Mainframe Developer Jobs in England

Mainframe Developer
UK > England

As of 3 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Mainframe Developer salary in England.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 852 875
Rank change year-on-year +161 +23 +321
Permanent jobs requiring a Mainframe Developer 3 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.006% 0.012% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.012% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary - £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 46,591 89,029 71,864
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 94.69% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 25,541 64,613 48,525
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,620 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Mainframe Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Mainframe Developer in England

Mainframe Developer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mainframe Developer in England.

Salary trend for Mainframe Developer in England

Mainframe Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
London +95 2 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
Midlands - 1 - - 3
Mainframe Developer
UK

Mainframe Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Mainframe Developer 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 across the England region featuring Mainframe Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (66.67%) zOS
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) COBOL
2 2 (66.67%) DB2
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 2 (66.67%) CICS
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) REXX
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD

Mainframe Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) zOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL
2 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
2 1 (33.33%) JCL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) REXX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
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