The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow 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 Hounslow 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 14 15 10
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs citing ISEB 5 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 8.475% 1.299% 5.970%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.45% 9.091% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £378 - £355
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 - £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £416 - £411
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
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 18.64% 14.29% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 8
Average daily rate £438 £235 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+86.17% -39.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £235 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £323 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 £10.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ISEB
London

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hounslow ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 6 (85.71%) Python
1 6 (85.71%) ISTQB
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (57.14%) Scrum
3 4 (57.14%) JIRA
4 3 (42.86%) Wireshark
4 3 (42.86%) STB
4 3 (42.86%) Selenium
4 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
4 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Cucumber
4 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 3 (42.86%) Perl
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) HTML
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 2 (28.57%) DRM
5 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Games
5 2 (28.57%) Cocoa
5 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
5 2 (28.57%) TDD
5 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
5 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Cocoa Touch
5 2 (28.57%) User Stories

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) Cocoa
1 2 (28.57%) Cocoa Touch
2 1 (14.29%) soapUI
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Wireshark
2 1 (14.29%) DVB
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) HTTP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
1 1 (14.29%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) Selenium
2 3 (42.86%) Cucumber
3 1 (14.29%) Maven
3 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
3 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (14.29%) IntelliJ
General
1 2 (28.57%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Tester
1 5 (71.43%) Senior Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Agile Tester
2 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Manual Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) STB
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 2 (28.57%) Video on Demand
2 2 (28.57%) IPTV
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (14.29%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (28.57%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
3 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 2 (28.57%) DRM
4 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
4 2 (28.57%) TDD
4 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Automation Testing
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) System Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) Perl
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
3 2 (28.57%) Ruby
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) VB
4 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) ISTQB
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA