Job Control Language (JCL)
England > North of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 146 | 135 | 216 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +81 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing JCL | 16 | 55 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England | 0.49% | 1.15% | 0.051% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.72% | 4.52% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 34 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £403 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £395 | £415 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £404 | £430 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.16% | -9.47% | +17.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £465 | £484 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £567 | £588 | - |
| England median daily rate | £404 | £430 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.16% | -9.47% | +2.70% |
All Programming Languages
North of England
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 the North of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 928 | 1,217 | 1,693 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England | 28.34% | 25.41% | 29.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 679 | 870 | 1,257 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £318 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.65% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £550 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £680 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 48 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £34.68 | £37.63 | £27.71 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.31 | £44.72 | £38.15 |
| Median hourly rate | £76.25 | £47.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.53% | - | +19.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £94.67 | £65.00 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.97 | £72.50 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings citing JCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JCL in the North of England.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JCL in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JCL in the North of England.
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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 JCL within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | -32 | 8 | £531 | +23.55% | 3 |
| North West | - | 8 | £402 | - | |
| JCL England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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: