The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 58 54 35
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -19
Contract jobs citing ISEB 17 5 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.891% 0.614% 3.766%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.26% 5.495% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 22
Average daily rate £260 £327 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.36% -6.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £273 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £394 £473
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 £22.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Qualifications
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
151 91 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 16.80% 11.18% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 37 44
Average daily rate £300 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £258 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £388 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.25 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.44% -93.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
Scotland

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 13 (43.33%) HP Quality Center
3 9 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 8 (26.67%) Degree
5 7 (23.33%) Supplier Management
6 6 (20.00%) Regression Testing
6 6 (20.00%) SQL
6 6 (20.00%) Workflow
7 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
7 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (16.67%) CRM
8 4 (13.33%) Postgraduate
8 4 (13.33%) Oracle
8 4 (13.33%) Project Management
8 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
8 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
9 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
9 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2
10 2 (6.667%) Windows
10 2 (6.667%) Tomcat
10 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
10 2 (6.667%) Sybase
10 2 (6.667%) WebLogic
10 2 (6.667%) SAP
10 2 (6.667%) T-SQL
10 2 (6.667%) .NET
10 2 (6.667%) J2EE
10 2 (6.667%) NHS
10 2 (6.667%) Six Sigma
10 2 (6.667%) Windows XP

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 (6.667%) .NET
1 2 (6.667%) J2EE
2 1 (3.333%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) Tomcat
1 2 (6.667%) WebLogic
1 2 (6.667%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (6.667%) JIRA
1 2 (6.667%) Bugzilla
1 2 (6.667%) CruiseControl
1 2 (6.667%) Subversion
1 2 (6.667%) Hudson
1 2 (6.667%) Jenkins
1 2 (6.667%) Trac
2 1 (3.333%) LoadRunner
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Banking
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
2 1 (3.333%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Analyst
1 11 (36.67%) Test Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) Tester
3 4 (13.33%) Test Leader
4 2 (6.667%) Developer
4 2 (6.667%) Test Manager
4 2 (6.667%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Functional Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Functional Test Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Test Project Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Tester
5 1 (3.333%) Performance Tester
5 1 (3.333%) Systems Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Software Tester
5 1 (3.333%) Security Officer
5 1 (3.333%) Functional Tester
5 1 (3.333%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (3.333%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.333%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (6.667%) NHS
3 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) Windows
1 2 (6.667%) Windows XP
1 2 (6.667%) Windows Vista
2 1 (3.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (23.33%) Supplier Management
3 6 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 6 (20.00%) Workflow
4 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (16.67%) CRM
5 4 (13.33%) Project Management
5 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.667%) Six Sigma
7 2 (6.667%) Integration Testing
7 2 (6.667%) Test Management
7 2 (6.667%) Validation
7 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.667%) Functional Testing
7 2 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.333%) Test Strategy
8 1 (3.333%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.333%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Postgraduate
3 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.667%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.333%) CISM
5 1 (3.333%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (43.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle
2 2 (6.667%) Sybase
2 2 (6.667%) SAP
2 2 (6.667%) HP
3 1 (3.333%) VMware
3 1 (3.333%) Siebel
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