ISPF Contracts with Work from Home Options

IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 472 615
Rank change year-on-year +154 +143 -152
Contract jobs citing ISPF 27 5 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.019% 0.038%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.74% 0.077% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 0 8
10th Percentile - - £439
25th Percentile £430 - £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £503
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.63%
75th Percentile £588 - £566
90th Percentile - - £569
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £535
% change year-on-year -3.16% -11.21% +1.90%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and 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 3,665 6,516 13,243
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.88% 25.20% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,555 4,857 9,782
10th Percentile £331 £395 £396
25th Percentile £428 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.46% +13.02%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £775 £753 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 80 120
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £42.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.02% +29.08% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

ISPF
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISPF trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISPF
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISPF.

ISPF daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISPF
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISPF over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

ISPF daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (44.44%) SAS
2 1 (3.70%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) DB2
General
1 19 (70.37%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Programmer
1 11 (40.74%) Systems Programmer
1 11 (40.74%) z/OS Systems Programmer
2 8 (29.63%) z/OS Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) z/OS Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Backend Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Hardware Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Mainframe Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Backend Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Mainframe Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 7 (25.93%) LPAR
3 5 (18.52%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Risk Management
2 12 (44.44%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (18.52%) Workflow
4 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.70%) Change Data Capture
5 1 (3.70%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (96.30%) JCL
2 24 (88.89%) REXX
3 12 (44.44%) Assembly Language
4 10 (37.04%) CLIST
5 1 (3.70%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 26 (96.30%) Time Sharing Option
2 9 (33.33%) ACF2
2 9 (33.33%) RACF
3 7 (25.93%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 7 (25.93%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 12 (44.44%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (3.70%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) IBM
2 14 (51.85%) Broadcom
3 9 (33.33%) Splunk
4 5 (18.52%) BMC
4 5 (18.52%) CA