The first table below looks at the demand for JCL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JCL over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Job Control Language (JCL)
Rank 59 - 69
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JCL 2 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.277% - 0.823%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.966% - 2.572%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £265
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £345 £265
% change year-on-year
+6.88% +30.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £28.50
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
207 255 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 28.67% 31.37% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 137 175
Average daily rate £350 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £258 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 9
Average hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% +57.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £13.50 £15.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £36.00 £30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
JCL
North West

JCL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JCL across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cheshire JCL Jobs Demand Trend

JCL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JCL across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire JCL Daily Rate Trend

JCL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JCL within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford - 2 - -
JCL
North West

JCL
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing JCL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited JCL.

1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Migration

JCL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing JCL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited JCL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
Knutsford, Cheshire
Adhere to the development standards of best practice - Be able to write meaningful CSDs - Ability to document and do complete unit testing on their development. - Be able to...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 14 May 2013