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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) skills within the Lancashire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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-£342
% change on same period last year-
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£27.00-
% change on same period last year-
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads57122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.114 %0.153 %
Daily rates quoted825
Average minimum daily rate£287£287
Average daily rate£298£308
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted2315
Average minimum hourly rate£20.70£24.86
Average hourly rate£22.38£27.25
% change on same period last year-17.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.06£29.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48£31.45
% change on same period last year-9.45 %
ISPF North WestISPF
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire ISPF Demand Trend