Job Control Language (JCL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for JCL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JCL over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 514 | 680 | 783 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +166 | +103 | -130 |
| Contract jobs citing JCL | 77 | 38 | 71 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.064% | 0.080% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.60% | 0.18% | 0.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 48 | 25 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £397 | £348 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £425 | £336 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £500 | £456 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.00% | +9.59% | +9.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £594 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £650 | £711 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £430 | £475 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.47% | +39.91% | -18.19% |
All Programming Languages
UK
JCL 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 | 12,769 | 20,649 | 32,224 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.59% | 34.91% | 36.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,080 | 14,885 | 23,465 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £384 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £454 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.46% | +14.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 487 | 467 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.70 | £26.20 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.55 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.73% | +21.10% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.50 | £77.40 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.84 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.07% | +24.30% | +17.75% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing JCL 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 JCL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JCL over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JCL.
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Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JCL within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +118 | 65 | £430 | -9.47% | 1 |
| England | +149 | 63 | £430 | -9.47% | 7 |
| North of England | +78 | 56 | £430 | -9.47% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +75 | 56 | £430 | -9.47% | |
| Work from Home | +146 | 41 | £459 | -5.85% | 5 |
| Scotland | +40 | 7 | £500 | -2.44% | |
| London | +89 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| South East | +23 | 2 | £375 | -36.17% |
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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: