The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 Chester 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 23 21 22
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Contract jobs citing ISEB 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.730% 0.870% 0.625%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.326% 10.00% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £275
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
43 10 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 31.39% 8.696% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 3
Average daily rate £400 £250 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -11.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £359 £332
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £44.90 - £12.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISEB
Cheshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Implementation Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center