The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 24 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 Brighton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 21 29 21
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Contract jobs citing ISEB 7 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 4.730% 2.344% 1.460%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.00% 25.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £525 £400 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% +45.45%
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 £25.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+35.13% -32.72%
All Qualifications
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
20 24 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 13.51% 9.375% 8.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 5
Average daily rate £451 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.62% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £318 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £23.00 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.39% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
East Sussex

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Business Analysis
3 6 (40.00%) MS Project
3 6 (40.00%) MS Office
3 6 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 6 (40.00%) MS Visio
3 6 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 6 (40.00%) Data Quality
4 5 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 5 (33.33%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (20.00%) Cucumber
6 3 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (20.00%) Sitecore
6 3 (20.00%) User Stories
6 3 (20.00%) Data Integration
6 3 (20.00%) Web Services
6 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (20.00%) Workflow
6 3 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
6 3 (20.00%) Content Management
6 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (20.00%) FitNesse
7 2 (13.33%) Banking
7 2 (13.33%) SilkPerformer
7 2 (13.33%) Oracle
7 2 (13.33%) LoadRunner
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
7 2 (13.33%) HP

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 3 (20.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) MS Project
1 6 (40.00%) MS Office
1 6 (40.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (40.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (20.00%) FitNesse
2 2 (13.33%) SilkPerformer
2 2 (13.33%) LoadRunner
2 2 (13.33%) Rational Performance Tester
2 2 (13.33%) Selenium
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Test Leader
4 3 (20.00%) Tester
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Test Team Leader
5 1 (6.667%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (6.667%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Business Analysis
2 6 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 5 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) User Stories
4 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (20.00%) Workflow
4 3 (20.00%) Content Management
4 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (13.33%) System Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Load Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Stress Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Test Management
6 1 (6.667%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Sitecore
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) HP
3 1 (6.667%) Empirix
3 1 (6.667%) IBM