Senior Mainframe Programmer Jobs

Senior Mainframe Programmer
UK

The median Senior Mainframe Programmer salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 724 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Mainframe Programmer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 50,762 104,573 82,689
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.72% 94.81% 91.12%
Number of salaries quoted 26,971 73,911 54,230
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,734 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.47%

Senior Mainframe Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Mainframe Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Mainframe Programmer in the UK

Senior Mainframe Programmer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Mainframe Programmer.

Salary trend for Senior Mainframe Programmer in the UK

Senior Mainframe Programmer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Senior Mainframe Programmer 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 featuring Senior Mainframe Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) IMS/DB
1 1 (100.00%) CA Endevor

Senior Mainframe Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) IMS/DB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM