Mainframe Contracts in London

Mainframes
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mainframe over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 402 522
Rank change year-on-year +61 +120 -85
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 54 78 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.30% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.93% 0.84% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 52 43
10th Percentile £460 £476 £430
25th Percentile £519 £514 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £556 £590
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -5.72% +7.27%
75th Percentile £725 £653 £720
90th Percentile £750 £699 £785
England median daily rate £475 £563 £510
% change year-on-year -15.56% +10.29% +7.37%

All Generic Skills
London

Mainframe is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,826 9,269 14,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.34% 35.88% 36.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,122 6,675 10,261
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £572 £550
% change year-on-year -3.89% +4.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 116 201
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.57 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -19.98% +30.57%
75th Percentile £49.13 £64.31 £51.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £84.38 £68.75
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
% change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%

Mainframe
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Mainframe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in London.

Daily rate trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mainframe in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mainframe in London.

Hourly rate trend for Mainframe in London

Mainframe
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +52 8 £550 -8.33%
East London -5 3 £460 -13.86%
South London -2 1 £550 +4.76%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (14.81%) CICS
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.93%) AWS
2 9 (16.67%) Azure
3 8 (14.81%) GCP
4 2 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (1.85%) IaaS
5 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) SSL
2 1 (1.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.52%) DB2
2 2 (3.70%) Adabas
2 2 (3.70%) OLTP
3 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.85%) NewSQL
3 1 (1.85%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Finance
3 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Banking
5 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) Architect
2 11 (20.37%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Mainframe Architect
4 7 (12.96%) Developer
4 7 (12.96%) SailPoint Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Security Architect
6 5 (9.26%) Consultant
7 4 (7.41%) Data Consultant
7 4 (7.41%) EMC Consultant
7 4 (7.41%) Mainframe Developer
8 3 (5.56%) Backend Developer
8 3 (5.56%) CyberArk Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Senior
8 3 (5.56%) z/OS Specialist
9 2 (3.70%) Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Programmer
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Mainframe Developer
9 2 (3.70%) Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.96%) HTML
1 7 (12.96%) JSP
1 7 (12.96%) LDAP
1 7 (12.96%) SailPoint
1 7 (12.96%) Servlets
1 7 (12.96%) SOAP
1 7 (12.96%) SPML
1 7 (12.96%) XML
2 5 (9.26%) ISPF
3 1 (1.85%) Ajax
3 1 (1.85%) EDI
3 1 (1.85%) EntireX
3 1 (1.85%) Middleware
3 1 (1.85%) RESTful
3 1 (1.85%) Spring
3 1 (1.85%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) PMI
3 1 (1.85%) Replication
3 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.22%) zOS
2 4 (7.41%) Linux
2 4 (7.41%) Windows
3 3 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.67%) Secrets Management
2 8 (14.81%) Architectural Design
3 7 (12.96%) Agile
3 7 (12.96%) Microservices
3 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.96%) RBAC
3 7 (12.96%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 5 (9.26%) API Development
5 5 (9.26%) Roadmaps
6 4 (7.41%) Change Data Capture
6 4 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (7.41%) Migration
6 4 (7.41%) Reverse Engineering
6 4 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (5.56%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.56%) DevOps
7 3 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Strategy
7 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.52%) SQL
2 9 (16.67%) Java
3 7 (12.96%) COBOL
3 7 (12.96%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.70%) Assembly Language
4 2 (3.70%) JCL
4 2 (3.70%) Natural
4 2 (3.70%) REXX
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.70%) Degree
4 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.85%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) RACF
2 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
3 8 (14.81%) ACF2
4 7 (12.96%) IAG
5 1 (1.85%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) zSecure
2 4 (7.41%) CA Endevor
3 1 (1.85%) Ansible
3 1 (1.85%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) IBM
2 13 (24.07%) CyberArk
3 8 (14.81%) ServiceNow
4 7 (12.96%) BeyondTrust
5 4 (7.41%) EMC
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.70%) Dell
6 2 (3.70%) Software AG
7 1 (1.85%) CA
7 1 (1.85%) Google
7 1 (1.85%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.85%) HP
7 1 (1.85%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.85%) Pegasus