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This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts across the UK 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.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank144133
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads8821126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.163 %1.194 %
As % of the category below11.21 %12.19 %
Daily rates quoted313381
Average minimum daily rate£331£320
Average daily rate£347£335
% change on same period last year+3.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£313
% change on same period last year+7.83 %
Hourly rates quoted4643
Average minimum hourly rate£30.77£29.81
Average hourly rate£32.71£31.17
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.64£32.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.74£31.15
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Qualifications UKQualifications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads78659235
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.37 %9.796 %
Daily rates quoted25002548
Average minimum daily rate£340£352
Average daily rate£361£373
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£339
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted847946
Average minimum hourly rate£23.96£24.20
Average hourly rate£25.72£25.73
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.47£27.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.13£25.68
% change on same period last year-2.15 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISEB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend

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

ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

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

ISEB Daily Rate Histogram

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ISEB Hourly Rate Trend

ISEB
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

ISEB Hourly Rate Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 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 UK 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-10786£354+4.92 %
LondonDown-2274£362-5.64 %
South EastUp+21164£360+12.32 %
West MidlandsUp+1974£321-2.78 %
City of LondonDown-173£393-6.35 %
South WestDown-272£351+8.48 %
HampshireUp+3853£347+1.45 %
YorkshireDown-1945£315+5.61 %
MidlandsUp+2744£316-6.18 %
SurreyUp+1742£384+17.22 %
ScotlandUp+3042£248+11.22 %
WalesUp+1642£274-18.64 %
North WestDown-1441£280-7.26 %
South WalesUp+1339£277-7.24 %
BerkshireUp+4736£330+4.49 %
EdinburghUp+1831£216+2.63 %
North EastUp+628£515+163.41 %
East of EnglandDown-4527£353+0.48 %
BristolDown-527£313+4.21 %
West YorkshireDown-2724£310+4.89 %
NewportUp+522£255-18.40 %
Tyne and WearUp+421£545+182.89 %
LeedsDown-1421£310-12.47 %
CheshireDown-820£286+33.13 %
WiltshireDown-219£385+17.87 %
ShropshireUp+418£323-
BasingstokeUp+2918£354+18.05 %
BuckinghamshireUp+316£349+17.36 %
SwindonDown-315£367+15.44 %
Docklands, LondonUp+3015--

