The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 24 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 2.113% 0.781% -
As % of the Qualifications category 15.00% 8.696% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £303 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +90.90%
All Qualifications
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
20 23 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 14.08% 8.984% 9.231%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 6
Average daily rate £451 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.62% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £329 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ISTQB
East Sussex

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Brighton ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Brighton region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Brighton ISTQB Daily Rate Histogram

ISTQB
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) Games
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) Online Games
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Music
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Games

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Music
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Online Games
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA