Microcode Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microcode
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Microcode skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microcode over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microcode 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% - -
As % of the System Software category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
75th Percentile £509 - -
90th Percentile £588 - -
UK median daily rate £430 - £486
% change year-on-year - - +38.86%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Microcode is in the System Software 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 system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,458 3,164 5,503
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.58% 12.39% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 2,264 4,089
10th Percentile £263 £300 £325
25th Percentile £404 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £631 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £496 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.48% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 103 105
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.20 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.90 £65.82
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -

Microcode
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microcode trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microcode
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 (100.00%) DWDM
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Hardware Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) z/OS Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Hardware Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) LPAR
1 7 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) CLIST
1 7 (100.00%) JCL
1 7 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 7 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) IBM