The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 44 51 39
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -12
Contract jobs citing ISEB 7 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.584% 0.159% 2.222%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.036% 0.917% 8.403%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 7
Average daily rate £388 £320 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.09% +68.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £320 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £20.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+34.14% -25.45%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
139 109 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 31.45% 17.33% 26.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 31 52
Average daily rate £330 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £215 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £23.63 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.50% +62.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £16.80 £12.04
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ISEB
South East

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire ISEB Daily Rate Histogram

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Abingdon - 1 £375 -
ISEB
South East

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 5 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
1 5 (33.33%) QA
1 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (26.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Data Integration
2 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) XML
3 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (13.33%) Ajax
4 2 (13.33%) Compatibility Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Test Management
4 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) JSON
4 2 (13.33%) Firebug
4 2 (13.33%) Fiddler
4 2 (13.33%) Selenium
4 2 (13.33%) FitNesse
4 2 (13.33%) XSL

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (20.00%) XML
2 2 (13.33%) Ajax
2 2 (13.33%) JSON
2 2 (13.33%) XSL
2 2 (13.33%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) Web Services
2 2 (13.33%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Firebug
1 2 (13.33%) Fiddler
1 2 (13.33%) Selenium
1 2 (13.33%) FitNesse
1 2 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Law
2 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Test Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Test Team Leader
3 1 (6.667%) Systems Tester
3 1 (6.667%) Team Leader
3 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Tester
3 1 (6.667%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Data Integration
2 1 (6.667%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (26.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Compatibility Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Test Management
4 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (13.33%) UML
4 2 (13.33%) RAD
4 2 (13.33%) Scrum
4 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.667%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
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Posted: 3 May 2013