Job Entry Subsystem Job Trends

Job Entry Subsystem (JES2, JES3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Job Entry Subsystem skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 694 635 867
Rank change year-on-year -59 +232 +125
Permanent jobs citing Job Entry Subsystem 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% 0.005% 0.001%
As % of the System Software category 0.022% 0.039% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All System Software Skills
UK

Job Entry Subsystem 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,565 5,092 11,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.75% 12.46% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 3,932 9,868
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £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 excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% -5.26%

Job Entry Subsystem
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Job Entry Subsystem relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Job Entry Subsystem job vacancy trend in the UK

Job Entry Subsystem
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Job Entry Subsystem.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Job Entry Subsystem

Job Entry Subsystem
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Job Entry Subsystem within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 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 -12 1 £100,000 -
England -50 1 £100,000 - 2

Job Entry Subsystem
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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%) RACF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) IBM