The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 26 31 26
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Contract jobs citing ISEB 3 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.587% 2.985% 3.704%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.00% 8.264% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
Average daily rate - £361 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +80.25%
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
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
30 121 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 15.87% 36.12% 22.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 58 24
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £132 £210 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
North East

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 23 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -2 3 - -
ISEB
North East

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (50.00%) PMI
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) MS Project
2 3 (37.50%) MS Office
2 3 (37.50%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (37.50%) MS Project Server
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) RDF
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
4 1 (12.50%) Solaris
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) .NET

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
1 3 (37.50%) MS Project
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
1 3 (37.50%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Bugzilla
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (25.00%) System Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (25.00%) RDF
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft