REXX Contracts with Work from Home Options

REXX
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 REXX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REXX over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 458 588
Rank change year-on-year +162 +130 -127
Contract jobs citing REXX 53 16 35
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.062% 0.078%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.03% 0.17% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 9 15
10th Percentile £360 £488 £340
25th Percentile £430 £513 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £643 £505
Median % change year-on-year -28.56% +27.23% +26.25%
75th Percentile £497 £649 £567
90th Percentile £588 £681 £640
UK median daily rate £430 £513 £503
% change year-on-year -16.10% +1.99% -4.29%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

REXX 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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,137 9,615 16,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.54% 37.37% 38.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,710 7,028 12,575
10th Percentile £350 £390 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.97%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 212 194
10th Percentile £27.25 £35.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £49.63
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.94% +10.28%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £87.25 £76.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.83% +20.00% +13.64%

REXX
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

REXX trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 REXX.

REXX daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing REXX over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

REXX daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (39.62%) SAS
2 12 (22.64%) CICS
3 2 (3.77%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (32.08%) DB2
2 9 (16.98%) IDMS
3 2 (3.77%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 12 (22.64%) Jenkins
2 9 (16.98%) Git
General
1 28 (52.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.66%) Finance
4 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Banking
4 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Developer
2 9 (16.98%) Programmer
2 9 (16.98%) Systems Programmer
2 9 (16.98%) z/OS Specialist
2 9 (16.98%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 8 (15.09%) IBM Mainframe Developer
3 8 (15.09%) Mainframe Developer
3 8 (15.09%) z/OS Engineer
4 7 (13.21%) Storage Manager
5 5 (9.43%) DB2 Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) IBM Storage Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) Storage Specialist
7 3 (5.66%) COBOL Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Hardware Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) DB2 Developer
9 1 (1.89%) Hardware Specialist
9 1 (1.89%) Mainframe Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (45.28%) ISPF
2 12 (22.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (67.92%) Mainframe
2 14 (26.42%) IBM Mainframe
3 12 (22.64%) Data Centre
4 7 (13.21%) LPAR
5 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 50 (94.34%) zOS
2 12 (22.64%) Linux
3 2 (3.77%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Agile
2 19 (35.85%) Risk Management
3 12 (22.64%) Performance Monitoring
3 12 (22.64%) Problem Management
3 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (22.64%) Storage Management
4 11 (20.75%) Scrum
5 10 (18.87%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (15.09%) Project Management
7 5 (9.43%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (9.43%) Workflow
8 4 (7.55%) Cost Management
8 4 (7.55%) Software Testing
9 3 (5.66%) Analytics
9 3 (5.66%) Configuration Management
9 3 (5.66%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (5.66%) Data Analytics
9 3 (5.66%) Data Extraction
9 3 (5.66%) ETL
9 3 (5.66%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (67.92%) JCL
2 19 (35.85%) CLIST
3 17 (32.08%) COBOL
4 12 (22.64%) Assembly Language
4 12 (22.64%) Python
5 10 (18.87%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) GDPR
System Software
1 38 (71.70%) Time Sharing Option
2 12 (22.64%) NFS
3 9 (16.98%) ACF2
3 9 (16.98%) RACF
4 7 (13.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 7 (13.21%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 12 (22.64%) Ansible
1 12 (22.64%) OMEGAMON
2 11 (20.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 47 (88.68%) IBM
2 26 (49.06%) Broadcom
3 15 (28.30%) CA
4 12 (22.64%) Brocade
4 12 (22.64%) Dell
5 11 (20.75%) Syncsort
6 9 (16.98%) Splunk
7 5 (9.43%) BMC
8 2 (3.77%) ICL