Lancashire ISEB Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the Lancashire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Andover Atherstone Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Pontypool Portsmouth Reading Rugby Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	36
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	4	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	15.38 %	19.61 %
Daily rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£325
Average daily rate	£351	£329
% change on same period last year	+6.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£351	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£316
% change on same period last year	+3.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£37.50
Average hourly rate	-	£38.75
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.48	£31.62
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
Qualifications Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads	26	51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.035 %	0.052 %
Daily rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£348
Average daily rate	£284	£350
% change on same period last year	-18.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£302	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.33	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£15.21	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-53.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.08	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.98	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
ISEB North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISEB across the Lancashire region.

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Skelmersdale	-	2	£351	-
Newton-le-Willows	-	2	-	-

ISEB North West

ISEB
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (37.50 %) MS Office 1 3 (37.50 %) MS Excel 1 3 (37.50 %) Finance 1 3 (37.50 %) Project Planning 2 2 (25.00 %) Software Testing 2 2 (25.00 %) Stress Testing 2 2 (25.00 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (25.00 %) LoadRunner 2 2 (25.00 %) PRINCE 3 1 (12.50 %) ERP 3 1 (12.50 %) TestDirector 3 1 (12.50 %) Government 3 1 (12.50 %) Migration 3 1 (12.50 %) Oracle ERP 3 1 (12.50 %) Programme Management

3 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 3 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 1 (12.50 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 1 (12.50 %) Insurance

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (37.50 %) MS Office 1 3 (37.50 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle ERP
Development Applications 1 2 (25.00 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (12.50 %) TestDirector	General 1 3 (37.50 %) Finance 2 1 (12.50 %) Government 2 1 (12.50 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 3 (37.50 %) Analyst 1 3 (37.50 %) Test Analyst 1 3 (37.50 %) Administrator 1 3 (37.50 %) Project Administrator 2 1 (12.50 %) Programme Planner 2 1 (12.50 %) UAT Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Coordinator 2 1 (12.50 %) Programme Manager 2 1 (12.50 %) Test Coordinator	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Project Planning 2 2 (25.00 %) Software Testing 2 2 (25.00 %) Stress Testing 2 2 (25.00 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (25.00 %) PRINCE 3 1 (12.50 %) Migration 3 1 (12.50 %) Programme Management 3 1 (12.50 %) ERP 3 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) ISEB Practitioner	Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle