IBM Mainframe Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IBM Mainframe
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IBM Mainframe over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 575 670
Rank change year-on-year +181 +95 +154
Permanent jobs citing IBM Mainframe 3 17 3
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.050% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.051% 0.14% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 3
10th Percentile - - £53,450
25th Percentile £76,727 £42,139 £57,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,253 £43,072 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +97.93% -35.23% -1.48%
75th Percentile £93,778 £57,500 £68,375
90th Percentile - - £69,200
UK median annual salary £50,000 £43,072 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.08% -21.69% -17.91%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,843 12,025 16,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.07% 35.54% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,833 9,250 11,895
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

IBM Mainframe
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing IBM Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IBM Mainframe trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IBM Mainframe
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IBM Mainframe.

IBM Mainframe salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IBM Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (66.67%) CICS
2 1 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
1 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Mainframe Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) ISPF
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Community of Practice
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JCL
2 2 (66.67%) COBOL
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) REXX
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (33.33%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) CA Endevor
1 2 (66.67%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
2 2 (66.67%) BMC
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Syncsort