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This section looks at the demand for IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) skills within the Scotland 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank99121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.206 %0.871 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£313
Average daily rate-£331
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£345
% change on same period last year-27.53 %
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£16.50£26.00
% change on same period last year-36.53 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads485804
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.646 %0.813 %
Daily rates quoted96144
Average minimum daily rate£289£323
Average daily rate£310£337
% change on same period last year-7.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1322
Average minimum hourly rate£27.36£24.92
Average hourly rate£30.20£27.47
% change on same period last year+9.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.04£30.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
ISPF UKISPF
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland ISPF Hourly Rate Trend

ISPF
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISPF within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+41--
ISPF UKISPF
UK

ISPF
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

12 (100.00 %)IBM
12 (100.00 %)JCL
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)Change Management
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (50.00 %)IMS/DB
21 (50.00 %)QA
21 (50.00 %)Problem Management
21 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)BMC
21 (50.00 %)OS/390
21 (50.00 %)MVS
21 (50.00 %)COBOL
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)DB2
21 (50.00 %)UNIX

ISPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)DB2
11 (50.00 %)IMS/DB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Retail
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)DBA
11 (50.00 %)Team Leader
11 (50.00 %)DB2 DBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)OS/390
11 (50.00 %)MVS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Problem Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)JCL
21 (50.00 %)COBOL
21 (50.00 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)IBM
21 (50.00 %)BMC
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