DIGITAL Command Language (DCL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DCL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DCL over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 576 | - | 837 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing DCL | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | - | 0.002% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.047% | - | 0.006% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £383 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £394 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £456 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £41.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £42.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £42.50 |
All Programming Languages
UK
DCL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,732 | 20,185 | 31,682 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.61% | 34.87% | 36.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,059 | 14,540 | 23,074 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.35% | +2.46% | +14.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 488 | 464 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.16 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.36 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.43 | £61.84 | £50.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.95% | +22.45% | +16.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £78.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +19.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing DCL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DCL.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DCL.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DCL within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | - | 5 | £425 | - | |
| London | - | 3 | £425 | - | |
| England | - | 3 | £425 | - |
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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: