IBM Mainframe Jobs in the UK excluding London

IBM Mainframe
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IBM Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 740 743
Rank change year-on-year +166 +3 +74
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 1 15 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.021% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.007% 0.062% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 4
10th Percentile - - £52,575
25th Percentile £82,500 £42,139 £54,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £43,072 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +97.34% -31.63% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £57,500 £67,688
90th Percentile - - £68,925
UK median annual salary £50,000 £43,072 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.08% -21.69% -18.22%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

IBM 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,377 24,141 25,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.70% 33.81% 42.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,110 15,209 11,122
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

IBM Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IBM Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IBM Mainframe in the UK excluding London

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IBM Mainframe in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IBM Mainframe in the UK excluding London

IBM Mainframe
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +80 1 £85,000 +54.55% 2
IBM Mainframe
UK

IBM Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat