ISPF Contract Job Trends in London

IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring ISPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 343 377
Rank change year-on-year -57 +34 +119
Contract jobs citing ISPF 5 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.029% 0.047% 0.028%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £464 £336 -
25th Percentile £465 £353 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £393 £670
Median % change year-on-year +22.29% -41.42% +41.05%
75th Percentile £501 £425 -
90th Percentile - £443 -
England median daily rate £367 £400 £430
% change year-on-year -8.38% -6.98% -9.47%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

ISPF falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,209 3,301 4,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.61% 26.03% 24.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,858 2,307 3,340
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £662 £713 £699
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 23
10th Percentile £24.95 £34.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £39.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £44.50 £55.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +45.46% -41.30%
75th Percentile £59.99 £65.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.75 £69.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

ISPF
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISPF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

ISPF job vacancy trend in London

ISPF
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISPF

ISPF
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISPF

ISPF
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISPF within the London region over the 6 months to 4 April 2026. 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
Central London -15 1 £480 +32.41%
ISPF
England

ISPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SAS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) zOS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JCL
1 5 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) BMC
3 2 (40.00%) Broadcom
4 1 (20.00%) CyberArk