RACF Contract Job Trends in Manchester

IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring RACF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 98
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs citing RACF 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.69% - 0.065%
As % of the System Software category 6.11% - 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £311 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £350 - -
90th Percentile £365 - -
North West median daily rate £325 - -

All System Software Skills
Manchester

RACF falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 131 123 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 11.23% 11.74% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 82 180
10th Percentile £313 £186 £233
25th Percentile £369 £344 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £561 £538
90th Percentile £650 £588 £688
North West median daily rate £425 £401 £425
% change year-on-year +6.12% -5.76% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 15
10th Percentile - - £17.75
25th Percentile - - £18.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £29.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +48.72% -70.00%
75th Percentile - - £46.88
90th Percentile - - £64.50
North West median hourly rate £30.97 £22.09 £19.00
% change year-on-year +40.20% +16.26% -59.40%

RACF
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

RACF job vacancy trend in Manchester

RACF
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing RACF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing RACF

RACF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Change Management
2 7 (87.50%) Release Management
2 7 (87.50%) Storage Management
3 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) CLIST
1 8 (100.00%) COBOL
1 8 (100.00%) JCL
1 8 (100.00%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) ACF2
1 8 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) CA Endevor
2 7 (87.50%) Tivoli
2 7 (87.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft