DIGITAL Command Language (DCL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DCL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DCL over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 578 | - | 847 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing DCL | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.016% | - | 0.002% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.055% | - | 0.006% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £384 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £398 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £461 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £469 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £41.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £42.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £42.50 |
All Programming Languages
UK
DCL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,657 | 20,243 | 31,905 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.55% | 34.85% | 36.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,005 | 14,597 | 23,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.10% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 485 | 460 | 505 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.12 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £60.63 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.27% | +21.25% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.67 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.94 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +22.49% | +19.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing DCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DCL.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DCL.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DCL within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | - | 6 | £425 | - | |
| London | - | 4 | £444 | - | |
| England | - | 4 | £444 | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: