The first table below looks at the demand for ISPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISPF over the 3 months to 24 May 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 South West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ISPF 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £315 £265
% change year-on-year
+34.92% +18.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
481 769 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.85% 23.77% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 460 301
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -25.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ISPF
England

ISPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West ISPF Hourly Rate Trend

ISPF
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) REXX
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
1 2 (100.00%) JCL
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) DataPower

ISPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) REXX
1 2 (100.00%) JCL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM