Job Control Language (JCL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for JCL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JCL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 519 | 682 | 779 |
Rank change year-on-year | +163 | +97 | -138 |
Contract jobs citing JCL | 79 | 37 | 70 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.062% | 0.079% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.62% | 0.18% | 0.22% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 24 | 24 |
10th Percentile | £400 | £344 | £300 |
25th Percentile | £415 | £419 | £336 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £431 | £500 | £456 |
Median % change year-on-year | -13.75% | +9.59% | +25.86% |
75th Percentile | £500 | £607 | £569 |
90th Percentile | £588 | £650 | £711 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £430 | £475 | £340 |
% change year-on-year | -9.47% | +39.91% | -3.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
JCL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
% change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
% change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing JCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JCL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JCL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JCL.
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Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JCL within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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UK excluding London | +117 | 65 | £430 | -9.47% | 2 |
England | +169 | 64 | £430 | -9.47% | 6 |
North of England | +85 | 55 | £430 | -9.47% | 1 |
Yorkshire | +73 | 55 | £430 | -9.47% | |
Work from Home | +149 | 42 | £459 | -8.20% | 1 |
Scotland | +33 | 7 | £500 | -2.44% | 1 |
London | +92 | 4 | £500 | -2.44% | 3 |
South East | +27 | 2 | £375 | -36.17% | |
Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £500 | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: