The first table below looks at the demand for JCL skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JCL over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Job Control Language (JCL)
Rank 109 138 -
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -
Contract jobs citing JCL 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.097% 0.030% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.268% 0.080% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £345 £265
% change year-on-year
+5.07% +30.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £18.00
All Programming Languages
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
746 1257 959
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 36.20% 38.06% 34.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 725 426
Average daily rate £325 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 77 91
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £17.30 £20.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £48.20 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
JCL
England

JCL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol - 1 - -
Dorset - 1 - -
JCL
England

JCL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (66.67%) IBM
1 4 (66.67%) Mainframe
2 3 (50.00%) DB2
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Essbase
3 2 (33.33%) Teradata
3 2 (33.33%) ISPF
3 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 2 (33.33%) OLAP
3 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 2 (33.33%) SSL
3 2 (33.33%) OS/390
3 2 (33.33%) zOS
3 2 (33.33%) Hyperion
3 2 (33.33%) REXX
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) DataPower
4 1 (16.67%) PL/1
4 1 (16.67%) COBOL
4 1 (16.67%) Adabas
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Banking

JCL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (33.33%) ISPF
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) DB2
2 2 (33.33%) Essbase
2 2 (33.33%) OLAP
2 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (16.67%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) ChangeMan
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse Developer
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Applications Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Mainframe Programmer
2 1 (16.67%) Programmer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Mainframe
2 2 (33.33%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) OS/390
1 2 (33.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 2 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) REXX
2 1 (16.67%) PL/1
2 1 (16.67%) COBOL
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Teradata
2 2 (33.33%) Hyperion