The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Northamptonshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 31 31 32
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing ISEB 3 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.167% 2.770% 1.163%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 20.83% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 3
Average daily rate £345 £463 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.40% -11.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
18 48 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 7.004% 13.30% 9.593%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 28 12
Average daily rate £488 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.07% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £270 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £475 £638
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +22.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
East Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Northampton -1 3 £345 -25.40% 1
ISEB
East Midlands

ISEB
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (25.00%) Control-M
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) DTS
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) BancTec
2 1 (25.00%) Finance

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) UAT Tester
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) UAT Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) UAT Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Tester
2 2 (50.00%) Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (25.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) BancTec
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