Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the Chester region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank20-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.000 %
As % of the category below42.31 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£252-
Average daily rate£252-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£252-
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£326
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00-
Average hourly rate£28.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.26£36.20
% change on same period last year-8.10 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads2610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.011 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£258£283
Average daily rate£258£283
% change on same period last year-8.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£258£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£327
% change on same period last year+1.08 %
Hourly rates quoted90
Average minimum hourly rate£24.72-
Average hourly rate£25.72-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.72-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£25.15
% change on same period last year+2.18 %
ISEB CheshireISEB
Cheshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Chester ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISEB across the Chester region.

Chester ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the Chester region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Chester ISEB Daily Rate Histogram

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

115 (83.33 %)Finance
28 (44.44 %)Banking
28 (44.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
37 (38.89 %)Test Scripting
44 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
44 (22.22 %)Incident Management
53 (16.67 %)Retail Banking
53 (16.67 %)Time Management
53 (16.67 %)COBOL
53 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
53 (16.67 %)Project Management
53 (16.67 %)Mainframe
53 (16.67 %)Retail
62 (11.11 %)Java
62 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
62 (11.11 %)MS Visio
62 (11.11 %)VMS
62 (11.11 %)HP
62 (11.11 %)TestDirector
62 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (11.11 %)Internet
62 (11.11 %)Software Testing
62 (11.11 %)Internet Marketing
62 (11.11 %)Financial Institution
62 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
62 (11.11 %)Marketing
62 (11.11 %)Manual Testing
71 (5.556 %)Spanish Language
71 (5.556 %)International Banking
71 (5.556 %)Online Banking

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.556 %)J2EE
11 (5.556 %)Middleware
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.556 %)CICS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (11.11 %)MS Visio
21 (5.556 %)MS Office
21 (5.556 %)MS Excel
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.11 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.556 %)DB2
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.11 %)TestDirector
12 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (83.33 %)Finance
28 (44.44 %)Banking
33 (16.67 %)Retail
33 (16.67 %)Retail Banking
42 (11.11 %)Financial Institution
42 (11.11 %)Marketing
51 (5.556 %)Government
51 (5.556 %)International Banking
51 (5.556 %)Online Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (27.78 %)Tester
15 (27.78 %)Analyst
24 (22.22 %)Test Analyst
33 (16.67 %)Test Manager
33 (16.67 %)Test Coordinator
33 (16.67 %)Coordinator
41 (5.556 %)Senior Tester
41 (5.556 %)Risk Manager
41 (5.556 %)Business Manager
41 (5.556 %)UAT Tester
41 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (16.67 %)Mainframe
21 (5.556 %)Spanish Language
21 (5.556 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (5.556 %)N-Tier
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.11 %)VMS
21 (5.556 %)UNIX
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (44.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
27 (38.89 %)Test Scripting
34 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
34 (22.22 %)Incident Management
43 (16.67 %)Project Management
43 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
43 (16.67 %)Time Management
52 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
52 (11.11 %)Manual Testing
52 (11.11 %)Internet Marketing
52 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
52 (11.11 %)Software Testing
61 (5.556 %)Risk Management
61 (5.556 %)Web Testing
61 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (16.67 %)COBOL
22 (11.11 %)Java
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (11.11 %)HP
21 (5.556 %)TIBCO
21 (5.556 %)IBM