The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 23 33 30
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 9 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 4.592% 0.752% 4.297%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.14% 4.000% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 5
Average daily rate £325 £250 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £250 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £250 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £353
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £20.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+8.43% -30.83%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
28 50 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.29% 18.80% 19.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 27 19
Average daily rate £380 £335 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.43% +8.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £240 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +32.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
East of England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedfordshire ISEB Jobs Demand Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISEB across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Bedfordshire ISEB Daily Rate Histogram

ISEB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton +1 6 £325 +30.00% 3
Bedford - - - - 1
ISEB
East of England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing ISEB also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISEB.

1 9 (39.13%) QA
2 8 (34.78%) Test Management
3 7 (30.43%) ISTQB
3 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (21.74%) Test Scripting
5 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
5 5 (21.74%) Web Services
6 4 (17.39%) SQL
6 4 (17.39%) Oracle
6 4 (17.39%) Client/Server
6 4 (17.39%) Bugzilla
6 4 (17.39%) Degree
6 4 (17.39%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (17.39%) FogBugz
7 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
7 3 (13.04%) CRM
7 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (13.04%) ETL
8 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
8 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
8 2 (8.696%) .NET
8 2 (8.696%) XML
8 2 (8.696%) ITIL
8 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
8 2 (8.696%) N-Tier
8 2 (8.696%) SOA
8 2 (8.696%) Internet
8 2 (8.696%) Project Management
8 2 (8.696%) Service Management

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing ISEB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISEB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (21.74%) Web Services
2 2 (8.696%) XML
2 2 (8.696%) .NET
2 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.348%) EDI
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Bugzilla
1 4 (17.39%) FogBugz
2 1 (4.348%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (4.348%) eCATT
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
1 2 (8.696%) Local Government
2 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Analyst
1 10 (43.48%) Test Manager
2 6 (26.09%) Business Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Test Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Tester
4 2 (8.696%) Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.696%) QA Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) E-Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Business Test Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) SAP Manager
5 1 (4.348%) SAP Test Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.348%) Testing Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.696%) N-Tier
2 2 (8.696%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Test Management
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (21.74%) Test Scripting
4 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.04%) CRM
6 3 (13.04%) ETL
7 2 (8.696%) Project Management
7 2 (8.696%) Service Management
7 2 (8.696%) Change Management
7 2 (8.696%) ITIL
7 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
7 2 (8.696%) AOP
7 2 (8.696%) Supplier Management
7 2 (8.696%) Software Testing
7 2 (8.696%) Refactoring
7 2 (8.696%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (8.696%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) ISTQB
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
3 2 (8.696%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) HP
3 1 (4.348%) KANA
3 1 (4.348%) SAP
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