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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISPF over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-158
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.150 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£373
% change on same period last year-14.21 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads7781329
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.109 %1.374 %
Daily rates quoted250367
Average minimum daily rate£317£316
Average daily rate£336£334
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted60162
Average minimum hourly rate£31.19£30.05
Average hourly rate£32.31£31.13
% change on same period last year+3.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.44£32.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
ISPF EnglandISPF
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISPF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISPF across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England ISPF Demand Trend

ISPF
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISPF across the East of England region.

East of England ISPF Daily Rate Trend

ISPF
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISPF across the East of England region.

East of England ISPF Hourly Rate Trend

ISPF
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ISPF also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISPF.

11 (100.00 %)COBOL
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)DB2
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)CICS
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)Service Delivery
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
11 (100.00 %)MS PowerPoint
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe

ISPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ISPF also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)CICS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)MS PowerPoint
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)DB2
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Service Delivery
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)COBOL
11 (100.00 %)SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft