (85.71%) Mainframe Architect
1 12 (85.71%) Payments Architect
1 12 (85.71%) Payments Solutions Architect
1 12 (85.71%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.14%) DataPower
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) zOS
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) API Integration
2 1 (7.14%) Agile
2 1 (7.14%) Analytics
2 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (7.14%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (7.14%) Data Analytics
2 1 (7.14%) DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Migration
2 1 (7.14%) Presales
2 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
2 1 (7.14%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
2 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
2 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
2 1 (7.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Assembly Language
1 1 (7.14%) COBOL
1 1 (7.14%) JCL
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) REXX
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (7.14%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Syncsort