Systems Programmer Contracts in Barnsley

System Programmer
South Yorkshire > Barnsley

The median System Programmer daily rate in Barnsley is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barnsley 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £558 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - -
75th Percentile £573 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £483 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.58% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barnsley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barnsley. 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 Barnsley with a recognized job title 2 25 6
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 25.00% 96.15% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 5
10th Percentile £416 £394 £140
25th Percentile £439 £406 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £407 £173
Median % change year-on-year +18.55% +134.99% -50.51%
75th Percentile £529 £419 £181
90th Percentile £555 £433 £193
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £12.97 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
% change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%

Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Barnsley

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Programmer in Barnsley

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barnsley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the Barnsley region featuring Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barnsley 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM