The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Programmer
Rank - 115 120
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 0 14 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.448% 0.226%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.489% 0.244%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £395 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £405 £338 £345
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2182 2864 2865
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.09% 91.74% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1045 1414 1422
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 175 192
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Programmer
England

Systems Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Programmer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Systems Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Programmer across the North West region.

North West Systems Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Programmer across the North West region.

North West Systems Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Programmer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Systems Programmer in their job title 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 with Systems Programmer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) zOS
2 2 (40.00%) VSAM
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Stress Testing
2 2 (40.00%) RACF
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) DB2
2 2 (40.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) CICS
2 2 (40.00%) CA
3 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Systems Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Systems Programmer in their job title 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 with Systems Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) DB2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) VSAM
2 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Stress Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IBM
1 2 (40.00%) CA