The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 24 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 Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 23 25 22
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 6 10 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 3.529% 5.882% 6.936%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.64% 14.71% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 5
Average daily rate £458 £420 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.04% +20.00%
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 £25.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+35.13% -32.72%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
44 68 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 25.88% 40.00% 33.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 41 28
Average daily rate £458 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.47% +4.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Taunton +2 6 £458 +23.78%
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 29 (78.38%) ITIL
2 26 (70.27%) .NET
3 24 (64.86%) Microsoft
4 23 (62.16%) UML
4 23 (62.16%) SharePoint
4 23 (62.16%) XML
4 23 (62.16%) ASP
4 23 (62.16%) SQL Server
4 23 (62.16%) C#
4 23 (62.16%) HTML
4 23 (62.16%) JavaScript
4 23 (62.16%) SQL
4 23 (62.16%) VB
4 23 (62.16%) .NET Framework
5 22 (59.46%) Security Cleared
5 22 (59.46%) Java
5 22 (59.46%) ASP.NET
5 22 (59.46%) Oracle
6 19 (51.35%) IIS
6 19 (51.35%) C++
6 19 (51.35%) VB.NET
6 19 (51.35%) UNIX
6 19 (51.35%) Ingres
6 19 (51.35%) OpenROAD
7 15 (40.54%) Service Management
7 15 (40.54%) ITSM
7 15 (40.54%) Continuous Integration
8 14 (37.84%) Unit Testing
9 13 (35.14%) Test Scripting
9 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Certification

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 26 (70.27%) .NET
2 23 (62.16%) XML
2 23 (62.16%) ASP
2 23 (62.16%) HTML
2 23 (62.16%) .NET Framework
3 22 (59.46%) ASP.NET
4 4 (10.81%) XSL
4 4 (10.81%) CSS
5 3 (8.108%) LAMP
5 3 (8.108%) WCF
5 3 (8.108%) WPF
5 3 (8.108%) WF
Application Platforms
1 23 (62.16%) SharePoint
2 19 (51.35%) IIS
2 19 (51.35%) OpenROAD
3 4 (10.81%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.703%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (62.16%) SQL Server
2 19 (51.35%) Ingres
3 11 (29.73%) SQLPlus
4 3 (8.108%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (8.108%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (5.405%) SAP BW
6 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 11 (29.73%) Subversion
2 9 (24.32%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (21.62%) TeamCity
3 8 (21.62%) MSTest
3 8 (21.62%) Jenkins
3 8 (21.62%) NUnit
4 7 (18.92%) CruiseControl
4 7 (18.92%) Visual Studio
4 7 (18.92%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (13.51%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (5.405%) Selenium
7 1 (2.703%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (8.108%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (64.86%) Analyst
2 19 (51.35%) Developer
3 13 (35.14%) Test Analyst
4 12 (32.43%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (29.73%) Analyst Developer
6 8 (21.62%) .NET Developer
6 8 (21.62%) C# Developer
6 8 (21.62%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (18.92%) Senior Test Analyst
8 5 (13.51%) Senior Analyst Developer
8 5 (13.51%) Senior Developer
9 4 (10.81%) Support Analyst
10 3 (8.108%) Tester
10 3 (8.108%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
10 3 (8.108%) Software Tester
10 3 (8.108%) SAP Test Analyst
10 3 (8.108%) SAP Analyst
11 2 (5.405%) Manual Test Analyst
11 2 (5.405%) Senior Support Analyst
12 1 (2.703%) Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.108%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (51.35%) UNIX
2 2 (5.405%) Windows
3 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) ITIL
2 23 (62.16%) UML
3 15 (40.54%) Service Management
3 15 (40.54%) ITSM
3 15 (40.54%) Continuous Integration
4 14 (37.84%) Unit Testing
5 13 (35.14%) Test Scripting
6 9 (24.32%) Software Testing
6 9 (24.32%) Service Delivery
6 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
7 7 (18.92%) Test Strategy
8 4 (10.81%) Performance Management
8 4 (10.81%) Waterfall
8 4 (10.81%) Project Planning
8 4 (10.81%) Change Management
8 4 (10.81%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (10.81%) RAD
9 3 (8.108%) E-Commerce
9 3 (8.108%) Pair Programming
9 3 (8.108%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (62.16%) C#
1 23 (62.16%) JavaScript
1 23 (62.16%) SQL
1 23 (62.16%) VB
2 22 (59.46%) Java
3 19 (51.35%) C++
3 19 (51.35%) VB.NET
4 8 (21.62%) C
5 4 (10.81%) VB6
5 4 (10.81%) VBScript
6 3 (8.108%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 22 (59.46%) Security Cleared
2 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (32.43%) SC Cleared
4 10 (27.03%) ISTQB
5 9 (24.32%) MCPD
5 9 (24.32%) MCTS
5 9 (24.32%) ISEB Practitioner
5 9 (24.32%) MCP
6 5 (13.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (10.81%) MCSD
8 3 (8.108%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (10.81%) TickIT
1 4 (10.81%) ISO 9000
2 3 (8.108%) COBIT
2 3 (8.108%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (64.86%) Microsoft
2 22 (59.46%) Oracle
3 7 (18.92%) SAP
4 5 (13.51%) HP