RACF Job Trends in England

IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring RACF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 615 784
Rank change year-on-year -25 +169 +156
Permanent jobs citing RACF 1 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.001% 0.003% 0.011%
As % of the System Software category 0.025% 0.020% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.09%
75th Percentile - - £74,875
90th Percentile - - £76,450
UK median annual salary £100,000 - £71,000
% change year-on-year - - +29.09%

All System Software Skills
England

RACF falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,023 5,009 10,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.99% 13.24% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,932 3,624 8,886
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

RACF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RACF relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

RACF job vacancy trend in England

RACF
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RACF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RACF

RACF
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RACF within the England region over the 6 months to 21 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -3 1 £100,000 - 1
RACF
UK

RACF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) IBM