Mainframe Job Trends in the South West

Mainframes
England > South West

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 189 186
Rank change year-on-year - -3 +103
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 0 1 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West - 0.023% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.062% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 20
10th Percentile - - £34,854
25th Percentile - - £44,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £65,291
Median % change year-on-year - - +70.57%
75th Percentile - - £87,177
90th Percentile - - £100,064
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -31.51% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,280 1,615 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.61% 37.80% 36.04%
Number of salaries quoted 827 786 1,197
10th Percentile £27,000 £10,258 £29,626
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,404 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,875 £83,104
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Mainframe job vacancy trend in the South West

Mainframe
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mainframe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mainframe