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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) skills within the Milton Keynes 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-55
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads09
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.000 %6.429 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£430
Average daily rate-£443
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£455
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-
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads64140
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.143 %
Daily rates quoted1840
Average minimum daily rate£312£291
Average daily rate£326£314
% change on same period last year+3.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.96 %
Hourly rates quoted718
Average minimum hourly rate£32.27£25.94
Average hourly rate£37.27£26.94
% change on same period last year+38.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.27£27.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.88£32.08
% change on same period last year-3.74 %
ISPF BuckinghamshireISPF
Buckinghamshire

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes ISPF Daily Rate Trend

ISPF
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)DB2
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)BMC
11 (100.00 %)REXX
11 (100.00 %)MAINVIEW
11 (100.00 %)JCL
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe

ISPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)DB2
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)DBA
11 (100.00 %)DB2 DBA
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Disaster Recovery
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)REXX
11 (100.00 %)JCL
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)MAINVIEW
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)BMC