The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham 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 39 47 40
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Contract jobs citing ISEB 8 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.653% 1.094% 1.163%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.13% 7.071% 7.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 4
Average daily rate £350 £315 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £219 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £340 £344
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
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
79 99 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 16.32% 15.47% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 58 44
Average daily rate £350 £305 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% +19.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £140
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
Average hourly rate £32.50 £17.50 £12.80
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+85.71% +36.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.25 £9.43
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £17.50 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 6 (42.86%) ISTQB
1 6 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) IBM
3 4 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Retail
3 4 (28.57%) Time Management
3 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) Cash Management
3 4 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
4 3 (21.43%) Financial Institution
4 3 (21.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (7.143%) User Stories
6 1 (7.143%) APMP
6 1 (7.143%) Maximo
6 1 (7.143%) Test Management
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.143%) Windows 7

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 1 (7.143%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Maximo
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
1 4 (28.57%) Retail
1 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Business Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Junior Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Junior
4 1 (7.143%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Time Management
3 4 (28.57%) Cash Management
4 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.143%) UML
6 1 (7.143%) CRM
6 1 (7.143%) BPR
6 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
6 1 (7.143%) CAFM
6 1 (7.143%) Matrix Management
6 1 (7.143%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) APMP
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) IBM
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Our client is looking for a Test Analyst to work within The Transactional Banking Transformation Programme who are looking to deliver Trade Simplification.
Sanderson
Posted: 17 June 2013