JCL Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Job Control Language (JCL)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring JCL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 83 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs citing JCL 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.12% 0.18% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.54% 0.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £444 £466 £430
% change year-on-year -4.83% +8.43% -9.47%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 369 277 446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 22.99% 24.45% 26.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 133 237
10th Percentile £324 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £544 £560
90th Percentile £689 £620 £675
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 45 98
10th Percentile £41.95 £46.75 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £61.50 £65.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £66.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -1.86% +3.46%
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £84.36
90th Percentile £77.15 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.10%

JCL
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JCL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

JCL job vacancy trend in the East of England

JCL
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JCL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JCL

JCL
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JCL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JCL

JCL
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JCL within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -19 2 £475 - 2
JCL
England

JCL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Mainframe Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) CLIST
1 2 (100.00%) REXX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) zSecure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM