Surrey ISEB Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the Surrey region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location Aberdeen Amersham Atherstone Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Hove Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Pontypool Portsmouth Reading Rugby Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	60	77
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	42	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.055 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	16.22 %	10.33 %
Daily rates quoted	18	10
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£321
Average daily rate	£384	£328
% change on same period last year	+17.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£313
% change on same period last year	+7.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.85	£21.00
Average hourly rate	£21.85	£21.75
% change on same period last year	+0.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.85	£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.74	£31.15
% change on same period last year	-1.33 %
Qualifications Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	259	271
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.342 %	0.287 %
Daily rates quoted	60	67
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£324
Average daily rate	£329	£340
% change on same period last year	-3.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	44	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.58	£22.82
Average hourly rate	£21.97	£23.31
% change on same period last year	-5.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.36	£23.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
ISEB South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend

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

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ISEB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ISEB within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Guildford	+11	8	£413	+13.79 %
Dorking	-	3	£308	-
Camberley	-	1	-	-

ISEB South East

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 25 (34.25 %) Finance 2 22 (30.14 %) Insurance 3 20 (27.40 %) Software Testing 3 20 (27.40 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 18 (24.66 %) Test Scripting 5 15 (20.55 %) System Testing 6 14 (19.18 %) TestDirector 6 14 (19.18 %) SQL 7 12 (16.44 %) Oracle 8 11 (15.07 %) Pensions 9 9 (12.33 %) Java 9 9 (12.33 %) QuickTest Pro 10 7 (9.589 %) SAP 10 7 (9.589 %) ISEB Practitioner 10 7 (9.589 %) Integration Testing

11 6 (8.219 %) Risk Analysis 11 6 (8.219 %) Windows 11 6 (8.219 %) UML 11 6 (8.219 %) RUP 11 6 (8.219 %) Configuration Management 12 5 (6.849 %) RequisitePro 12 5 (6.849 %) Microsoft 12 5 (6.849 %) SharePoint 12 5 (6.849 %) Requirements Management 12 5 (6.849 %) Technical Architecture 12 5 (6.849 %) Business Analysis 12 5 (6.849 %) Unified Process 12 5 (6.849 %) Migration 13 4 (5.479 %) SAP CO 13 4 (5.479 %) SAP FI/CO

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 (1.370 %) .NET 1 1 (1.370 %) J2EE 1 1 (1.370 %) COM 1 1 (1.370 %) WebServices 1 1 (1.370 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 5 (6.849 %) SharePoint 2 3 (4.110 %) WebLogic 2 3 (4.110 %) IIS 3 1 (1.370 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (1.370 %) Oracle Workflow
Applications 1 1 (1.370 %) MS Project 1 1 (1.370 %) MS Office 1 1 (1.370 %) MS Visio 1 1 (1.370 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 4 (5.479 %) SAP FI 1 4 (5.479 %) SAP FI/CO 1 4 (5.479 %) SAP CO 2 3 (4.110 %) Remedy AR System 3 2 (2.740 %) SAP HR 4 1 (1.370 %) AWD
Communications & Networking 1 4 (5.479 %) LDAP 2 1 (1.370 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (4.110 %) ETL 1 3 (4.110 %) DB2 2 1 (1.370 %) Crystal Reports 2 1 (1.370 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 1 (1.370 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.370 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (1.370 %) BusinessObjects XI 2 1 (1.370 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 14 (19.18 %) TestDirector 2 9 (12.33 %) QuickTest Pro 3 5 (6.849 %) RequisitePro 4 3 (4.110 %) LoadRunner 5 2 (2.740 %) Oracle Forms 5 2 (2.740 %) WinRunner 5 2 (2.740 %) TestPartner 6 1 (1.370 %) StarTeam 6 1 (1.370 %) QARun 6 1 (1.370 %) Selenium 6 1 (1.370 %) FitNesse 6 1 (1.370 %) JMeter 6 1 (1.370 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 25 (34.25 %) Finance 2 22 (30.14 %) Insurance 3 11 (15.07 %) Pensions 4 2 (2.740 %) Telecoms 4 2 (2.740 %) Government 4 2 (2.740 %) Banking 4 2 (2.740 %) Retail 4 2 (2.740 %) General Ledger
Job Titles 1 49 (67.12 %) Analyst 2 43 (58.90 %) Test Analyst 3 16 (21.92 %) Tester 4 7 (9.589 %) Systems Analyst 5 6 (8.219 %) Test Manager 6 5 (6.849 %) Senior Analyst 6 5 (6.849 %) Systems Tester 6 5 (6.849 %) Senior Test Analyst 6 5 (6.849 %) SAP Test Analyst 7 3 (4.110 %) Manual Test Analyst 7 3 (4.110 %) Service Desk Manager 7 3 (4.110 %) Service Manager 7 3 (4.110 %) Programme Manager 7 3 (4.110 %) SAP Tester 8 2 (2.740 %) Consultant 8 2 (2.740 %) Software Tester 8 2 (2.740 %) Senior Tester 8 2 (2.740 %) Test Consultant 8 2 (2.740 %) QA Test Analyst 8 2 (2.740 %) QA Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.370 %) Client/Server 1 1 (1.370 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 6 (8.219 %) Windows 2 2 (2.740 %) Linux 2 2 (2.740 %) Windows XP 2 2 (2.740 %) Unix 3 1 (1.370 %) MVS 3 1 (1.370 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (1.370 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (1.370 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (27.40 %) Software Testing 1 20 (27.40 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 18 (24.66 %) Test Scripting 3 15 (20.55 %) System Testing 4 7 (9.589 %) Integration Testing 5 6 (8.219 %) Risk Analysis 5 6 (8.219 %) UML 5 6 (8.219 %) RUP 5 6 (8.219 %) Configuration Management 6 5 (6.849 %) Migration 6 5 (6.849 %) Unified Process 6 5 (6.849 %) Business Analysis 6 5 (6.849 %) Requirements Management 6 5 (6.849 %) Technical Architecture 7 4 (5.479 %) Test Management 7 4 (5.479 %) Business Intelligence 7 4 (5.479 %) OO 7 4 (5.479 %) PRINCE2 7 4 (5.479 %) Data Migration 8 3 (4.110 %) Manual Testing
Programming Languages 1 14 (19.18 %) SQL 2 9 (12.33 %) Java 3 3 (4.110 %) VBScript 4 2 (2.740 %) VB 5 1 (1.370 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 7 (9.589 %) ISEB Practitioner 2 2 (2.740 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 1 (1.370 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (1.370 %) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (5.479 %) QA	Vendors 1 12 (16.44 %) Oracle 2 7 (9.589 %) SAP 3 5 (6.849 %) Microsoft 4 3 (4.110 %) Remedy 4 3 (4.110 %) Ab Initio 5 2 (2.740 %) Compuware 6 1 (1.370 %) Citrix 6 1 (1.370 %) BEA 6 1 (1.370 %) Alcatel 6 1 (1.370 %) Lotus 6 1 (1.370 %) JD Edwards 6 1 (1.370 %) Business Objects 6 1 (1.370 %) PeopleSoft