The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 23 26 13
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -13
Contract jobs citing ISEB 10 8 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 4.717% 2.941% 10.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.41% 13.56% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 20
Average daily rate £365 £413 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.51% +11.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £350 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £466 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+35.13% -32.72%
All Qualifications
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
49 59 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 23.11% 21.69% 24.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 32 32
Average daily rate £215 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.25% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £250 £184
10% offered a daily rate of more than £417 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 5
Average hourly rate £38.75 £27.50 £41.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.90% -33.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £24.35 £40.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.00 £128.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +5 10 £365 -11.51%
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 11 (61.11%) Finance
2 10 (55.56%) Software Testing
2 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle
3 9 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 8 (44.44%) Degree
5 7 (38.89%) JIRA
5 7 (38.89%) ISTQB
5 7 (38.89%) Time Management
5 7 (38.89%) Retail
5 7 (38.89%) JMeter
5 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
6 6 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
7 5 (27.78%) Banking
8 4 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (22.22%) Linux
8 4 (22.22%) UNIX
8 4 (22.22%) SWIFT
8 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (16.67%) HP SiteScope
9 3 (16.67%) Fiserv
9 3 (16.67%) Windows
9 3 (16.67%) Solaris
9 3 (16.67%) ODBC
9 3 (16.67%) ITIL
9 3 (16.67%) HTTP
9 3 (16.67%) TOAD
9 3 (16.67%) HTTPS
9 3 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 (16.67%) ODBC
1 3 (16.67%) JDBC
1 3 (16.67%) Middleware
2 1 (5.556%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Lawson
2 1 (5.556%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) HTTP
1 3 (16.67%) HTTPS
2 2 (11.11%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) JIRA
1 7 (38.89%) JMeter
2 3 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (16.67%) LoadRunner
2 3 (16.67%) Introscope
3 2 (11.11%) JProbe
3 2 (11.11%) JProfiler
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Retail
3 5 (27.78%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Business Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Test Leader
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Systems Support
4 3 (16.67%) Applications Support
5 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) QA Leader
6 1 (5.556%) QA Manager
6 1 (5.556%) Insurance Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) SWIFT
1 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.556%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
1 4 (22.22%) UNIX
2 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Software Testing
2 9 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 7 (38.89%) Time Management
4 6 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
6 3 (16.67%) Project Management
6 3 (16.67%) Test Management
6 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
7 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) Change Management
7 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
7 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
8 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
8 1 (5.556%) System Testing
8 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
8 1 (5.556%) Integration Testing
8 1 (5.556%) Web Testing
8 1 (5.556%) Validation
8 1 (5.556%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) Java
3 2 (11.11%) Shell Script
3 2 (11.11%) VB
3 2 (11.11%) C
3 2 (11.11%) C++
4 1 (5.556%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
2 7 (38.89%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (16.67%) HP SiteScope
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Oracle
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) Fiserv
3 3 (16.67%) HP
3 3 (16.67%) Kronos
4 1 (5.556%) Temenos
4 1 (5.556%) webMethods
Bournemouth, Dorset
A highly skilled, ideally ISEB certified, Senior Business Analyst with strong leadership skills as well as a track record of delivering significant business benefit, through your application of...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £450 per day depending upon experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth
The skills and experience you'll bring A highly skilled, ideally ISEB certified, Senior Business Analyst with strong leadership skills as well as a track record of delivering...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £450 per day depending upon experience
Posted: 25 May 2013