Hybrid/Remote REXX Contract Job Trends

REXX
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring REXX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 314 349
Rank change year-on-year +27 +35 +178
Contract jobs citing REXX 25 7 25
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.060% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.70% 0.17% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 18
10th Percentile £323 - -
25th Percentile £428 £459 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £473 £430
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% +10.06% -17.11%
75th Percentile £501 £555 £500
90th Percentile £510 £589 £588
UK median daily rate £475 £485 £430
% change year-on-year -2.06% +12.79% -9.47%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

REXX falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,562 4,119 5,508
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.05% 35.24% 31.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,367 2,734 4,054
10th Percentile £350 £329 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.43% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 57 136
10th Percentile £35.85 £21.25 £41.18
25th Percentile £55.95 £26.50 £52.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £66.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.40 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing REXX and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

REXX job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing REXX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing REXX

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Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing REXX over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

REXX daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (28.00%) CICS
2 5 (20.00%) SAS
3 1 (4.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) VisionPLUS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) DB2
2 1 (4.00%) IMS/DB
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) GCC
2 1 (4.00%) ChangeMan
General
1 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Banking
2 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Analyst
1 4 (16.00%) Programmer
2 3 (12.00%) Administrator
2 3 (12.00%) Mainframe Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Mainframe Programmer
2 3 (12.00%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Systems Programmer
3 2 (8.00%) z/OS Systems Programmer
4 1 (4.00%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Capacity Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Capacity and Performance Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Developer
4 1 (4.00%) Mainframe Performance Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
4 1 (4.00%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) RACF Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) RACF Security Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (52.00%) ISPF
2 3 (12.00%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (8.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (12.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (12.00%) VSAM
3 2 (8.00%) Replication
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (60.00%) zOS
2 2 (8.00%) OS/2
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Migration
2 6 (24.00%) Performance Tuning
2 6 (24.00%) Release Management
3 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) DevOps
4 4 (16.00%) ITIL
5 3 (12.00%) Agile
5 3 (12.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) High Availability
5 3 (12.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (12.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (12.00%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
5 3 (12.00%) Runbook
5 3 (12.00%) SDLC
5 3 (12.00%) Storage Management
6 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) JCL
2 13 (52.00%) CLIST
3 7 (28.00%) COBOL
4 4 (16.00%) Assembly Language
5 3 (12.00%) PL/1
5 3 (12.00%) Python
6 2 (8.00%) Java
6 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) RACF
2 8 (32.00%) Time Sharing Option
3 6 (24.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 3 (12.00%) ACF2
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) CA Endevor
2 5 (20.00%) OMEGAMON
3 3 (12.00%) Tivoli
3 3 (12.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 3 (12.00%) zSecure
4 2 (8.00%) Control-M
4 2 (8.00%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) BMC
1 10 (40.00%) Broadcom
1 10 (40.00%) IBM
2 3 (12.00%) Splunk
3 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft