Job Control Language (JCL)
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring JCL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JCL over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 30 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing JCL | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | 1.03% | - | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.53% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £550 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £551 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £368 | - | £400 |
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 19 | 35 | 54 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 9.74% | 15.09% | 21.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 11 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £428 | - | £348 |
| 25th Percentile | £466 | £363 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £400 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.50% | -20.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £544 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £615 | £650 | £615 |
| North West median daily rate | £438 | £475 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.89% | -8.65% | +1.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £37.55 | £37.77 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £37.63 | £41.98 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £46.18 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +77.62% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £48.00 | £51.62 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £51.70 | £57.06 |
| North West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £55.00 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.27% | +19.10% | +22.17% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing JCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JCL in Lancashire.
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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JCL within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 19 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Lytham St Annes | - | 1 | £551 | - | 2 |
| JCL North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:
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