The first table below looks at the demand for ISPF skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISPF over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
Rank 524 576 563
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -13
Contract jobs citing ISPF 10 10 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.017% 0.038%
As % of the Application Development category 0.078% 0.066% 0.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 9
Average daily rate £425 £315 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.92% +13.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £315 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £315 £450
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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12831 15156 16571
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.23% 25.57% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8032 8869 9678
Average daily rate £375 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 395 571
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

ISPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK.

ISPF Hourly Rate Trend

ISPF
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISPF within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +54 6 £413 +30.95%
London - 5 £413 -
Scotland - 2 - -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Bromley - 2 £413 -
North West - 1 - -
City of London - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

ISPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 34 (85.00%) JCL
2 32 (80.00%) REXX
3 28 (70.00%) Mainframe
4 26 (65.00%) IBM
5 19 (47.50%) Finance
6 18 (45.00%) SAS
7 16 (40.00%) zOS
7 16 (40.00%) CA
8 13 (32.50%) ChangeMan
8 13 (32.50%) CA Endevor
9 10 (25.00%) WebSphere
10 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
10 9 (22.50%) DB2
10 9 (22.50%) WebSphere Application Server
11 8 (20.00%) SQL
12 7 (17.50%) SSL
12 7 (17.50%) Problem Management
12 7 (17.50%) DataPower
13 6 (15.00%) Banking
13 6 (15.00%) MS PowerPoint
13 6 (15.00%) MS Office
13 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
13 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
14 5 (12.50%) Linux
15 4 (10.00%) CICS
16 3 (7.500%) RACF
16 3 (7.500%) ITIL
16 3 (7.500%) IBM Mainframe
17 2 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
17 2 (5.000%) OMEGAMON

ISPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 10 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (5.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 18 (45.00%) SAS
2 9 (22.50%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (10.00%) CICS
4 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 6 (15.00%) MS Office
1 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
2 7 (17.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) DB2
2 2 (5.000%) MS Access
3 1 (2.500%) Adabas
3 1 (2.500%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.500%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 13 (32.50%) ChangeMan
General
1 19 (47.50%) Finance
2 6 (15.00%) Banking
3 2 (5.000%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.500%) Wholesale Banking
4 1 (2.500%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Analyst
2 9 (22.50%) Consultant
3 7 (17.50%) WebSphere Consultant
3 7 (17.50%) Applications Consultant
3 7 (17.50%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.500%) Administrator
5 2 (5.000%) WebSphere Application Server Administrator
5 2 (5.000%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (5.000%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.000%) Programmer
5 2 (5.000%) Systems Programmer
5 2 (5.000%) DB2 DBA
5 2 (5.000%) Server Administrator
5 2 (5.000%) WebSphere Administrator
5 2 (5.000%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.000%) DBA
6 1 (2.500%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (2.500%) Systems Support
6 1 (2.500%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.500%) Technical Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 28 (70.00%) Mainframe
2 7 (17.50%) DataPower
3 3 (7.500%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (2.500%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.500%) VSAM
4 1 (2.500%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (40.00%) zOS
2 5 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (2.500%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.50%) Problem Management
2 3 (7.500%) ITIL
3 2 (5.000%) Change Management
3 2 (5.000%) Validation
3 2 (5.000%) Project Management
4 1 (2.500%) Six Sigma
4 1 (2.500%) DMAIC
4 1 (2.500%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.500%) Release Management
4 1 (2.500%) Test Scripting
4 1 (2.500%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (85.00%) JCL
2 32 (80.00%) REXX
3 8 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (5.000%) VBA
4 2 (5.000%) COBOL
5 1 (2.500%) NATURAL
5 1 (2.500%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 1 (2.500%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (7.500%) RACF
Systems Management
1 13 (32.50%) CA Endevor
2 2 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (5.000%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) IBM
2 16 (40.00%) CA
3 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.000%) Oracle
5 1 (2.500%) Software AG
5 1 (2.500%) Cincom