The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 72 65 59
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -6
Contract jobs citing ISEB 12 21 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.952% 1.538% 1.170%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.059% 10.14% 6.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 10
Average daily rate £310 £454 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.68% +51.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £324 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -18.18%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
170 207 240
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 13.48% 15.16% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 88 85
Average daily rate £345 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £205 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 35 26
Average hourly rate £14.50 £13.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -34.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £56.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicestershire - 5 - -
Northamptonshire +7 4 £328 -27.82%
Derbyshire +15 1 £140 -
Nottinghamshire -5 1 - -
ISEB
England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 10 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (31.82%) Windows
3 6 (27.27%) SQL
3 6 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 5 (22.73%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (22.73%) UNIX
4 5 (22.73%) Linux
4 5 (22.73%) ISO 9001
4 5 (22.73%) TickIT
4 5 (22.73%) Logistics
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 4 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (18.18%) Retail
5 4 (18.18%) Degree
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 4 (18.18%) Test Scripting
6 3 (13.64%) HP
6 3 (13.64%) Configuration Management
6 3 (13.64%) Oracle
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Finance
6 3 (13.64%) Automated Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Banking
7 2 (9.091%) TDD
7 2 (9.091%) Scrum
7 2 (9.091%) MS Office
7 2 (9.091%) XML
7 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (9.091%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.545%) DTS
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (9.091%) JIRA
2 2 (9.091%) Selenium
3 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (18.18%) Retail
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Banking
3 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.545%) French Language
4 1 (4.545%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Tester
2 6 (27.27%) Test Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Test Leader
3 5 (22.73%) Test Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) UAT Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) UAT Test Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) UAT Tester
5 3 (13.64%) Test Manager
6 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Project Manager
6 2 (9.091%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Lead Test Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Systems Tester
6 2 (9.091%) Lead Tester
7 1 (4.545%) Agile Tester
7 1 (4.545%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Systems Test Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Senior Test Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.545%) FMCG
2 1 (4.545%) Smart Meter
2 1 (4.545%) Social Media
2 1 (4.545%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.545%) PMI
2 1 (4.545%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.545%) SCADA
2 1 (4.545%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
2 5 (22.73%) UNIX
3 1 (4.545%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Logistics
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Automated Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Configuration Management
6 2 (9.091%) Project Management
6 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 2 (9.091%) TDD
6 2 (9.091%) Scrum
6 2 (9.091%) Manual Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Integration Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Data Migration
6 2 (9.091%) Waterfall
6 2 (9.091%) Functional Testing
7 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (4.545%) Automation Testing
7 1 (4.545%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.091%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.545%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.545%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO 9001
1 5 (22.73%) TickIT
2 2 (9.091%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.545%) Control-M
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) HP
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle
3 2 (9.091%) hybris
4 1 (4.545%) SAP
4 1 (4.545%) BancTec
4 1 (4.545%) LANDesk
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Posted: 17 May 2013