The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Bournemouth 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 16 18 7
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -11
Contract jobs citing ISEB 9 7 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 7.563% 4.605% 16.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.62% 23.33% 68.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 16
Average daily rate £365 £413 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.51% +13.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £350 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £466 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+48.64% -32.72%
All Qualifications
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
26 30 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 21.85% 19.74% 23.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 21
Average daily rate £215 £400 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.25% +17.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £225 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
Dorset

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (30.00%) SWIFT
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) UNIX
5 2 (20.00%) Windows
5 2 (20.00%) Solaris
5 2 (20.00%) ODBC
5 2 (20.00%) HTTP
5 2 (20.00%) TOAD
5 2 (20.00%) HTTPS
5 2 (20.00%) Java
5 2 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (20.00%) Oracle
5 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
5 2 (20.00%) JDBC
5 2 (20.00%) Middleware
5 2 (20.00%) HP
5 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (20.00%) LoadRunner
5 2 (20.00%) Introscope
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) Test Management
5 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (20.00%) HP SiteScope
5 2 (20.00%) QA

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 2 (20.00%) ODBC
1 2 (20.00%) JDBC
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
1 2 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (10.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (20.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (20.00%) Introscope
2 1 (10.00%) JProfiler
2 1 (10.00%) JProbe
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Analyst
2 7 (70.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) QA Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Test Management
3 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Web Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (10.00%) System Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (10.00%) VB
2 1 (10.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (20.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) webMethods
2 1 (10.00%) Temenos