Mainframe Jobs in the South East

Mainframes
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 381 387
Rank change year-on-year +75 +6 +92
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 6 19 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.062% 0.11% 0.064%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.32% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 7
10th Percentile £72,500 £49,250 £32,820
25th Percentile £82,500 £52,500 £34,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £55,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.82% +32.53% -40.71%
75th Percentile £91,250 £57,500 £46,625
90th Percentile - £60,000 £51,600
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -10.71%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,750 5,906 5,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 38.92% 33.67% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,867 3,785 3,054
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,625 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in the South East

Mainframe
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in the South East.

Salary trend for Mainframe in the South East

Mainframe
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Mainframe in the South East

Mainframe
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley +64 5 £87,500 +59.09% 29
Oxfordshire - 4 £87,500 - 5
Hampshire +72 1 £65,000 +20.93% 16
Berkshire - 1 £85,000 - 14
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Head of IT
1 2 (33.33%) Head of Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) AS400
1 4 (66.67%) iSeries
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) AIX
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (16.67%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) RPG
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) SAP