Mainframe Software Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Mainframe Software Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Mainframe Software Engineer salary in Scotland is £71,991 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Mainframe Software Engineer 12 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,097 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 - -
75th Percentile £73,886 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £71,991 £54,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +33.32% +0.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,531 4,281 5,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.28% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,624 2,334 2,972
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%

Mainframe Software Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Software Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Glasgow - 11 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £71,991 -
Mainframe Software Engineer
UK

Mainframe Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Mainframe Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Mainframe Software Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) COBOL
1 12 (100.00%) DB2
1 12 (100.00%) JCL
1 12 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (91.67%) Marketing
2 11 (91.67%) CICS
2 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 11 (91.67%) Law
2 11 (91.67%) Java
2 11 (91.67%) Oracle
2 11 (91.67%) Reference Data
2 11 (91.67%) AWS
2 11 (91.67%) Machine Learning
2 11 (91.67%) SDLC
2 11 (91.67%) Time Sharing Option
2 11 (91.67%) Decision-Making
2 11 (91.67%) Operational Stability
2 11 (91.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (91.67%) CI/CD
2 11 (91.67%) VSAM
2 11 (91.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (91.67%) ChangeMan
3 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) IBM
3 1 (8.33%) Scrum
3 1 (8.33%) CA
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) CA Endevor

Mainframe Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 11 (91.67%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (91.67%) ChangeMan
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
1 11 (91.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 11 (91.67%) Law
1 11 (91.67%) Marketing
2 1 (8.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 11 (91.67%) Reference Data
2 11 (91.67%) VSAM
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (91.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (91.67%) CI/CD
2 11 (91.67%) Decision-Making
2 11 (91.67%) Machine Learning
2 11 (91.67%) Operational Stability
2 11 (91.67%) SDLC
3 1 (8.33%) Kanban
3 1 (8.33%) Scrum
3 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) COBOL
1 12 (100.00%) JCL
2 11 (91.67%) Java
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) CA
2 1 (8.33%) IBM