IBM Mainframe Job Trends in the Midlands

IBM Mainframe
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in the 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 258 - 306
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.008% - 0.044%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.031% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - £43,072
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.71%
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
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,199 1,834 3,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.61% 37.84% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 1,073 2,689
10th Percentile £26,575 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,688 £36,925 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -8.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
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 Midlands

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

IBM Mainframe job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IBM Mainframe

IBM Mainframe
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
East Midlands - 1 £54,000 - 1
IBM Mainframe
England

IBM Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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