Systems Programmer Contracts with Work from Home Options

System Programmer
UK > Work from Home

The median System Programmer daily rate in Work from Home is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 444 599
Rank change year-on-year +115 +155 -141
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 20 30 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.12% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.12% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 0 7
10th Percentile £275 - £300
25th Percentile £423 - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £588 - £508
90th Percentile £625 - £532
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +18.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,327 24,531 42,707
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.34% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,575 17,328 30,855
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 565 611
10th Percentile £14.35 £18.22 £13.12
25th Percentile £23.34 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £44.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Systems Programmer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Systems Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Programmer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Programmer
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 Systems Programmer.

Systems Programmer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Systems Programmer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Systems Programmer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 16 (80.00%) zOS
2 11 (55.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 11 (55.00%) JCL
2 11 (55.00%) Mainframe
2 11 (55.00%) IBM
2 11 (55.00%) ISPF
3 9 (45.00%) OMEGAMON
3 9 (45.00%) Risk Management
3 9 (45.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 9 (45.00%) Assembly Language
3 9 (45.00%) SAS
3 9 (45.00%) REXX
3 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (40.00%) RACF
4 8 (40.00%) Broadcom
4 8 (40.00%) ACF2
4 8 (40.00%) Splunk
5 5 (25.00%) Banking
6 3 (15.00%) OpenEdge
6 3 (15.00%) CA
6 3 (15.00%) SDLC
7 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (5.00%) Device Driver Development
8 1 (5.00%) CLIST
8 1 (5.00%) C
8 1 (5.00%) C++
8 1 (5.00%) Linux
8 1 (5.00%) HTTP
8 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP

Systems Programmer Skill Set
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 9 (45.00%) SAS
2 3 (15.00%) OpenEdge
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) HTTP
1 1 (5.00%) RTSP
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) ISPF
2 1 (5.00%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (80.00%) zOS
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 9 (45.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (15.00%) SDLC
3 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.00%) Device Driver Development
4 1 (5.00%) Linux Kernel Development
4 1 (5.00%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) JCL
2 9 (45.00%) Assembly Language
2 9 (45.00%) REXX
3 1 (5.00%) C
3 1 (5.00%) C++
3 1 (5.00%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (55.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 8 (40.00%) ACF2
2 8 (40.00%) RACF
3 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) IBM
2 8 (40.00%) Broadcom
2 8 (40.00%) Splunk
3 3 (15.00%) CA