The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 74 84 87
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 44 52 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.990% 1.722% 1.548%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.06% 9.336% 9.513%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 20
Average daily rate £350 £306 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +87.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Qualifications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
398 557 452
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.00% 18.44% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 267 160
Average daily rate £300 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £125 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £438 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 67 84
Average hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.24% +60.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £47.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire +26 21 £431 +46.18% 5
Bedfordshire +11 9 £325 +30.00% 4
Cambridgeshire +5 9 £350 -4.76% 7
Essex - 4 £313 -
Norfolk -1 1 £290 -57.03% 1
Suffolk - - - -
ISEB
England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 31 (32.29%) Test Scripting
2 27 (28.13%) QA
3 26 (27.08%) Finance
3 26 (27.08%) SQL
4 23 (23.96%) Software Testing
4 23 (23.96%) ISTQB
5 22 (22.92%) Change Management
6 21 (21.88%) PRINCE2
7 19 (19.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (18.75%) ITIL
8 18 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 18 (18.75%) Integration Testing
9 15 (15.63%) Service Management
9 15 (15.63%) MS Excel
9 15 (15.63%) Risk Management
10 14 (14.58%) Migration
10 14 (14.58%) Agile Software Development
10 14 (14.58%) Automated Testing
10 14 (14.58%) Degree
10 14 (14.58%) Java
10 14 (14.58%) Remedy
10 14 (14.58%) HP Quality Center
11 13 (13.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 13 (13.54%) Web Services
11 13 (13.54%) JIRA
12 12 (12.50%) Selenium
12 12 (12.50%) Business Analysis
12 12 (12.50%) Test Management
12 12 (12.50%) Test Automation
13 11 (11.46%) Scrum

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 13 (13.54%) Web Services
2 8 (8.333%) SOAP
3 7 (7.292%) XML
4 3 (3.125%) .NET
4 3 (3.125%) soapUI
5 2 (2.083%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.083%) HTML
6 1 (1.042%) Middleware
6 1 (1.042%) EDI
6 1 (1.042%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (7.292%) Confluence
2 4 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (15.63%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.167%) Mingle
3 2 (2.083%) MS Office
4 1 (1.042%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.042%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.042%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.042%) AWD
1 1 (1.042%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.042%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (1.042%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.167%) Internet
2 3 (3.125%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.042%) HTTP
3 1 (1.042%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.083%) Oracle ODI
2 2 (2.083%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (13.54%) JIRA
2 12 (12.50%) Selenium
3 6 (6.250%) WebDriver
4 5 (5.208%) Bugzilla
5 4 (4.167%) FogBugz
5 4 (4.167%) JBehave
5 4 (4.167%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (2.083%) MonkeyTalk
7 1 (1.042%) eCATT
General
1 26 (27.08%) Finance
2 6 (6.250%) Retail
3 2 (2.083%) Local Government
4 1 (1.042%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.042%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.042%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.042%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (44.79%) Analyst
2 25 (26.04%) Test Analyst
3 19 (19.79%) Test Manager
4 16 (16.67%) Project Manager
5 14 (14.58%) Business Analyst
6 10 (10.42%) Tester
6 10 (10.42%) QA Analyst
7 5 (5.208%) Systems Analyst
7 5 (5.208%) Test Leader
8 4 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.167%) Senior QA Analyst
9 3 (3.125%) Architect
9 3 (3.125%) Business Systems Analyst
9 3 (3.125%) Software Manager
9 3 (3.125%) Software Test Manager
9 3 (3.125%) QA Test Analyst
9 3 (3.125%) Test Engineer
9 3 (3.125%) Senior Tester
9 3 (3.125%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.125%) NHS Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.167%) IIBA
1 4 (4.167%) Client/Server
1 4 (4.167%) NHS
2 2 (2.083%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.083%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.083%) N-Tier
2 2 (2.083%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.042%) AS400
3 1 (1.042%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.042%) Data Conversion
3 1 (1.042%) FMCG
3 1 (1.042%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (1.042%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.29%) Test Scripting
2 23 (23.96%) Software Testing
3 22 (22.92%) Change Management
4 21 (21.88%) PRINCE2
5 19 (19.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 18 (18.75%) ITIL
6 18 (18.75%) Integration Testing
7 15 (15.63%) Service Management
7 15 (15.63%) Risk Management
8 14 (14.58%) Migration
8 14 (14.58%) Agile Software Development
8 14 (14.58%) Automated Testing
9 12 (12.50%) Business Analysis
9 12 (12.50%) Test Management
9 12 (12.50%) Test Automation
10 11 (11.46%) Scrum
11 10 (10.42%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (8.333%) Waterfall
12 8 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
12 8 (8.333%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.08%) SQL
2 14 (14.58%) Java
3 2 (2.083%) C#
4 1 (1.042%) C++
Qualifications
1 23 (23.96%) ISTQB
2 14 (14.58%) Degree
3 13 (13.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (5.208%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (2.083%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.083%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.083%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (28.13%) QA
2 3 (3.125%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.042%) HL7
Systems Management
1 14 (14.58%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.58%) Remedy
3 11 (11.46%) HP
4 7 (7.292%) Oracle
5 6 (6.250%) Capita
6 4 (4.167%) Civica
7 3 (3.125%) SAP
8 2 (2.083%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.042%) Sun
9 1 (1.042%) KANA
9 1 (1.042%) Twitter
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As will experience of working with the waterfall methodology. We are looking for you to be ISEB Certified and be a career BA with a wealth of project...
Hudson
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Luton
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I4 Rec
Rate: £300 - 330 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Luton
The role will provide effective management and control of multiple test activities that are being delivered in a complex programme of work, providing the Programme Manager with management...
I4 Rec
Rate: £250 - 400 per day + Pro Rata
Posted: 11 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Prince2 Practitioner qualification or equivalent. ISEB or APM qualified... Knowledge of initiation, change management, risk management, and the principles and practicalities of running projects. Proven experience of Microsoft...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 14 June 2013
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