Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the South Wales region.

 Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank303547
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Up+12
Matching contract IT job ads10129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales2.950 %3.077 %1.316 %
As % of the Qualifications category9.901 %10.34 %5.172 %
Daily rates quoted261
Average daily rate£331£303£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.500 %-15.97 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£328
% change year-on-year
--8.390 %
Hourly rates quoted004
Average hourly rate--£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.50£32.50£32.25
% change year-on-year
-9.230 %+0.770 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
101116174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales29.79 %29.74 %25.44 %
Daily rates quoted384550
Average daily rate£303£425£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.82 %+21.42 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£153£130£251
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£560£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted3639
Average hourly rate£16.92£22.91£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.12 %-34.55 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£16.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.57£40.30£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
ISEB WalesISEB
Wales

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.

ISEB
Demand Trend

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

South Wales ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NewportDown-45£338+1.88 %
CardiffNew entry-5£325-
ISEB WalesISEB
Wales

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

17 (46.67 %)Test Scripting
26 (40.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
26 (40.00 %)SQL
26 (40.00 %)Test Management
35 (33.33 %)VB
35 (33.33 %)Perl
35 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
35 (33.33 %)LoadRunner
44 (26.67 %)HP
44 (26.67 %)UNIX
44 (26.67 %)C
44 (26.67 %)Java
44 (26.67 %)ISTQB
44 (26.67 %)System Testing
44 (26.67 %)Finance
53 (20.00 %)Oracle
53 (20.00 %)WinRunner
53 (20.00 %)PRINCE
53 (20.00 %)Web Testing
53 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (13.33 %)Integration Testing
62 (13.33 %)Rational Robot
62 (13.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
62 (13.33 %)Telecoms
62 (13.33 %)Migration
62 (13.33 %)Data Migration
62 (13.33 %)Automated Testing
71 (6.667 %)Software Testing
71 (6.667 %)Degree

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)BT 21CN
11 (6.667 %)BSS
11 (6.667 %)GPRS
11 (6.667 %)GSM
11 (6.667 %)PSTN
11 (6.667 %)3GPP
11 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
11 (6.667 %)3G
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (33.33 %)LoadRunner
23 (20.00 %)WinRunner
32 (13.33 %)Rational Robot
41 (6.667 %)Team Foundation Server
41 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
41 (6.667 %)QuickTest Pro
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Finance
22 (13.33 %)Telecoms
31 (6.667 %)Education
31 (6.667 %)Government
31 (6.667 %)Retail
31 (6.667 %)Billing
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Analyst
24 (26.67 %)Test Analyst
33 (20.00 %)Test Engineer
33 (20.00 %)Team Leader
33 (20.00 %)Test Manager
33 (20.00 %)Test Team Leader
42 (13.33 %)Tester
51 (6.667 %)UAT Analyst
51 (6.667 %)OSS Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Performance Test Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Verification Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Test Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Data Migration Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Performance Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Management Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Network Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Data Analyst
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)NHS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (26.67 %)UNIX
21 (6.667 %)Windows
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (46.67 %)Test Scripting
26 (40.00 %)Test Management
35 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
44 (26.67 %)System Testing
53 (20.00 %)PRINCE
53 (20.00 %)Web Testing
53 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (13.33 %)Integration Testing
62 (13.33 %)Migration
62 (13.33 %)Data Migration
62 (13.33 %)Automated Testing
71 (6.667 %)Software Testing
71 (6.667 %)V-Model
71 (6.667 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (6.667 %)RUP
71 (6.667 %)CRM
71 (6.667 %)CMMI
71 (6.667 %)Regression Testing
71 (6.667 %)Risk Management
71 (6.667 %)Performance Testing
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (40.00 %)SQL
25 (33.33 %)VB
25 (33.33 %)Perl
34 (26.67 %)C
34 (26.67 %)Java
42 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
51 (6.667 %)JavaScript
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (40.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
24 (26.67 %)ISTQB
32 (13.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (6.667 %)Degree
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (6.667 %)Netcool/Proviso
11 (6.667 %)HP Quality Center
11 (6.667 %)Netcool
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (26.67 %)HP
23 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (6.667 %)Cramer
31 (6.667 %)Amdocs
31 (6.667 %)SAP
31 (6.667 %)Microsoft