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This section looks at the demand for IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) skills within the London 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank401476
Rank change on same period last yearUp+75
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.035 %0.017 %
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£264£375
% change on same period last year-29.60 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£26.00
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads857812054
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.32 %12.01 %
Daily rates quoted38804721
Average minimum daily rate£371£397
Average daily rate£401£425
% change on same period last year-5.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted268372
Average minimum hourly rate£30.64£30.92
Average hourly rate£32.61£33.85
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.59£36.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region.

London ISPF Hourly Rate Trend

ISPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

15 (83.33 %)Mainframe
24 (66.67 %)DB2
24 (66.67 %)CICS
24 (66.67 %)Finance
24 (66.67 %)JCL
33 (50.00 %)Banking
33 (50.00 %)UNIX
42 (33.33 %)Windows
42 (33.33 %)COBOL
42 (33.33 %)IBM
42 (33.33 %)Shell Script
42 (33.33 %)TestDirector
42 (33.33 %)zOS
42 (33.33 %)Back Office
42 (33.33 %)General Ledger
42 (33.33 %)Performance Testing
42 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
42 (33.33 %)Reference Data
51 (16.67 %)IBM Mainframe
51 (16.67 %)Derivative
51 (16.67 %)DB2 UDB
51 (16.67 %)Risk Analysis
51 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
51 (16.67 %)Replication
51 (16.67 %)ChangeMan
51 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
51 (16.67 %)Data Security
51 (16.67 %)Management Information System
51 (16.67 %)MVS
51 (16.67 %)REXX

ISPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (66.67 %)CICS
21 (16.67 %)MQSeries
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (66.67 %)DB2
22 (33.33 %)Reference Data
31 (16.67 %)DB2 UDB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)TestDirector
21 (16.67 %)ChangeMan
21 (16.67 %)ERwin
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Finance
23 (50.00 %)Banking
32 (33.33 %)Back Office
32 (33.33 %)General Ledger
41 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)DB2 DBA
21 (16.67 %)Technical Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Senior DBA
21 (16.67 %)Test Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Consultant
21 (16.67 %)DBA
21 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Tester
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)Mainframe
21 (16.67 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (16.67 %)Derivative
21 (16.67 %)Replication
21 (16.67 %)Management Information System
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)zOS
31 (16.67 %)MVS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Performance Testing
12 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
21 (16.67 %)Risk Analysis
21 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
21 (16.67 %)Data Security
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)JCL
22 (33.33 %)COBOL
22 (33.33 %)Shell Script
31 (16.67 %)REXX
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)RACF
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)IBM
21 (16.67 %)BMC