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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 506 | 662 | 772 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +156 | +110 | -97 |
| Contract jobs citing JCL | 78 | 34 | 74 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.059% | 0.084% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.61% | 0.17% | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 48 | 22 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £397 | £403 | £302 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £463 | £390 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £513 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.10% | +13.89% | +44.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £634 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £650 | £703 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £430 | £513 | £398 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.10% | +28.93% | +32.50% |
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 | 12,722 | 19,828 | 31,716 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.90% | 34.62% | 36.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,047 | 14,307 | 23,128 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +1.01% | +16.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 494 | 443 | 499 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.43 | £60.70 | £50.20 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.85% | +20.92% | +18.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +25.00% |
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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 19 May 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 8 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 19 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +109 | 65 | £430 | -16.10% | |
| England | +148 | 64 | £430 | -9.47% | 1 |
| North of England | +83 | 56 | £430 | -9.47% | |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 56 | £430 | -9.47% | |
| Work from Home | +133 | 41 | £459 | -12.57% | 1 |
| Scotland | +42 | 7 | £500 | -5.88% | |
| London | +83 | 3 | - | - | |
| South East | +23 | 2 | £375 | -36.17% |
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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: