The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 44 - 46
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ISEB 5 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.190% - 0.510%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.208% - 2.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £325 - £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 - £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 - £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £20.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+34.14% -25.45%
All Qualifications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
96 71 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 22.86% 17.40% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 30 38
Average daily rate £325 £125 £95
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+160.00% +31.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £99 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 23
Average hourly rate £36.28 £41.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.59% +10.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £27.62 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.75 £95.50 £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ISEB
East of England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Southend-on-Sea - 2 - -
Brentwood - 1 £450 -
ISEB
East of England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 5 (50.00%) UML
1 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (40.00%) IIBA
2 4 (40.00%) NHS
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Civica
3 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) SOA
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) BC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) QA
4 2 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Games
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) AS400
5 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (10.00%) XML
5 1 (10.00%) Middleware
5 1 (10.00%) Remedy

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) AWD
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Tester
3 3 (30.00%) NHS Business Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Test Manager
4 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) UML Business Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Tester
5 1 (10.00%) Business Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Automation Tester
5 1 (10.00%) Business Solution Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) IIBA
1 4 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) AS400
2 1 (10.00%) Data Conversion
2 1 (10.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) UML
1 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) SOA
4 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Web Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) BC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) HL7
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Civica
2 2 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy
Southend-On-Sea, South East
Good communication and inter-personal skills *Possess an understanding of the systems development lifecycle and of internal standards *Appreciate Quality Assurance and Configuration Management *Must be able to...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 16 May 2013
Southend-On-Sea, South East
Good communication and inter-personal skills* Possess an understanding of the systems development lifecycle and of internal standards.* Appreciate Quality Assurance and Configuration Management* Must be able to...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 16 May 2013