LPAR
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LPAR in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LPAR over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 709 843
Rank change year-on-year +126 +134 -186
Contract jobs citing LPAR 15 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.017% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.050% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 2
10th Percentile £412 £498 £402
25th Percentile - £503 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £525 £456
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +15.07% -32.41%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £502
90th Percentile - - £516
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +48.15%

All Generic Skills
UK

LPAR is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

LPAR
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LPAR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LPAR in the UK

LPAR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LPAR.

Daily rate trend for LPAR in the UK

LPAR
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LPAR over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LPAR in the UK

LPAR
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LPAR.

Hourly rate trend for LPAR in the UK

LPAR
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LPAR 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
England +136 13 £430 - 1
UK excluding London +76 13 £430 -
North of England - 13 £430 -
Yorkshire - 13 £430 -
Work from Home +133 9 £430 -18.10% 12

LPAR
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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) DWDM
2 2 (13.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) DB2
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Hardware Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Systems Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) z/OS Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Mainframe Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Hardware Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (86.67%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (13.33%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) JCL
2 9 (60.00%) CLIST
2 9 (60.00%) REXX
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) PMP
System Software
1 13 (86.67%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 13 (86.67%) Microcode
1 13 (86.67%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) IBM