The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton 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 31 30 21
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -9
Contract jobs citing ISEB 4 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.329% 1.271% 3.175%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.706% 4.412% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £400
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
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
85 68 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 28.24% 28.81% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 43 12
Average daily rate £330 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +21.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £141 £263 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £472
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 3
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £9.94 £18.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £37.50 £30.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
Hampshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 (57.14%) MPEG
1 4 (57.14%) DTV
2 3 (42.86%) IPTV
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) DVB
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Xcode
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 2 (28.57%) Selenium
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (14.29%) Bash shell
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) UNIX
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) HTTP
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) PMP

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DVB
2 1 (14.29%) HTTP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Xcode
1 2 (28.57%) Selenium
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Verification Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Web Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) MPEG
1 4 (57.14%) DTV
2 3 (42.86%) IPTV
3 1 (14.29%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
1 2 (28.57%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Scrum
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash shell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) HP