ISPF Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring ISPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISPF 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.033% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £375 £400 £430
% change year-on-year -6.25% -6.98% -9.47%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 555 234 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.48% 17.38% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 159 190
10th Percentile £359 £381 £312
25th Percentile £425 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £611
90th Percentile £650 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £21.97 - £29.60
25th Percentile £41.86 £26.25 £39.92
Median hourly rate £58.00 £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.91% -31.25% -
75th Percentile £77.38 £28.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £77.50 - £56.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

ISPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

ISPF job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

ISPF
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISPF

ISPF
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISPF

ISPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SAS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk