Mainframe Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Mainframes
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +41.18% - -39.29%

All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 190 282 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 23.00% 51.93% 24.65%
Number of salaries quoted 123 61 173
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.26% +69.33% -22.68%
75th Percentile £61,975 £65,625 £56,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.70% +8.82% -15.00%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Mainframe
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Mainframe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Towcester - 1 £60,000 - 1
Mainframe
East Midlands

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat