Systems Programmer Contracts

System Programmer
UK

The median System Programmer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 654 790
Rank change year-on-year +108 +136 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 36 49 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.085% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.089% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 6 11
10th Percentile £305 - £300
25th Percentile £430 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £588 £516 £538
90th Percentile £625 £588 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +28.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Systems Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Programmer in the UK

Systems Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Programmer in the UK

Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Programmer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Programmer in the UK

Systems Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Programmer in the UK

Systems Programmer
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 Systems Programmer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +85 35 £475 - 5
UK excluding London +58 26 £475 - 3
Work from Home +106 20 £525 - 2
North of England +29 20 £475 -
Yorkshire +14 20 £475 -
London +82 9 £505 +6.21% 2
East of England - 4 £300 -
South East - 2 £600 - 1

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Systems Programmer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 32 (88.89%) zOS
2 23 (63.89%) Mainframe
3 21 (58.33%) IBM
3 21 (58.33%) ISPF
3 21 (58.33%) JCL
3 21 (58.33%) Time Sharing Option
4 19 (52.78%) Performance Monitoring
4 19 (52.78%) Social Skills
4 19 (52.78%) OMEGAMON
4 19 (52.78%) Risk Management
4 19 (52.78%) REXX
5 18 (50.00%) SAS
6 17 (47.22%) Assembly Language
6 17 (47.22%) Splunk
6 17 (47.22%) Broadcom
7 13 (36.11%) ACF2
7 13 (36.11%) RACF
8 5 (13.89%) Banking
9 4 (11.11%) CA
10 3 (8.33%) OpenEdge
10 3 (8.33%) SDLC
11 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (5.56%) CLIST
12 1 (2.78%) Device Driver
12 1 (2.78%) Multimedia
12 1 (2.78%) RTSP
12 1 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (2.78%) Data Protection

Systems Programmer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (50.00%) SAS
2 3 (8.33%) OpenEdge
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) HTTP
1 1 (2.78%) RTSP
1 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
General
1 19 (52.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Banking
3 1 (2.78%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (58.33%) ISPF
2 1 (2.78%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (63.89%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.78%) Device Driver
2 1 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (88.89%) zOS
2 1 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Performance Monitoring
1 19 (52.78%) Risk Management
2 3 (8.33%) SDLC
3 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.78%) Data Protection
4 1 (2.78%) Device Driver Development
4 1 (2.78%) Linux Kernel Development
4 1 (2.78%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 21 (58.33%) JCL
2 19 (52.78%) REXX
3 17 (47.22%) Assembly Language
4 2 (5.56%) CLIST
5 1 (2.78%) C
5 1 (2.78%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 21 (58.33%) Time Sharing Option
2 13 (36.11%) ACF2
2 13 (36.11%) RACF
3 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (52.78%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) IBM
2 17 (47.22%) Broadcom
2 17 (47.22%) Splunk
3 4 (11.11%) CA