The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 79 78 38
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -40
Contract jobs citing ISEB 40 31 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.597% 1.153% 2.914%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.547% 8.447% 24.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 10 54
Average daily rate £260 £349 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.44% -7.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £261 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £18.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -43.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
419 367 341
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.73% 13.65% 11.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 168 155
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 34 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.23% -10.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.33 £10.85 £12.16
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
UK

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow -4 17 £260 -20.36% 2
Edinburgh +10 14 £273 -19.85% 3
Stirling -3 3 £250 -
Fife -6 3 £323 +115.00%
Aberdeen -6 1 - - 1
Dundee - 1 £260 -
Moray - - - -
ISEB
UK

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 42 (55.26%) Finance
2 25 (32.89%) HP Quality Center
3 24 (31.58%) Test Scripting
4 21 (27.63%) User Acceptance Testing
5 20 (26.32%) ISTQB
6 17 (22.37%) Degree
7 14 (18.42%) Banking
8 11 (14.47%) Regression Testing
8 11 (14.47%) Workflow
9 10 (13.16%) Supplier Management
9 10 (13.16%) Test Management
10 9 (11.84%) Software Testing
10 9 (11.84%) System Testing
10 9 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (11.84%) Project Management
10 9 (11.84%) SQL
11 8 (10.53%) Test Strategy
12 7 (9.211%) Oracle
12 7 (9.211%) Postgraduate
12 7 (9.211%) CRM
13 6 (7.895%) Business Analysis
14 5 (6.579%) ETL
14 5 (6.579%) QuickTest Pro
14 5 (6.579%) ISEB Practitioner
14 5 (6.579%) Computer Science
15 4 (5.263%) Asset Management
15 4 (5.263%) Capita
15 4 (5.263%) Data Analysis
15 4 (5.263%) Investment Banking
15 4 (5.263%) Migration

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (2.632%) .NET
1 2 (2.632%) J2EE
2 1 (1.316%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.632%) GlassFish
1 2 (2.632%) Tomcat
1 2 (2.632%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.316%) SAS
2 1 (1.316%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.632%) InfoPath
1 2 (2.632%) MS Office
2 1 (1.316%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.632%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.947%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.632%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (6.579%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (3.947%) Subversion
3 2 (2.632%) JIRA
3 2 (2.632%) CruiseControl
3 2 (2.632%) Bugzilla
3 2 (2.632%) Hudson
3 2 (2.632%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.632%) Trac
4 1 (1.316%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.316%) Selenium
General
1 42 (55.26%) Finance
2 14 (18.42%) Banking
3 4 (5.263%) Investment Banking
4 3 (3.947%) Retail Banking
4 3 (3.947%) Retail
5 1 (1.316%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.316%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (52.63%) Analyst
2 33 (43.42%) Test Analyst
3 15 (19.74%) Tester
4 7 (9.211%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.211%) Test Leader
5 6 (7.895%) Test Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Systems Tester
7 4 (5.263%) Coordinator
8 3 (3.947%) Functional Analyst
8 3 (3.947%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.947%) Senior Test Analyst
9 2 (2.632%) Senior Tester
9 2 (2.632%) Senior Test Manager
9 2 (2.632%) Functional Test Analyst
9 2 (2.632%) Developer
9 2 (2.632%) Test Coordinator
9 2 (2.632%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.632%) Business Systems Analyst
9 2 (2.632%) Systems Analyst
9 2 (2.632%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.579%) Computer Science
2 3 (3.947%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.632%) NHS
3 2 (2.632%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.632%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.316%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.632%) Windows Vista
1 2 (2.632%) Windows
1 2 (2.632%) Windows XP
2 1 (1.316%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.58%) Test Scripting
2 21 (27.63%) User Acceptance Testing
3 11 (14.47%) Regression Testing
3 11 (14.47%) Workflow
4 10 (13.16%) Supplier Management
4 10 (13.16%) Test Management
5 9 (11.84%) Software Testing
5 9 (11.84%) System Testing
5 9 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (11.84%) Project Management
6 8 (10.53%) Test Strategy
7 7 (9.211%) CRM
8 6 (7.895%) Business Analysis
9 5 (6.579%) ETL
10 4 (5.263%) Asset Management
10 4 (5.263%) Data Analysis
10 4 (5.263%) Migration
11 3 (3.947%) Six Sigma
11 3 (3.947%) Validation
11 3 (3.947%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.84%) SQL
2 2 (2.632%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.316%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (26.32%) ISTQB
2 17 (22.37%) Degree
3 7 (9.211%) Postgraduate
4 5 (6.579%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (2.632%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.632%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.316%) CISM
6 1 (1.316%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.947%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.316%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (32.89%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (9.211%) Oracle
2 4 (5.263%) Capita
3 3 (3.947%) HP
3 3 (3.947%) SAP
4 2 (2.632%) Pega
4 2 (2.632%) Sybase
4 2 (2.632%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.632%) Cadis
5 1 (1.316%) VMware
5 1 (1.316%) Siebel
5 1 (1.316%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.316%) Informatica
5 1 (1.316%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.316%) thinkFolio
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