Batch Scheduling Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Batch Scheduling
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Batch Scheduling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Batch Scheduling 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £286 - -
25th Percentile £324 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 - -
75th Percentile £404 - -
90th Percentile £419 - -
England median daily rate £413 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +10.00% -3.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Batch Scheduling 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 4,255 2,966 4,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.22% 87.75% 87.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 1,701 2,672
10th Percentile £230 £263 £294
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £593
90th Percentile £650 £673 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 136 209
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.54 £17.08 £17.14
Median hourly rate £38.00 £27.26 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.42% -22.13% +53.14%
75th Percentile £56.52 £46.18 £46.91
90th Percentile £68.90 £70.87 £64.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

Batch Scheduling
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Batch Scheduling job vacancy trend in the North of England

Batch Scheduling
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Batch Scheduling
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Batch Scheduling in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Batch Scheduling in the North of England

Batch Scheduling
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Batch Scheduling
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 Scheduling within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 7 £359 - 1
Batch Scheduling
England

Batch Scheduling
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 6 (85.71%) CICS
1 6 (85.71%) CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) VisionPLUS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) ChangeMan
General
1 6 (85.71%) Banking
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) COBOL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Mainframe
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) COBOL
2 1 (14.29%) JCL
2 1 (14.29%) REXX
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) CA Endevor
2 1 (14.29%) Control-M
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle