The first table below looks at the demand for JCL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JCL over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Scotland 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Job Control Language (JCL)
Rank 114 106 110
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Contract jobs citing JCL 8 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.316% 0.075% 0.143%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.792% 0.289% 0.490%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £338 £341 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.09% +70.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £333 £278
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +19.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £33.00
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1010 691 816
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 39.94% 25.86% 29.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 298 417
Average daily rate £375 £320 £342
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% -6.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £418 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 23
Average hourly rate £26.25 £30.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £16.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £32.80 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
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JCL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland JCL Daily Rate Trend

JCL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JCL across the Scotland region.

Scotland JCL Hourly 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +8 8 £338 -1.09%
Highlands - - - -
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JCL
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (66.67%) Mainframe
1 6 (66.67%) zOS
2 5 (55.56%) REXX
3 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 4 (44.44%) IBM
4 3 (33.33%) EMC
5 2 (22.22%) CICS
5 2 (22.22%) RACF
5 2 (22.22%) VSAM
5 2 (22.22%) ISPF
6 1 (11.11%) CA Endevor
6 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 1 (11.11%) DataPower
6 1 (11.11%) PROIV
6 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
6 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (11.11%) Banking
6 1 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) CA
6 1 (11.11%) COBOL
6 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (11.11%) SAS
6 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (11.11%) SSL

JCL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) ISPF
2 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CICS
2 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) PROIV
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Applications Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Operations Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Storage Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Mainframe
2 2 (22.22%) VSAM
3 1 (11.11%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
2 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) REXX
2 1 (11.11%) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) IBM
2 3 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (11.11%) CA
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