Batch Processing Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Batch Processing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Batch Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 164 192
Rank change year-on-year -31 +28 +53
Contract jobs citing Batch Processing 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.088% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £752 - £378
25th Percentile £755 - £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £760 - £400
75th Percentile £763 - £414
90th Percentile £764 - £428
England median daily rate £550 £488 £400
% change year-on-year +12.82% +21.88% -36.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £26.25 -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £26.25 -
% change year-on-year +223.81% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Batch Processing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,011 3,371 4,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.37% 84.47% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,654 1,844 2,885
10th Percentile £220 £294 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £559 £575 £600
90th Percentile £668 £655 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 173 206
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.54 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +14.84% +33.18%
75th Percentile £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.03 £69.44 £59.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

Batch Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Batch Processing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Batch Processing job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Batch Processing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Batch Processing

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Batch Processing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Batch Processing

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Batch Processing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
North West -15 3 £760 - 2
Yorkshire -34 1 - - 1
Batch Processing
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (25.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) DB2
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) COBOL
1 1 (25.00%) JCL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (25.00%) RACF
1 1 (25.00%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Temenos