Systems Programmer Contracts in England

System Programmer
UK > England

The median System Programmer daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 617 746
Rank change year-on-year +109 +129 -165
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 35 41 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.080% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.085% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 5 5
10th Percentile £350 - £440
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £505
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.94% +39.31%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £508
90th Percentile £625 £510 £593
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - +18.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Programmer in England

Systems Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Programmer in England.

Daily rate trend for Systems Programmer in England

Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Programmer in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Programmer in England

Systems Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Programmer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Programmer in England

Systems Programmer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
North of England +40 21 £500 +5.26% 1
Yorkshire +22 20 £475 -
London +95 8 £550 +15.79% 1
East of England - 4 £300 -
South East - 2 £600 - 1
North West - 1 £600 - 1
Systems Programmer
UK

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 England region featuring Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 32 (91.43%) zOS
2 23 (65.71%) Mainframe
3 20 (57.14%) ISPF
3 20 (57.14%) IBM
3 20 (57.14%) JCL
3 20 (57.14%) Time Sharing Option
4 18 (51.43%) Social Skills
4 18 (51.43%) Performance Monitoring
4 18 (51.43%) OMEGAMON
4 18 (51.43%) REXX
4 18 (51.43%) Risk Management
5 17 (48.57%) SAS
5 17 (48.57%) Splunk
5 17 (48.57%) Broadcom
6 16 (45.71%) Assembly Language
7 13 (37.14%) RACF
7 13 (37.14%) ACF2
8 5 (14.29%) Banking
9 3 (8.57%) CA
9 3 (8.57%) OpenEdge
9 3 (8.57%) SDLC
10 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
11 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
11 1 (2.86%) Performance Tuning
11 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (2.86%) Integration Testing
11 1 (2.86%) Data Protection
11 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
11 1 (2.86%) Capacity Planning
11 1 (2.86%) DB2

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (48.57%) SAS
2 3 (8.57%) OpenEdge
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) DB2
General
1 18 (51.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (57.14%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (65.71%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 32 (91.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Performance Monitoring
1 18 (51.43%) Risk Management
2 3 (8.57%) SDLC
3 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.86%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection
4 1 (2.86%) Integration Testing
4 1 (2.86%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 20 (57.14%) JCL
2 18 (51.43%) REXX
3 16 (45.71%) Assembly Language
4 1 (2.86%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 20 (57.14%) Time Sharing Option
2 13 (37.14%) ACF2
2 13 (37.14%) RACF
Systems Management
1 18 (51.43%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 20 (57.14%) IBM
2 17 (48.57%) Broadcom
2 17 (48.57%) Splunk
3 3 (8.57%) CA