The first table below looks at the demand for PL/1 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/1 over the 3 months to 24 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 London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/1
Rank 375 413 432
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +19
Contract jobs citing PL/1 2 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.007% 0.032%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.023% 0.020% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 10
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8875 10154 13197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.98% 37.69% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6378 6878 8900
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 157 180
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.85 £18.00 £18.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PL/1
England

PL/1
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PL/1 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London PL/1 Jobs Demand Trend

PL/1
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/1 across the London region.

London PL/1 Daily Rate Trend

PL/1
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/1 across the London region.

London PL/1 Hourly Rate Trend

PL/1
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PL/1 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 PL/1.

1 5 (100.00%) DB2
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 4 (80.00%) Retail Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Business Development
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 4 (80.00%) ChangeMan
2 4 (80.00%) JCL
3 1 (20.00%) COBOL
3 1 (20.00%) CICS
3 1 (20.00%) Derivative
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis

PL/1
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PL/1 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 PL/1. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) ChangeMan
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Retail Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Programmer
2 4 (80.00%) Mainframe Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) COBOL Analyst Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) COBOL Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) COBOL Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (20.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JCL
2 1 (20.00%) COBOL