Systems Programmer Contracts in the City of London

System Programmer
Central London > City of London

The median System Programmer daily rate in the City of London is £350, 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 116 125 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.091% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.096% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - -
75th Percentile £381 £575 -
90th Percentile £385 - -
Central London median daily rate £350 £550 -
% change year-on-year -36.36% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Programmer in the City of London

Systems Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Programmer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Programmer in the City of London

Systems Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Programmer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Programmer in the City of London

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

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 City of London region featuring Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) REXX
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
1 3 (100.00%) JCL
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) CICS
1 3 (100.00%) ISPF
1 3 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) SAS
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) CLIST

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (100.00%) CICS
2 1 (33.33%) SAS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JCL
1 3 (100.00%) REXX
2 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
2 1 (33.33%) CLIST
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM