ISEB Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 22 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 South West 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 71 40 37
Rank change year-on-year
-31 -3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 41 127 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.989% 3.845% 3.910%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.678% 12.16% 15.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 74 65
Average daily rate £341 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £272 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+48.64% -32.72%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 614 1044 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.79% 31.61% 25.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 558 314
Average daily rate £381 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.57% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £545 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 76 53
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £15.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £50.00 £41.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol +6 14 £306 +2.08%
Dorset +5 9 £365 -11.51%
Somerset -4 7 £458 +9.04%
Wiltshire -5 6 £345 +1.47%
Devon +4 2 £268 +15.05%
Gloucestershire -16 2 £275 -35.29%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 56 (40.29%) Finance
2 50 (35.97%) SQL
3 46 (33.09%) Microsoft
4 41 (29.50%) Test Scripting
5 39 (28.06%) ISTQB
6 38 (27.34%) User Acceptance Testing
7 36 (25.90%) Oracle
7 36 (25.90%) ITIL
8 33 (23.74%) .NET
9 32 (23.02%) Banking
10 31 (22.30%) HP Quality Center
11 29 (20.86%) Retail
11 29 (20.86%) Software Testing
12 27 (19.42%) Security Cleared
12 27 (19.42%) HTML
12 27 (19.42%) UML
12 27 (19.42%) SharePoint
13 26 (18.71%) HP
13 26 (18.71%) Java
13 26 (18.71%) C#
13 26 (18.71%) SQL Server
13 26 (18.71%) VB
13 26 (18.71%) ASP.NET
14 25 (17.99%) XML
14 25 (17.99%) ASP
14 25 (17.99%) JavaScript
14 25 (17.99%) .NET Framework
15 24 (17.27%) UNIX
16 23 (16.55%) SAP
17 22 (15.83%) IIS

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 33 (23.74%) .NET
2 27 (19.42%) HTML
3 26 (18.71%) ASP.NET
4 25 (17.99%) XML
4 25 (17.99%) ASP
4 25 (17.99%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.878%) XSL
5 4 (2.878%) CSS
5 4 (2.878%) Middleware
5 4 (2.878%) WCF
6 3 (2.158%) WPF
6 3 (2.158%) WF
6 3 (2.158%) LAMP
6 3 (2.158%) Web Services
7 2 (1.439%) JDBC
7 2 (1.439%) ODBC
7 2 (1.439%) HTML5
8 1 (0.719%) AppFabric
8 1 (0.719%) MDX
8 1 (0.719%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 27 (19.42%) SharePoint
2 22 (15.83%) IIS
3 21 (15.11%) OpenROAD
4 7 (5.036%) SAS
5 6 (4.317%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (1.439%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.158%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.719%) MS Project
2 1 (0.719%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.158%) Lawson
2 1 (0.719%) SAP FI-GL
2 1 (0.719%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.719%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (0.719%) assyst
2 1 (0.719%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.158%) HTTP
2 2 (1.439%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.439%) Internet
3 1 (0.719%) FTP
3 1 (0.719%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (18.71%) SQL Server
2 21 (15.11%) Ingres
3 13 (9.353%) SQLPlus
4 10 (7.194%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.878%) SAP BW
5 4 (2.878%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.878%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.439%) TOAD
7 1 (0.719%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.719%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (7.914%) Subversion
2 10 (7.194%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (7.194%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (6.475%) JIRA
4 8 (5.755%) JMeter
4 8 (5.755%) NUnit
4 8 (5.755%) MSTest
4 8 (5.755%) TeamCity
4 8 (5.755%) Jenkins
5 7 (5.036%) CruiseControl
5 7 (5.036%) LoadRunner
5 7 (5.036%) Visual Studio
