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This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank143131
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads7981150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.064 %1.163 %
As % of the category below10.85 %12.60 %
Daily rates quoted304390
Average minimum daily rate£333£320
Average daily rate£349£335
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£316
% change on same period last year+3.14 %
Hourly rates quoted2740
Average minimum hourly rate£27.59£29.99
Average hourly rate£29.41£31.45
% change on same period last year-6.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.22£32.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.48£31.62
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching contract IT job ads73579130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.806 %9.237 %
Daily rates quoted24332676
Average minimum daily rate£343£352
Average daily rate£364£372
% change on same period last year-2.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£338
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted768924
Average minimum hourly rate£23.67£24.44
Average hourly rate£25.33£25.98
% change on same period last year-2.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.99£27.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.98£25.56
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
ISEB UKISEB
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISEB across the England region.

England ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England ISEB Daily Rate Histogram

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the England region.

England ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England ISEB Hourly Rate Histogram

ISEB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-11271£365-1.47 %
South EastUp+31176£347+5.59 %
South WestDown-1871£345+6.49 %
West MidlandsUp+768£303-1.74 %
North WestDown-148£291-5.83 %
YorkshireDown-1147£300+3.67 %
MidlandsUp+3147£316-7.14 %
East of EnglandDown-3528£341-2.76 %
North EastUp+724£479+108.98 %
East MidlandsDown-712£335+17.55 %
South CoastDown-101--
ISEB UKISEB
UK

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1426 (26.81 %)Finance
2300 (18.88 %)Test Scripting
3299 (18.82 %)User Acceptance Testing
4291 (18.31 %)Software Testing
5269 (16.93 %)Oracle
6268 (16.87 %)SQL
7261 (16.43 %)PRINCE2
8258 (16.24 %)TestDirector
9172 (10.82 %)Banking
10161 (10.13 %)Government
11147 (9.251 %)Security Cleared
12144 (9.062 %)QA
13131 (8.244 %)Test Management
14128 (8.055 %)UNIX
14128 (8.055 %)Windows
15122 (7.678 %)Project Management
16119 (7.489 %)Pensions
17108 (6.797 %)QuickTest Pro
18104 (6.545 %)Java
19103 (6.482 %)Migration
20100 (6.293 %)System Testing
2190 (5.664 %)Insurance
2287 (5.475 %)ISEB Practitioner
2382 (5.160 %)SC Cleared
2474 (4.657 %)LoadRunner
2572 (4.531 %)ISTQB
2671 (4.468 %)Regression Testing
2770 (4.405 %)XML
2869 (4.342 %)Microsoft
2869 (4.342 %)Telecoms

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
170 (4.405 %)XML
248 (3.021 %).NET
334 (2.140 %)J2EE
421 (1.322 %)WebSphere
520 (1.259 %)HTML
68 (0.503 %).NET Framework
68 (0.503 %)XSLT
68 (0.503 %)WebServices
76 (0.378 %)Middleware
76 (0.378 %)ASP.NET
85 (0.315 %)ISPF
94 (0.252 %)FIX Protocol
103 (0.189 %)ASP
103 (0.189 %)AJAX
103 (0.189 %)Silverlight
112 (0.126 %)COM
121 (0.063 %)JSP
121 (0.063 %)SOAP
121 (0.063 %)MFC
121 (0.063 %)Adobe Flex
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (1.007 %)WebLogic
213 (0.818 %)BizTalk Server
310 (0.629 %)SharePoint
310 (0.629 %)MS Exchange
48 (0.503 %)OpenROAD
57 (0.441 %)Lotus Notes
66 (0.378 %)CMS
75 (0.315 %)WebSphere MQ
75 (0.315 %)SAS
75 (0.315 %)Exchange Server 2003
75 (0.315 %)Exchange Server 2007
84 (0.252 %)Exchange Server 5.5
93 (0.189 %)MQSeries
93 (0.189 %)Rendezvous
93 (0.189 %)Documentum
93 (0.189 %)IIS
101 (0.063 %)Lotus Domino
101 (0.063 %)Apache
101 (0.063 %)CICS
101 (0.063 %)Oracle Workflow
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
157 (3.587 %)MS Excel
244 (2.769 %)MS Office
331 (1.951 %)MS Project
331 (1.951 %)MS Visio
420 (1.259 %)CA Clarity
515 (0.944 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.315 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.063 %)MATLAB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
124 (1.510 %)Oracle EBS
210 (0.629 %)Oracle Financials
210 (0.629 %)VisionPLUS
39 (0.566 %)Oracle Applications
48 (0.503 %)BASE24
56 (0.378 %)MAXIMO
56 (0.378 %)SAP HR
65 (0.315 %)SAP FI
65 (0.315 %)SAP FI/CO
65 (0.315 %)Oracle HRMS
65 (0.315 %)SAP CO
65 (0.315 %)Endur
74 (0.252 %)Remedy AR System
74 (0.252 %)Summit
83 (0.189 %)Oracle ERP
83 (0.189 %)SAP MM
83 (0.189 %)SAP ERP
92 (0.126 %)Loan IQ
92 (0.126 %)SAP PM
92 (0.126 %)Cerner Millennium
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
143 (2.706 %)Internet
219 (1.196 %)SAN
313 (0.818 %)TCP/IP
412 (0.755 %)GSM
510 (0.629 %)ATM
69 (0.566 %)LAN
69 (0.566 %)WAN
69 (0.566 %)X.25
78 (0.503 %)LDAP
78 (0.503 %)SMS
78 (0.503 %)iSCSI
87 (0.441 %)PSTN
87 (0.441 %)Broadband
87 (0.441 %)HTTP
87 (0.441 %)VLAN
96 (0.378 %)BSS
96 (0.378 %)Firewall
96 (0.378 %)3GPP
96 (0.378 %)UMTS
105 (0.315 %)VoIP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (3.335 %)SQL Server
243 (2.706 %)Datawarehouse
334 (2.140 %)ETL
334 (2.140 %)Oracle Reports
425 (1.573 %)DB2
522 (1.385 %)Oracle 8/8i
620 (1.259 %)TOAD
715 (0.944 %)RDBMS
813 (0.818 %)Oracle 10g
912 (0.755 %)BusinessObjects
912 (0.755 %)Ingres
1011 (0.692 %)SQL Server 2005
119 (0.566 %)EDRMS
119 (0.566 %)Oracle 9i
128 (0.503 %)Data Mining
137 (0.441 %)SQL Server 2000
145 (0.315 %)SQLPlus
145 (0.315 %)MS Access
154 (0.252 %)Informix
162 (0.126 %)Oracle Discoverer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1258 (16.24 %)TestDirector
2108 (6.797 %)QuickTest Pro
374 (4.657 %)LoadRunner
463 (3.965 %)WinRunner
538 (2.391 %)ClearQuest
637 (2.329 %)ClearCase
725 (1.573 %)Ant
823 (1.447 %)Eclipse
920 (1.259 %)Selenium
1011 (0.692 %)TestPartner
1011 (0.692 %)JMeter
1110 (0.629 %)Visual Studio
128 (0.503 %)RequisitePro
137 (0.441 %)JUnit
146 (0.378 %)FitNesse
146 (0.378 %)Firebug
155 (0.315 %)WATIR
155 (0.315 %)Cactus
155 (0.315 %)Rational Robot
155 (0.315 %)PVCS
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1426 (26.81 %)Finance
2172 (10.82 %)Banking
3161 (10.13 %)Government
4119 (7.489 %)Pensions
590 (5.664 %)Insurance
669 (4.342 %)Retail
669 (4.342 %)Telecoms
762 (3.902 %)Investment Banking
831 (1.951 %)Education
929 (1.825 %)Billing
1024 (1.510 %)Health
1122 (1.385 %)Financial Institution
1215 (0.944 %)Local Government
1312 (0.755 %)Retail Banking
147 (0.441 %)Front Office
147 (0.441 %)Back Office
147 (0.441 %)Marketing
156 (0.378 %)General Ledger
165 (0.315 %)FMCG
174 (0.252 %)Electronics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1708 (44.56 %)Analyst
2573 (36.06 %)Test Analyst
3283 (17.81 %)Tester
4222 (13.97 %)Test Manager
585 (5.349 %)Business Analyst
674 (4.657 %)Project Manager
769 (4.342 %)Senior Analyst
864 (4.028 %)Systems Tester
954 (3.398 %)Test Engineer
1052 (3.272 %)Senior Test Analyst
1142 (2.643 %)Team Leader
1236 (2.266 %)Coordinator
1335 (2.203 %)Test Team Leader
1335 (2.203 %)Software Tester
1433 (2.077 %)Test Specialist
1532 (2.014 %)Test Coordinator
1629 (1.825 %)Programme Manager
1725 (1.573 %)Consultant
1824 (1.510 %)Performance Tester
1824 (1.510 %)QA Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
156 (3.524 %)Derivative
237 (2.329 %)Equities
329 (1.825 %)Fixed Income
419 (1.196 %)PMI
518 (1.133 %)NHS
616 (1.007 %)Mainframe
713 (0.818 %)Client/Server
812 (0.755 %)Credit Risk
911 (0.692 %)Clustering
109 (0.566 %)Management Information System
118 (0.503 %)Blackberry
118 (0.503 %)Data Integration
127 (0.441 %)EPoS
127 (0.441 %)Tandem
127 (0.441 %)Taxonomies
127 (0.441 %)Computer Science
136 (0.378 %)Chip and PIN
136 (0.378 %)Replication
136 (0.378 %)IBM Mainframe
145 (0.315 %)Fat Client
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1128 (8.055 %)UNIX
1128 (8.055 %)Windows
245 (2.832 %)Linux
317 (1.070 %)Windows XP
415 (0.944 %)Solaris
514 (0.881 %)Windows Server 2003
613 (0.818 %)VMS
77 (0.441 %)Windows 2000
86 (0.378 %)Windows Mobile
95 (0.315 %)Windows NT
95 (0.315 %)OpenVMS
104 (0.252 %)AIX
113 (0.189 %)Windows Vista
122 (0.126 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.063 %)MVS
131 (0.063 %)HPUX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1300 (18.88 %)Test Scripting
2299 (18.82 %)User Acceptance Testing
3291 (18.31 %)Software Testing
4261 (16.43 %)PRINCE2
5147 (9.251 %)Security Cleared
6131 (8.244 %)Test Management
7122 (7.678 %)Project Management
8103 (6.482 %)Migration
9100 (6.293 %)System Testing
1082 (5.160 %)SC Cleared
1171 (4.468 %)Regression Testing
1268 (4.279 %)Automated Testing
1367 (4.216 %)Integration Testing
1465 (4.091 %)ITIL
1564 (4.028 %)Manual Testing
1662 (3.902 %)UML
1760 (3.776 %)Agile Software Development
1856 (3.524 %)Data Migration
1954 (3.398 %)Business Analysis
2053 (3.335 %)Performance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1268 (16.87 %)SQL
2104 (6.545 %)Java
353 (3.335 %)C
447 (2.958 %)C++
540 (2.517 %)VB
630 (1.888 %)PL/SQL
725 (1.573 %)VBScript
824 (1.510 %)Perl
920 (1.259 %)Shell Script
1015 (0.944 %)COBOL
1113 (0.818 %)C#
1210 (0.629 %)JavaScript
139 (0.566 %)VB.NET
148 (0.503 %)VBA
157 (0.441 %)Korn
166 (0.378 %)Ruby
175 (0.315 %)JCL
175 (0.315 %)REXX
175 (0.315 %)Python
182 (0.126 %)FoxPro (VFP)
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
187 (5.475 %)ISEB Practitioner
272 (4.531 %)ISTQB
368 (4.279 %)Degree
448 (3.021 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
545 (2.832 %)PRINCE2 Certification
613 (0.818 %)Microsoft Certification
712 (0.755 %)MCSE
86 (0.378 %)CCNA
86 (0.378 %)MCP
86 (0.378 %)Cisco Certification
94 (0.252 %)Sun Certification
103 (0.189 %)Citrix Certification
112 (0.126 %)IBM AIX Certification
112 (0.126 %)HNC
112 (0.126 %)HND
112 (0.126 %)EXIN
121 (0.063 %)MCSD
121 (0.063 %)CCDP
121 (0.063 %)CCNP
121 (0.063 %)ITIL Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1144 (9.062 %)QA
26 (0.378 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
35 (0.315 %)ISO9000
44 (0.252 %)SLA
53 (0.189 %)BS7799
53 (0.189 %)ISO9001
62 (0.126 %)GMP
62 (0.126 %)Basel II
62 (0.126 %)EFQM
71 (0.063 %)HL7
71 (0.063 %)PCI DSS
71 (0.063 %)GLP
71 (0.063 %)21 CFR Part 11
71 (0.063 %)GAMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
134 (2.140 %)Active Directory
25 (0.315 %)ISA Server
33 (0.189 %)NFS
42 (0.126 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.063 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (0.881 %)CONTROL-M
213 (0.818 %)Tivoli
310 (0.629 %)OpenView Configuration Management
47 (0.441 %)OpenView
56 (0.378 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
64 (0.252 %)MOM
73 (0.189 %)SCOM
82 (0.126 %)BMC Marimba
82 (0.126 %)SCCM
91 (0.063 %)Netcool
91 (0.063 %)OVSD
91 (0.063 %)Netcool/Proviso
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1269 (16.93 %)Oracle
269 (4.342 %)Microsoft
357 (3.587 %)HP
443 (2.706 %)SAP
520 (1.259 %)IBM
615 (0.944 %)Fidessa
714 (0.881 %)Compuware
714 (0.881 %)Siebel
813 (0.818 %)Citrix
912 (0.755 %)Business Objects
1011 (0.692 %)Cognos
1110 (0.629 %)Sun
1110 (0.629 %)Remedy
1110 (0.629 %)Ab Initio
127 (0.441 %)Symbian
127 (0.441 %)Lotus
127 (0.441 %)BEA
136 (0.378 %)Retalix
136 (0.378 %)JD Edwards
145 (0.315 %)OpenLink
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