PL/1
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PL/1 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PL/1 over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 4 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | 547 | 567 | - |
Rank change year-on-year | +20 | - | - |
Contract jobs citing PL/1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.018% | 0.008% | - |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.056% | 0.024% | - |
Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 0 |
10th Percentile | £456 | £408 | - |
25th Percentile | £466 | £456 | - |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £538 | - |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.65% | - | - |
75th Percentile | £550 | £619 | - |
90th Percentile | £551 | £668 | - |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £551 | £700 | - |
% change year-on-year | -21.36% | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
PL/1 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.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 10,805 | 12,251 | 17,609 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.81% | 31.25% | 33.01% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 7,272 | 8,620 | 12,514 |
10th Percentile | £340 | £350 | £375 |
25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | - |
75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £788 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £498 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -4.57% | -0.45% | - |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 257 | 408 | 440 |
10th Percentile | £27.98 | £27.00 | £30.68 |
25th Percentile | £36.25 | £45.97 | £47.94 |
Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +4.00% | +14.68% |
75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
90th Percentile | £81.18 | £77.50 | £78.79 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
% change year-on-year | -1.54% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
PL/1
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PL/1 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 PL/1.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PL/1.
PL/1
Top 6 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/1 within the UK over the 6 months to 4 August 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 |
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England | +15 | 4 | £513 | -26.79% | 11 |
Work from Home | - | 4 | £513 | - | 8 |
UK excluding London | +8 | 2 | £551 | -21.36% | 10 |
North of England | - | 2 | £551 | - | 4 |
London | - | 2 | £506 | - | 1 |
North West | - | 2 | £551 | - | 4 |
PL/1
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: