LPAR Contracts in the UK excluding London

LPAR
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LPAR in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LPAR over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 386 445
Rank change year-on-year +51 +59 +64
Contract jobs citing LPAR 4 13 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.063% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.094% 0.21% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile £364 £408 -
25th Percentile £365 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £430 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.91% - -
75th Percentile £384 - -
90th Percentile £386 £588 -
UK median daily rate £374 £430 £525
% change year-on-year -13.02% -18.10% +15.07%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

LPAR falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,246 6,122 7,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.19% 29.50% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,666 5,259
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £376 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 724 436
10th Percentile £16.81 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.28 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.42 £28.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +27.84% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.64 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

LPAR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing LPAR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for LPAR in the UK excluding London

LPAR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LPAR in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for LPAR in the UK excluding London

LPAR
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LPAR in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for LPAR in the UK excluding London

LPAR
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LPAR within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 of England +13 3 £374 -13.02%
Yorkshire -3 3 £374 -13.02%
Wales - 1 £375 -
LPAR
UK

LPAR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DWDM
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) OS/400
2 1 (25.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) RPG
2 1 (25.00%) CLIST
2 1 (25.00%) JCL
2 1 (25.00%) REXX
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) PowerHA
2 1 (25.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 1 (25.00%) Microcode
2 1 (25.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM