The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull 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 Solihull 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing ISEB 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
9 16 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 15.52% 20.25% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
Average daily rate £314 £165 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+90.15% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Billing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) LLU
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
2 1 (33.33%) Zimbra

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 (33.33%) Zimbra
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
1 1 (33.33%) LLU
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP