IBM Mainframe Jobs in the North of England

IBM Mainframe
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IBM Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 390 432
Rank change year-on-year +84 +42 +10
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 2 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.018% 0.017% 0.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.064% 0.056% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £29,264 £52,225
25th Percentile £76,727 £34,092 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,253 £43,072 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year +97.93% -28.51% +20.50%
75th Percentile £93,778 £44,005 £66,563
90th Percentile - - £68,475
England median annual salary £50,000 £43,072 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.08% -21.69% -18.22%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,108 5,398 6,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.37% 31.24% 39.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,564 3,993 3,096
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,459 £71,652
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,125
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 the North of England

Job postings citing IBM Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IBM Mainframe in the North of England

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IBM Mainframe in the North of England.

Salary trend for IBM Mainframe in the North of England

IBM Mainframe
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire +77 2 £85,253 +223.13%
IBM Mainframe
England

IBM Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ISPF
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) COBOL
1 2 (100.00%) JCL
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) CA Endevor
1 2 (100.00%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BMC
1 2 (100.00%) IBM