The first table below looks at the demand for ISPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISPF over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Rank 380 403 442
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +39
Contract jobs citing ISPF 4 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.026% 0.003%
As % of the Application Development category 0.057% 0.091% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
Average daily rate £413 £335 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.13% -25.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £443 £265
% change year-on-year
- +66.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.50 -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6974 7680 9585
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 30.58% 28.89% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5047 5216 6511
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 104 116
Average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +46.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £19.52 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £67.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
ISPF
England

ISPF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISPF across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London ISPF Jobs Demand Trend

ISPF
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 19 June 2013, 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.

1 14 (93.33%) REXX
2 12 (80.00%) Mainframe
2 12 (80.00%) IBM
3 11 (73.33%) JCL
4 8 (53.33%) Finance
5 7 (46.67%) SAS
6 6 (40.00%) SQL
6 6 (40.00%) zOS
7 5 (33.33%) DB2
7 5 (33.33%) ChangeMan
8 4 (26.67%) WebSphere
8 4 (26.67%) CA Endevor
8 4 (26.67%) Problem Management
8 4 (26.67%) DataPower
8 4 (26.67%) CA
8 4 (26.67%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
8 4 (26.67%) SSL
9 3 (20.00%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (20.00%) Banking
10 2 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
10 2 (13.33%) RACF
10 2 (13.33%) CICS
10 2 (13.33%) Change Management
10 2 (13.33%) MS Access
10 2 (13.33%) VBA
10 2 (13.33%) ITIL
11 1 (6.667%) Windows
11 1 (6.667%) Linux
11 1 (6.667%) MS Excel

ISPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (26.67%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) SAS
2 4 (26.67%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (13.33%) CICS
4 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (26.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) DB2
2 2 (13.33%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) ChangeMan
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) WebSphere Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Applications Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Support Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
5 1 (6.667%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Mainframe Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (6.667%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Systems Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Technical Support Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Release Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (80.00%) Mainframe
2 4 (26.67%) DataPower
3 3 (20.00%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (6.667%) Client/Server
4 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) zOS
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (13.33%) Change Management
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
3 1 (6.667%) Project Management
3 1 (6.667%) System Testing
3 1 (6.667%) Release Management
3 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.667%) DMAIC
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) REXX
2 11 (73.33%) JCL
3 6 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) VBA
5 1 (6.667%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) IBM
2 4 (26.67%) CA
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
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