The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Crawley 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 17 28 19
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -9
Contract jobs citing ISEB 12 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 7.273% 2.239% 4.795%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.86% 24.00% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
Average daily rate £323 £334 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.37% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £33.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Qualifications
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
28 25 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 16.97% 9.328% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 8 12
Average daily rate £325 £305 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.47% +5.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £140 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £363 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 8
Average hourly rate £29.75 £29.75 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.70 £26.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £33.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
West Sussex

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley 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 Crawley region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 7 (36.84%) PRINCE2
1 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Performance Improvement
2 6 (31.58%) Oracle
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) Automated Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Business Analysis
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
3 5 (26.32%) IIBA
3 5 (26.32%) Degree
3 5 (26.32%) Smart Meter
4 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (15.79%) HP
4 3 (15.79%) SAP
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Data Management
5 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
5 2 (10.53%) Test Management
5 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
5 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
5 2 (10.53%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Process Improvement
6 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Web Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Load Balancing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 1 (5.263%) SAP PI
1 1 (5.263%) Middleware
1 1 (5.263%) XML
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Selenium
1 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
1 1 (5.263%) TestPartner
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Banking
2 1 (5.263%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Analyst
2 9 (47.37%) Business Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Test Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Test Leader
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Performance Test Leader
6 1 (5.263%) Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Release Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) IIBA
1 5 (26.32%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
1 1 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) PRINCE2
1 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Performance Improvement
2 6 (31.58%) Automated Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Business Analysis
3 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Data Management
5 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Test Management
5 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
5 2 (10.53%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Process Improvement
6 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Web Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Load Balancing
6 1 (5.263%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) HP
2 3 (15.79%) SAP
3 1 (5.263%) IBM
Crawley, West Sussex
Essential Skills & Experience: At least 3 years’ experience in manual software testing... Excellent knowledge of software testing methodologies and best practice. Desirable: ISEB Foundation Certificate... Automated testing experience...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £300 to £340 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013