ISPF Contracts in England

IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISPF over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 636 756
Rank change year-on-year +125 +120 -140
Contract jobs citing ISPF 43 9 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.018% 0.031%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.57% 0.080% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 2 5
10th Percentile £395 - £438
25th Percentile - £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £525
90th Percentile - - £600
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £535
% change year-on-year -3.16% -11.21% +1.90%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

ISPF is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,500 11,317 19,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.36% 23.04% 26.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,333 8,373 14,279
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.88% +13.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 138 205
10th Percentile £22.27 £28.73 £22.20
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +9.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.34
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

ISPF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISPF in England

ISPF
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISPF in England.

Daily rate trend for ISPF in England

ISPF
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISPF in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISPF in England

ISPF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISPF in England.

Hourly rate trend for ISPF in England

ISPF
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISPF within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +63 36 £430 -9.47%
Yorkshire +61 36 £430 -9.47%
London +100 5 £670 - 1
ISPF
UK

ISPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (48.84%) SAS
2 4 (9.30%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) DB2
General
1 33 (76.74%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (48.84%) Programmer
2 20 (46.51%) Systems Programmer
2 20 (46.51%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 5 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (11.63%) z/OS Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Hardware Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) Mainframe Developer
4 4 (9.30%) z/OS Specialist
5 3 (6.98%) Backend Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Consultant
6 2 (4.65%) Hardware Specialist
6 2 (4.65%) Senior
6 2 (4.65%) Senior Backend Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Senior Mainframe Developer
7 1 (2.33%) AWS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (97.67%) Mainframe
2 13 (30.23%) LPAR
3 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (76.74%) Risk Management
2 22 (51.16%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (9.30%) Change Data Capture
3 4 (9.30%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.33%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.33%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.33%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (93.02%) JCL
2 32 (74.42%) REXX
3 17 (39.53%) Assembly Language
4 11 (25.58%) CLIST
5 4 (9.30%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 39 (90.70%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (34.88%) ACF2
2 15 (34.88%) RACF
3 13 (30.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 13 (30.23%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 21 (48.84%) OMEGAMON
2 4 (9.30%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) IBM
2 21 (48.84%) Broadcom
3 19 (44.19%) Splunk
4 5 (11.63%) CA
5 1 (2.33%) Dell
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft