Job Control Language (JCL)
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring JCL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JCL over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 67 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing JCL | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 1.29% | - | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.72% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £354 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £402 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £416 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £447 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £380 | - | £400 |
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
JCL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cheshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 215 | 97 | 116 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 34.57% | 19.76% | 26.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 183 | 83 | 81 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £320 | £367 |
| 25th Percentile | £353 | £375 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £402 | £445 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.66% | -19.09% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £530 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £606 | £619 |
| North West median daily rate | £437 | £459 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.69% | -8.25% | -2.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.15 | - | £24.17 |
| 25th Percentile | £47.88 | - | £26.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.50 | - | £31.21 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +35.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.25 | - | £35.60 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £38.24 |
| North West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £55.00 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.27% | +19.10% | +4.95% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing JCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JCL.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JCL within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | - | 8 | £402 | - | |
| JCL North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:
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