JCL Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Job Control Language (JCL)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring JCL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JCL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.15% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - £513 -

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 276 330 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 41.75% 44.84% 40.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 166 211
10th Percentile £322 £350 £396
25th Percentile £381 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £439 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -16.43% +0.96%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £650
90th Percentile £585 £581 £750
Scotland median daily rate £500 £468 £523
% change year-on-year +6.95% -10.53% +7.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £58.73 £19.59 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +199.77% -60.82% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £63.60 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £59.36 £23.77 £60.75
% change year-on-year +149.76% -60.88% +15.71%

JCL
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

JCL job vacancy trend in Glasgow

JCL
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing JCL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing JCL

JCL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) VSAM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA