The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 23 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 Swindon 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 33 22 22
Rank change year-on-year
-11 0
Contract jobs citing ISEB 6 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 2.055% 4.420% 4.658%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.571% 14.55% 26.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 10
Average daily rate £345 £340 £449
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.47% -24.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £268 £324
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £512 £460
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 £27.50 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+48.64% -32.72%
All Qualifications
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
70 110 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 23.97% 30.39% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 63 24
Average daily rate £425 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £191 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £473 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
Average hourly rate £13.00 £23.25 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.08% +10.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
Wiltshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 15 (83.33%) Banking
1 15 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 15 (83.33%) HP Quality Center
2 14 (77.78%) Retail
2 14 (77.78%) HP
3 12 (66.67%) Finance
4 10 (55.56%) Retail Banking
5 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
6 4 (22.22%) LoadRunner
6 4 (22.22%) WinRunner
6 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
6 4 (22.22%) Performance Testing
7 3 (16.67%) TDD
8 2 (11.11%) ISTQB
8 2 (11.11%) .NET
8 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
8 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
9 1 (5.556%) BPMN
9 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
9 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
9 1 (5.556%) Requirements Engineering
9 1 (5.556%) AppFabric
9 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
9 1 (5.556%) Web Services
9 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
9 1 (5.556%) IIS
9 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
9 1 (5.556%) ETL
9 1 (5.556%) ATM
9 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 2 (11.11%) .NET
1 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.556%) AppFabric
2 1 (5.556%) Web Services
2 1 (5.556%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) LoadRunner
1 4 (22.22%) WinRunner
2 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (5.556%) JIRA
2 1 (5.556%) Selenium
General
1 15 (83.33%) Banking
2 14 (77.78%) Retail
3 12 (66.67%) Finance
4 10 (55.56%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.556%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 11 (61.11%) Tester
2 11 (61.11%) Test Analyst
3 10 (55.56%) UAT Analyst
3 10 (55.56%) UAT Test Analyst
4 9 (50.00%) UAT Tester
5 6 (33.33%) Test Manager
6 4 (22.22%) Lead Tester
7 3 (16.67%) Test Leader
7 3 (16.67%) Lead Test Analyst
8 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
8 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (5.556%) Senior Test Analyst
8 1 (5.556%) Senior Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 4 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 3 (16.67%) TDD
4 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.556%) BPMN
5 1 (5.556%) Requirements Engineering
5 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.556%) ETL
5 1 (5.556%) Six Sigma
5 1 (5.556%) Requirements Management
5 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
Systems Management
1 15 (83.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) HP
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
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