The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 17 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 Bristol 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 35 41 34
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs citing ISEB 15 20 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 2.809% 2.353% 2.326%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.93% 12.27% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 7
Average daily rate £306 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.08% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £281 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £350 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -18.18%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 163 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.72% 19.18% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 92 59
Average daily rate £355 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.93% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £221 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £17.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% -53.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £11.00 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol ISEB Daily Rate Histogram

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 26 (60.47%) Finance
2 15 (34.88%) User Acceptance Testing
3 14 (32.56%) ISTQB
3 14 (32.56%) SQL
4 13 (30.23%) SAP
5 11 (25.58%) Mainframe
5 11 (25.58%) Banking
6 10 (23.26%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (20.93%) CRM
7 9 (20.93%) Business Analysis
7 9 (20.93%) Change Management
8 8 (18.60%) Test Management
9 7 (16.28%) QA
9 7 (16.28%) Project Management
9 7 (16.28%) SAS
9 7 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (13.95%) Business Objects
10 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (13.95%) Retail
10 6 (13.95%) Retail Banking
10 6 (13.95%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (13.95%) Test Strategy
11 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
11 5 (11.63%) Degree
11 5 (11.63%) Test Scripting
11 5 (11.63%) System Testing
12 4 (9.302%) Workflow
12 4 (9.302%) Data Governance
12 4 (9.302%) ISEB Practitioner
12 4 (9.302%) Information Management

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (6.977%) Middleware
2 1 (2.326%) MDX
2 1 (2.326%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (16.28%) SAS
2 2 (4.651%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (4.651%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.651%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.326%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Agresso
1 1 (2.326%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.326%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.326%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Selenium
1 2 (4.651%) WebDriver
2 1 (2.326%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.326%) FitNesse
2 1 (2.326%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.326%) WATIR
General
1 26 (60.47%) Finance
2 11 (25.58%) Banking
3 6 (13.95%) Retail
3 6 (13.95%) Retail Banking
4 3 (6.977%) Marketing
4 3 (6.977%) Local Government
5 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.326%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.326%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 25 (58.14%) Analyst
2 14 (32.56%) Business Analyst
2 14 (32.56%) Test Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Tester
4 5 (11.63%) SAP Test Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (9.302%) Test Leader
5 4 (9.302%) Test Manager
5 4 (9.302%) Software Tester
6 3 (6.977%) Banking Business Analyst
6 3 (6.977%) Architect
6 3 (6.977%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.977%) Business Test Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) SAP Tester
7 2 (4.651%) Financial Services Business Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Financial Business Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Business Manager
8 1 (2.326%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (2.326%) Software Test Analyst
8 1 (2.326%) SAP Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Mainframe
2 3 (6.977%) Data Integration
3 2 (4.651%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.326%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.326%) SaaS
4 1 (2.326%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.651%) Windows
1 2 (4.651%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (20.93%) Business Analysis
2 9 (20.93%) CRM
2 9 (20.93%) Change Management
3 8 (18.60%) Test Management
4 7 (16.28%) Project Management
4 7 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (13.95%) Test Strategy
6 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
6 5 (11.63%) Test Scripting
6 5 (11.63%) System Testing
7 4 (9.302%) Workflow
7 4 (9.302%) Information Management
7 4 (9.302%) BPR
7 4 (9.302%) Data Governance
8 3 (6.977%) Financial Modelling
8 3 (6.977%) SOA
8 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2
8 3 (6.977%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.326%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (32.56%) ISTQB
2 5 (11.63%) Degree
3 4 (9.302%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.326%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.326%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (4.651%) Unicenter
2 2 (4.651%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (30.23%) SAP
2 6 (13.95%) Business Objects
3 3 (6.977%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.977%) HP
4 2 (4.651%) CA
5 1 (2.326%) Casewise
5 1 (2.326%) Oracle