The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 40 51 43
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Contract jobs citing ISEB 15 7 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.816% 0.634% 2.164%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.75% 7.609% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 15
Average daily rate £275 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.69% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £283 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £349 £400
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 £27.50 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+48.64% -32.72%
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
80 92 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 9.685% 8.333% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 42 51
Average daily rate £305 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £236 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £444 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 6
Average hourly rate - £32.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +113.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
Scotland

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 12 (42.86%) ISTQB
3 10 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 6 (21.43%) Banking
5 6 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (17.86%) Workflow
6 5 (17.86%) System Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Regression Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Project Management
7 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.29%) Test Strategy
8 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (10.71%) Asset Management
8 3 (10.71%) Supplier Management
8 3 (10.71%) Degree
8 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
8 3 (10.71%) SQL
9 2 (7.143%) .NET
9 2 (7.143%) MS Office
9 2 (7.143%) Postgraduate
9 2 (7.143%) CRM
9 2 (7.143%) ETL
9 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
9 2 (7.143%) Pega
10 1 (3.571%) Scrum
10 1 (3.571%) Subversion
10 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
10 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
10 1 (3.571%) Retail

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (7.143%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Subversion
1 1 (3.571%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Banking
3 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.571%) Retail
3 1 (3.571%) Retail Banking
3 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) Test Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Tester
4 4 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Test Leader
5 3 (10.71%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Test Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Coordinator
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Tester
7 1 (3.571%) Oracle Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Programme Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Systems Test Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Test Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Test Coordinator
7 1 (3.571%) Systems Tester
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) UAT Tester
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 5 (17.86%) Workflow
3 5 (17.86%) System Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Regression Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Project Management
4 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (10.71%) Asset Management
5 3 (10.71%) Supplier Management
6 2 (7.143%) CRM
6 2 (7.143%) ETL
6 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.571%) Scrum
7 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
7 1 (3.571%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.571%) QMS
7 1 (3.571%) Fund Management
7 1 (3.571%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 2 (7.143%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.143%) Pega
3 1 (3.571%) thinkFolio
3 1 (3.571%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.571%) SAP
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle
3 1 (3.571%) Cadis
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