DIGITAL Command Language (DCL)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DCL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DCL over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 727 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing DCL | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.005% | - | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.018% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
DCL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 16,412 | 26,054 | 31,076 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 26.99% | 30.20% | 40.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,362 | 18,117 | 23,491 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £36,250 | £38,999 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,500 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £101,250 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +0.64% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing DCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DCL.
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Top 3 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DCL within the UK over the 6 months to 5 August 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | - | 3 | £47,500 | - | |
| England | - | 3 | £47,500 | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | - | 3 | £47,500 | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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