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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 496 | 649 | 776 |
Rank change year-on-year | +153 | +127 | -86 |
Contract jobs citing JCL | 79 | 33 | 62 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.059% | 0.071% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.61% | 0.17% | 0.20% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 49 | 22 | 23 |
10th Percentile | £398 | £321 | £301 |
25th Percentile | £415 | £463 | £365 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £500 | £450 |
Median % change year-on-year | -14.00% | +11.11% | +30.91% |
75th Percentile | £500 | £583 | £569 |
90th Percentile | £588 | £649 | £720 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £430 | £500 | £390 |
% change year-on-year | -14.00% | +28.21% | +13.45% |
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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
% change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 |
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UK excluding London | +94 | 66 | £430 | -14.00% | 6 |
England | +128 | 65 | £430 | -9.47% | 17 |
North of England | +77 | 57 | £430 | -9.47% | |
Yorkshire | +71 | 57 | £430 | -9.47% | |
Work from Home | +132 | 41 | £459 | -12.57% | 13 |
Scotland | +40 | 7 | £500 | -5.88% | |
London | +84 | 3 | - | - | 5 |
South East | +12 | 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: