Mainframe Job Trends in South Wales

Mainframes
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.092% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £53,550 - -
25th Percentile £55,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 - -
75th Percentile £68,375 - -
90th Percentile £70,850 - -
Wales median annual salary £72,500 - £66,199

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 596 187 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 27.41% 27.02% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 245 135 144
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £36,457 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +0.64%
75th Percentile £74,750 £65,000 £62,711
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £68,750
Wales median annual salary £53,171 £51,500 £47,404
% change year-on-year +3.24% +8.64% +5.34%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in South Wales

Mainframe
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Mainframe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Mainframe

Mainframe
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in South Wales over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Mainframe in South Wales

Mainframe
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Cardiff - 2 £62,000 -
Mainframe
Wales

Mainframe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Production Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Unisys