The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB 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 Qualifications for the Halifax 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
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 15 26 19
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Contract jobs citing ISEB 5 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 4.310% 2.881% 2.521%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.25% 63.64% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
Average daily rate £280 £278 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.90% -49.54%
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 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -18.18%
All Qualifications
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
16 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 13.79% 4.527% 2.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 3
Average daily rate £280 £275 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISEB
West Yorkshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 8 (80.00%) Finance
1 8 (80.00%) Banking
1 8 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (70.00%) ISTQB
3 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (60.00%) Retail
3 6 (60.00%) Retail Banking
3 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
5 4 (40.00%) FATCA
6 3 (30.00%) Project Management
7 2 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (20.00%) NFC
8 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 1 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
8 1 (10.00%) Data Mart
8 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
8 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
8 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
8 1 (10.00%) Test Management
8 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
8 1 (10.00%) QA
8 1 (10.00%) Law
8 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (10.00%) Change Management
8 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
8 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
8 1 (10.00%) MS Project

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Mart
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
1 8 (80.00%) Banking
2 6 (60.00%) Retail
2 6 (60.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Analyst
2 8 (80.00%) Test Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Test Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) UAT Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) UAT Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Management
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) FATCA
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) HP
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Must have Extensive testing experience (3 years +) with a few years in Banking / Financial organisations Rich Test experience with knowledge of test phases, activites and delieverables Ability to...
Sanderson
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013