5 7 (5.036%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 5 (3.597%) Selenium
7 4 (2.878%) WinRunner
8 3 (2.158%) WebDriver
9 2 (1.439%) Introscope
10 1 (0.719%) JProfiler
10 1 (0.719%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.719%) FitNesse
General
1 56 (40.29%) Finance
2 32 (23.02%) Banking
3 29 (20.86%) Retail
4 17 (12.23%) Retail Banking
5 3 (2.158%) Local Government
5 3 (2.158%) Marketing
5 3 (2.158%) Military
6 2 (1.439%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.719%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.719%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.719%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 88 (63.31%) Analyst
2 50 (35.97%) Test Analyst
3 34 (24.46%) Tester
4 24 (17.27%) Business Analyst
5 21 (15.11%) Senior Analyst
5 21 (15.11%) Developer
6 13 (9.353%) Analyst Developer
7 11 (7.914%) SAP Test Analyst
7 11 (7.914%) SAP Analyst
7 11 (7.914%) Senior Test Analyst
8 10 (7.194%) Test Manager
8 10 (7.194%) UAT Analyst
8 10 (7.194%) Test Leader
8 10 (7.194%) UAT Test Analyst
9 9 (6.475%) UAT Tester
10 8 (5.755%) Software Tester
10 8 (5.755%) .NET Developer
10 8 (5.755%) C# Developer
10 8 (5.755%) Systems Tester
10 8 (5.755%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.633%) Mainframe
2 6 (4.317%) EMV
3 5 (3.597%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.878%) APACS
5 3 (2.158%) SWIFT
5 3 (2.158%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.158%) EPoS
6 2 (1.439%) Chip and PIN
6 2 (1.439%) NHS
6 2 (1.439%) Data Integration
6 2 (1.439%) iPhone
6 2 (1.439%) iPad
7 1 (0.719%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.719%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.719%) SaaS
7 1 (0.719%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.27%) UNIX
2 6 (4.317%) Windows
3 3 (2.158%) Linux
4 2 (1.439%) Solaris
4 2 (1.439%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.719%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (29.50%) Test Scripting
2 38 (27.34%) User Acceptance Testing
3 36 (25.90%) ITIL
4 29 (20.86%) Software Testing
5 27 (19.42%) UML
6 20 (14.39%) PRINCE2
7 17 (12.23%) ITSM
7 17 (12.23%) Service Management
7 17 (12.23%) Test Strategy
8 15 (10.79%) Continuous Integration
8 15 (10.79%) Change Management
9 14 (10.07%) Unit Testing
9 14 (10.07%) Business Analysis
10 13 (9.353%) Test Management
10 13 (9.353%) Service Delivery
11 10 (7.194%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (6.475%) Project Management
12 9 (6.475%) Validation
12 9 (6.475%) CRM
13 8 (5.755%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (35.97%) SQL
2 26 (18.71%) Java
2 26 (18.71%) C#
2 26 (18.71%) VB
3 25 (17.99%) JavaScript
4 22 (15.83%) C++
5 21 (15.11%) VB.NET
6 9 (6.475%) C
7 4 (2.878%) ABAP
7 4 (2.878%) VBScript
7 4 (2.878%) VB6
8 1 (0.719%) Ruby
8 1 (0.719%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.719%) COBOL
8 1 (0.719%) Delphi
8 1 (0.719%) PHP
8 1 (0.719%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (28.06%) ISTQB
2 27 (19.42%) Security Cleared
3 15 (10.79%) SC Cleared
3 15 (10.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (9.353%) ISEB Practitioner
5 12 (8.633%) Degree
6 11 (7.914%) MCPD
6 11 (7.914%) MCTS
6 11 (7.914%) MCP
7 5 (3.597%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.878%) MCSD
9 3 (2.158%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.719%) ACCA
10 1 (0.719%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.79%) QA
2 5 (3.597%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.878%) ISO 9000
3 4 (2.878%) TickIT
4 3 (2.158%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 31 (22.30%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (2.158%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.439%) Unicenter
3 2 (1.439%) SCCM
3 2 (1.439%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 46 (33.09%) Microsoft
2 36 (25.90%) Oracle
3 26 (18.71%) HP
4 23 (16.55%) SAP
5 6 (4.317%) Business Objects
6 3 (2.158%) Fiserv
6 3 (2.158%) Kronos
7 2 (1.439%) CA
7 2 (1.439%) VeriFone
8 1 (0.719%) Casewise
8 1 (0.719%) webMethods
8 1 (0.719%) Temenos
8 1 (0.719%) Cerner
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