LPAR Contracts with Work from Home Options

LPAR
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LPAR in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LPAR over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 460 621
Rank change year-on-year +132 +161 -146
Contract jobs citing LPAR 9 7 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.059% 0.027% 0.009%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.087% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile - £498 £402
25th Percentile - £503 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £525 £456
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +15.07% +19.67%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £502
90th Percentile - - £516
UK median daily rate £430 £525 £456
% change year-on-year -18.10% +15.07% -32.41%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

LPAR is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,323 8,043 13,993
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.54% 31.45% 31.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,947 5,652 9,983
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £644
90th Percentile £800 £794 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 153 224
10th Percentile £15.44 £19.00 £12.37
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.56
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +23.60% +29.93%
75th Percentile £65.03 £70.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.18
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%

LPAR
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing LPAR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

LPAR trend for jobs with a WFH option

LPAR
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing LPAR.

LPAR daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

LPAR
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing LPAR over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

LPAR daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

LPAR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (77.78%) DWDM
2 2 (22.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) z/OS Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Mainframe Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Hardware Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (22.22%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) CLIST
1 7 (77.78%) JCL
1 7 (77.78%) REXX
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) PMP
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 7 (77.78%) Microcode
1 7 (77.78%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) IBM