DIGITAL Command Language (DCL)
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DCL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DCL over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 536 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing DCL | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | - | 0.008% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.028% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | £425 | - |
All Programming Languages
England
DCL 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 England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 8,217 | 10,870 | 17,144 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 33.78% | 29.57% | 35.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,714 | 7,899 | 12,520 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £564 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -2.48% | +2.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £656 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £775 | £798 |
| UK median daily rate | £523 | £530 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.32% | -3.64% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 217 | 443 | 422 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.25 | £37.78 | £26.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.50 | £50.38 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +21.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £80.00 | £78.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.43 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.12% | -0.12% | +23.43% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing DCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DCL in England.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DCL in England.