The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 20 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 Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank - - 30
Contract jobs citing ISEB 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - - 1.180%
As % of the Qualifications category - - 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £350
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
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
18 12 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 10.71% 4.380% 8.555%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
Average daily rate £350 £413 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% -9.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £515 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £32.00 - £32.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
2 1 (33.33%) SAP

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP