The first table below looks at the demand for JCL skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JCL over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Job Control Language (JCL)
Rank 220 232 222
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -10
Contract jobs citing JCL 3 15 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.148% 0.287%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.115% 0.489% 0.845%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 8
Average daily rate £369 £320 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.23% -3.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £304 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £374 £344 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £345 £272
% change year-on-year
+6.88% +27.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £28.50
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2610 3067 3552
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.40% 30.19% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1281 1505 1528
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 203 295
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.13 £21.75 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
JCL
England

JCL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire +18 3 £369 +22.91%
JCL
England

JCL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 12 (75.00%) Mainframe
2 10 (62.50%) IBM
2 10 (62.50%) COBOL
3 8 (50.00%) Finance
4 7 (43.75%) DB2
4 7 (43.75%) SAS
5 5 (31.25%) UNIX
5 5 (31.25%) MVS
6 4 (25.00%) ChangeMan
6 4 (25.00%) Retail
6 4 (25.00%) Linux
6 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 4 (25.00%) MS Office
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (25.00%) CICS
6 4 (25.00%) CA
6 4 (25.00%) REXX
6 4 (25.00%) ISPF
6 4 (25.00%) CA Endevor
7 3 (18.75%) IBM Mainframe
7 3 (18.75%) Base SAS
7 3 (18.75%) Ganglia
7 3 (18.75%) ALGOL
7 3 (18.75%) Micro Focus
7 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (18.75%) SQL
7 3 (18.75%) Unisys
7 3 (18.75%) Migration
8 2 (12.50%) Control-M
8 2 (12.50%) Banking

JCL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 4 (25.00%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) SAS
2 4 (25.00%) CICS
3 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Office
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) DB2
2 3 (18.75%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) ChangeMan
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Developer
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) SAS Developer
4 2 (12.50%) MVS Operator
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (12.50%) Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) COBOL Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Analyst Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Analyst Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Mainframe Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (18.75%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) UNIX
1 5 (31.25%) MVS
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Migration
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) COBOL
2 4 (25.00%) REXX
3 3 (18.75%) ALGOL
3 3 (18.75%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) CA Endevor
2 3 (18.75%) Ganglia
3 2 (12.50%) Control-M
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) IBM
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) CA
3 3 (18.75%) Micro Focus
3 3 (18.75%) Unisys