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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 683 842
Rank change year-on-year +114 +159 -169
Contract jobs citing LPAR 16 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.017% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.052% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 3
10th Percentile £412 £498 £398
25th Percentile - £503 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +23.53% -37.04%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £481
90th Percentile - - £508
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 - £463
% change year-on-year - - +37.04%

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 12,985 19,334 29,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.28% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,344 13,272 20,329
10th Percentile £270 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £659
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 639 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.10 £65.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

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 7 May 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 6 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 7 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
England +112 14 £430 - 1
UK excluding London +81 13 £430 -
North of England - 13 £430 -
Yorkshire - 13 £430 -
Work from Home +128 9 £430 -18.10%
London +84 1 - - 1

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) DWDM
2 2 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) DB2
2 1 (6.25%) SAP HANA
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) z/OS Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Mainframe Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Hardware Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (81.25%) ISPF
2 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Mainframe
2 2 (12.50%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) zOS
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Risk Management
2 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 2 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) ITSM
3 1 (6.25%) Network Design
3 1 (6.25%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (6.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) JCL
2 9 (56.25%) CLIST
2 9 (56.25%) REXX
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) PMP
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 13 (81.25%) Microcode
1 13 (81.25%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
2 1 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) VMware