Mainframe Job Trends in Pontefract

Mainframes
West Yorkshire > Pontefract

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in Pontefract. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Pontefract 6.45% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 25.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £45,025 - -
25th Percentile £45,063 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 - -
75th Percentile £50,063 - -
90th Percentile £51,075 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £44,724 £52,813 -
% change year-on-year -15.32% - -

All Generic Skills
Pontefract

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 Pontefract.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8 25 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Pontefract 25.81% 73.53% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £20,778 - -
25th Percentile £29,862 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% - -
75th Percentile £48,375 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £50,400 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £51,250 £51,254
% change year-on-year +7.32% -0.01% -14.75%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in Pontefract

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in Pontefract

Mainframe
Salary Trend in Pontefract

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Pontefract citing Mainframe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Pontefract citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Pontefract 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 (50.00%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Adabas
1 1 (50.00%) Db2
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Mainframe Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) COBOL
1 1 (50.00%) JCL
1 1 (50.00%) Natural
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM