Mainframe Developer

Salary: £42,000 - 55,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience with COBOL, CICS, JCL or IBM DB2
• Proven experience delivering mainframe solutions in a production environment
• Strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience providing application support in critical environments
• SQL, Azure DevOps, Natural/ADABAS or zOS Connect would be advantageous

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain applications using COBOL, CICS, JCL or IBM DB2
• Deliver development work from requirements through to testing and deployment
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders on projects and improvements
• Support and troubleshoot existing mainframe applications
• Provide user support and participate in out-of-hours cover
• Contribute to continuous improvement across development processes

Technologies:

• Azure
• COBOL
• DevOps
• IBM
• IBM Db2
• Support
• SQL
• Cloud

More:

We are partnering with a leading UK organisation to recruit a Mainframe Developer to support highly automated warehouse and distribution operations. This is a hybrid role based in Pontefract, offering a salary of £42,000 to £55,000. You will work closely with technical teams and stakeholders while developing and maintaining mission-critical mainframe applications across the full development lifecycle. We also offer a referral reward of up to £1,000 for successful referrals, subject to terms.

last updated 34 week of 2026