Solihull ISEB Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the Solihull region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location Aberdeen Amersham Atherstone Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Hove Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Pontypool Portsmouth Reading Rugby Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	10	9
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	3	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	33.33 %	31.25 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£313
% change on same period last year	+7.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£28.00
Average hourly rate	-	£28.75
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.74	£31.15
% change on same period last year	-1.33 %
Qualifications Solihull
Matching contract IT job ads	9	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.017 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£325
Average daily rate	-	£344
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£16.50	£28.75
% change on same period last year	-42.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.00	£29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
ISEB West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the Solihull region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISEB across the Solihull region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (66.67 %) MS Project 1 4 (66.67 %) PRINCE2 1 4 (66.67 %) CA Clarity 2 3 (50.00 %) MS Excel 3 2 (33.33 %) Resource Management 3 2 (33.33 %) Project Planning 4 1 (16.67 %) Agile Software Development 4 1 (16.67 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 1 (16.67 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (16.67 %) ITIL 4 1 (16.67 %) Problem Management 4 1 (16.67 %) Progress 4 1 (16.67 %) Lotus

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 Platforms 1 1 (16.67 %) Lotus Notes	Applications 1 4 (66.67 %) MS Project 1 4 (66.67 %) CA Clarity 2 3 (50.00 %) MS Excel
Job Titles 1 2 (33.33 %) Analyst 2 1 (16.67 %) Test Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (66.67 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (33.33 %) Project Planning 2 2 (33.33 %) Resource Management 3 1 (16.67 %) Problem Management 3 1 (16.67 %) Agile Software Development 3 1 (16.67 %) ITIL
Qualifications 1 1 (16.67 %) ISEB Practitioner	Vendors 1 1 (16.67 %) Progress 1 1 (16.67 %) Lotus