ISPF Contracts in the North of England

IBM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 216 239
Rank change year-on-year +67 +23 -55
Contract jobs citing ISPF 36 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.78% 0.036% 0.042%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.96% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 2 1
10th Percentile £404 - -
25th Percentile - £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £390
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +21.79% +11.43%
75th Percentile £588 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £430 £475 £481
% change year-on-year -9.47% -1.30% +20.31%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of 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 the North of 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 910 1,087 1,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 19.63% 19.40% 22.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 846 1,219
10th Percentile £363 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £438 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £560 £570
% change year-on-year -1.79% -1.75% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 9 38
10th Percentile £14.56 £37.79 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £48.50 £31.50
Median hourly rate £46.18 £62.50 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.11% +10.62% +88.33%
75th Percentile £69.44 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.00 £78.55
England median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +8.70%

ISPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for ISPF in the North of England

ISPF
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for ISPF in the North of England

ISPF
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISPF in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISPF in the North of England

ISPF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for ISPF in the North of England

ISPF
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Yorkshire +49 36 £430 -9.47%
ISPF
England

ISPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 20 (55.56%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.00%) DWDM
General
1 31 (86.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Programmer
2 20 (55.56%) Systems Programmer
2 20 (55.56%) z/OS Systems Programmer
3 5 (13.89%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) z/OS Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Hardware Specialist
7 1 (2.78%) z/OS Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 36 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 13 (36.11%) LPAR
3 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (86.11%) Risk Management
2 21 (58.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.78%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) JCL
2 30 (83.33%) REXX
3 16 (44.44%) Assembly Language
4 10 (27.78%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 36 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (41.67%) ACF2
2 15 (41.67%) RACF
3 13 (36.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 13 (36.11%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 20 (55.56%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) IBM
2 20 (55.56%) Broadcom
3 19 (52.78%) Splunk
4 3 (8.33%) CA