The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 27 38 35
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 7 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 2.652% 2.092% 2.466%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.73% 6.623% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
Average daily rate £313 £383 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.35% +91.37%
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
51 151 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 19.32% 31.59% 21.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 75 32
Average daily rate £313 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £208 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £483 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
Average hourly rate £10.13 £20.00 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.35% +20.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the North East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Durham +3 4 £313 -
Tyne and Wear +5 3 - -
ISEB
England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 13 (59.09%) Business Analysis
2 11 (50.00%) CBAP
3 9 (40.91%) Degree
4 6 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
6 4 (18.18%) Service Management
6 4 (18.18%) Project Management
6 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 4 (18.18%) PMI
6 4 (18.18%) PMP
6 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
7 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
7 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
7 3 (13.64%) Oracle
7 3 (13.64%) MS Project
7 3 (13.64%) MS Office
7 3 (13.64%) GIS
7 3 (13.64%) Photography
7 3 (13.64%) MS Project Server
7 3 (13.64%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (9.091%) Performance Testing
8 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
8 2 (9.091%) Functional Testing
8 2 (9.091%) Waterfall
8 2 (9.091%) Manual Testing
8 2 (9.091%) System Testing
8 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
8 2 (9.091%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 2 (9.091%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (9.091%) Banking

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (4.545%) HTML
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Project
1 3 (13.64%) MS Office
1 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
1 3 (13.64%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Bugzilla
1 1 (4.545%) Selenium
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
1 2 (9.091%) Banking
1 2 (9.091%) Retail
1 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (77.27%) Analyst
2 14 (63.64%) Business Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Change Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Systems Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Test Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) PMI
3 3 (13.64%) Photography
4 1 (4.545%) Clustering
4 1 (4.545%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) UNIX
1 1 (4.545%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Business Analysis
2 6 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) Service Management
4 2 (9.091%) Regression Testing
4 2 (9.091%) RDF
4 2 (9.091%) EAM
4 2 (9.091%) Performance Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Asset Management
4 2 (9.091%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Manual Testing
4 2 (9.091%) System Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Waterfall
4 2 (9.091%) Functional Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Automation Testing
5 1 (4.545%) BPMN
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.545%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) CBAP
2 9 (40.91%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) PMP
3 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.545%) BT