The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 8583 skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISO 8583 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 8583
Rank 504 549 569
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +20
Contract jobs citing ISO 8583 6 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.014% 0.017% 0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.205% 0.223% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £250 £315 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £315 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2931 4031 4075
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.051% 7.555% 7.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 1784 2135 2241
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £610
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 221 223
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.72 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.61% -38.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £116.25 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
ISO 8583
UK

ISO 8583
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO 8583 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England ISO 8583 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 8583
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO 8583 across the England region.

England ISO 8583 Daily Rate Trend

ISO 8583
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO 8583 across the England region.

England ISO 8583 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO 8583
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 8583 within the England 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
South East +23 3 - -
London +21 3 £250 -
ISO 8583
UK

ISO 8583
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ISO 8583 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 ISO 8583.

1 11 (52.38%) EPoS
1 11 (52.38%) EFT
2 10 (47.62%) Wincor Nixdorf
2 10 (47.62%) Retail
2 10 (47.62%) VeriFone
3 9 (42.86%) EFTPOS
3 9 (42.86%) Smartcard
3 9 (42.86%) Mobile Commerce
3 9 (42.86%) BASE24
3 9 (42.86%) EMV
3 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 7 (33.33%) ATM
4 7 (33.33%) APACS
4 7 (33.33%) Finance
5 6 (28.57%) Chip and PIN
5 6 (28.57%) VocaLink
6 5 (23.81%) Banking
7 4 (19.05%) TSYS
8 2 (9.524%) Project Management
8 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.524%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
8 2 (9.524%) Temenos
8 2 (9.524%) OOD
8 2 (9.524%) Oracle
8 2 (9.524%) C++
8 2 (9.524%) Java
8 2 (9.524%) SQL
8 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
8 2 (9.524%) UNIX

ISO 8583
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ISO 8583 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 ISO 8583. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) J2EE
1 1 (4.762%) EJB
1 1 (4.762%) JDBC
1 1 (4.762%) JSP
1 1 (4.762%) Servlets
1 1 (4.762%) XML
1 1 (4.762%) JMS
1 1 (4.762%) JRules
1 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (4.762%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (42.86%) BASE24
2 1 (4.762%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (4.762%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) MySQL
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.762%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (4.762%) Ant
2 1 (4.762%) JUnit
2 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.762%) Eclipse
General
1 10 (47.62%) Retail
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Banking
4 1 (4.762%) Billing
4 1 (4.762%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.762%) Spanish Language
4 1 (4.762%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Project Manager
1 5 (23.81%) Tester
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.762%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (4.762%) J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Senior J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) EFT
1 11 (52.38%) EPoS
2 9 (42.86%) EMV
2 9 (42.86%) EFTPOS
2 9 (42.86%) Smartcard
3 7 (33.33%) APACS
4 6 (28.57%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (4.762%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (4.762%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
1 9 (42.86%) Mobile Commerce
2 2 (9.524%) Project Management
2 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
2 2 (9.524%) OOD
2 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (9.524%) OO
3 1 (4.762%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.762%) Performance Testing
3 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
3 1 (4.762%) Multithreading
3 1 (4.762%) Time Management
3 1 (4.762%) Data Mapping
3 1 (4.762%) Functional Testing
3 1 (4.762%) Automation Testing
3 1 (4.762%) ETL
3 1 (4.762%) B2B
3 1 (4.762%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) C++
1 2 (9.524%) Java
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.762%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) QA
1 1 (4.762%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Wincor Nixdorf
1 10 (47.62%) VeriFone
2 6 (28.57%) VocaLink
3 4 (19.05%) TSYS
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle
4 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
4 2 (9.524%) Temenos
5 1 (4.762%) HP
5 1 (4.762%) BEA
5 1 (4.762%) NCR
5 1 (4.762%) Sage
5 1 (4.762%) Ab Initio
5 1 (4.762%) jBASE
5 1 (4.762%) Misys
5 1 (4.762%) IBM