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1512 (27.92 %)Finance
2344 (18.76 %)User Acceptance Testing
3341 (18.59 %)Test Scripting
4320 (17.45 %)Software Testing
5315 (17.18 %)TestDirector
6302 (16.47 %)PRINCE2
7284 (15.49 %)SQL
8268 (14.61 %)Oracle
9201 (10.96 %)Banking
10185 (10.09 %)Test Management
11178 (9.706 %)Security Cleared
12177 (9.651 %)Government
13167 (9.106 %)QA
14144 (7.852 %)Project Management
15142 (7.743 %)Pensions
16130 (7.088 %)Unix
16130 (7.088 %)Windows
17115 (6.270 %)ISEB Practitioner
18112 (6.107 %)QuickTest Pro
19102 (5.562 %)Java
19102 (5.562 %)Migration
19102 (5.562 %)SC Cleared
20100 (5.453 %)System Testing
2195 (5.180 %)Insurance
2195 (5.180 %)Microsoft
2288 (4.798 %)LoadRunner
2384 (4.580 %)Retail
2480 (4.362 %)Automated Testing
2480 (4.362 %)ISTQB
2579 (4.308 %)Regression Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
177 (4.198 %)XML
251 (2.781 %).NET
331 (1.690 %)J2EE
422 (1.200 %)HTML
517 (0.927 %)WebSphere
612 (0.654 %)WebServices
711 (0.600 %)ISPF
89 (0.491 %)Middleware
97 (0.382 %).NET Framework
97 (0.382 %)ASP.NET
106 (0.327 %)XSLT
115 (0.273 %)FIX Protocol
123 (0.164 %)AJAX
123 (0.164 %)Silverlight
132 (0.109 %)Series 60
132 (0.109 %)COM
132 (0.109 %)JSP
141 (0.055 %)SOAP
141 (0.055 %)Struts
141 (0.055 %)MFC
Application Platforms
113 (0.709 %)SharePoint
113 (0.709 %)BizTalk Server
212 (0.654 %)WebLogic
39 (0.491 %)Lotus Notes
48 (0.436 %)OpenROAD
48 (0.436 %)Exchange Server 2007
57 (0.382 %)MS Exchange
66 (0.327 %)Exchange Server 5.5
66 (0.327 %)Exchange Server 2003
75 (0.273 %)CMS
75 (0.273 %)Documentum
75 (0.273 %)SAS
84 (0.218 %)IIS
93 (0.164 %)Rendezvous
93 (0.164 %)MQSeries
102 (0.109 %)SharePoint Server 2007
111 (0.055 %)Oracle Workflow
111 (0.055 %)SharePoint Portal Server
111 (0.055 %)ESB
111 (0.055 %)Office Project Server
Applications
172 (3.926 %)MS Excel
264 (3.490 %)MS Office
349 (2.672 %)MS Project
438 (2.072 %)MS Visio
520 (1.091 %)CA Clarity
618 (0.981 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
124 (1.309 %)Oracle EBS
215 (0.818 %)VisionPLUS
38 (0.436 %)MAXIMO
38 (0.436 %)BASE24
38 (0.436 %)Oracle Financials
47 (0.382 %)SAP FI
47 (0.382 %)SAP FI/CO
47 (0.382 %)SAP CO
56 (0.327 %)Oracle Applications
56 (0.327 %)SAP HR
65 (0.273 %)Endur
74 (0.218 %)Summit
74 (0.218 %)Remedy AR System
74 (0.218 %)Oracle HRMS
83 (0.164 %)Oracle ERP
83 (0.164 %)SAP MM
83 (0.164 %)SAP ERP
83 (0.164 %)SAP PM
92 (0.109 %)Loan IQ
92 (0.109 %)Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking
156 (3.053 %)Internet
215 (0.818 %)SAN
313 (0.709 %)TCP/IP
411 (0.600 %)LDAP
411 (0.600 %)GSM
411 (0.600 %)SMS
59 (0.491 %)LAN
59 (0.491 %)ATM
59 (0.491 %)WAN
59 (0.491 %)X.25
68 (0.436 %)HTTP
68 (0.436 %)iSCSI
77 (0.382 %)PSTN
77 (0.382 %)VLAN
86 (0.327 %)Firewall
86 (0.327 %)Intranet
86 (0.327 %)Broadband
86 (0.327 %)3GPP
86 (0.327 %)UMTS
86 (0.327 %)VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
160 (3.272 %)SQL Server
237 (2.017 %)Datawarehouse
333 (1.799 %)DB2
432 (1.745 %)Oracle Reports
432 (1.745 %)ETL
522 (1.200 %)TOAD
620 (1.091 %)Oracle 8/8i
715 (0.818 %)RDBMS
812 (0.654 %)BusinessObjects
812 (0.654 %)Ingres
812 (0.654 %)Oracle 9i
812 (0.654 %)SQL Server 2005
910 (0.545 %)Data Mining
910 (0.545 %)Oracle 10g
109 (0.491 %)EDRMS
116 (0.327 %)SQL Server 2000
125 (0.273 %)SQLPlus
125 (0.273 %)Informix
133 (0.164 %)MS Access
142 (0.109 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1315 (17.18 %)TestDirector
2112 (6.107 %)QuickTest Pro
388 (4.798 %)LoadRunner
475 (4.089 %)WinRunner
543 (2.345 %)ClearQuest
639 (2.126 %)ClearCase
726 (1.418 %)Ant
824 (1.309 %)Eclipse
918 (0.981 %)Selenium
1015 (0.818 %)Visual Studio
1110 (0.545 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1110 (0.545 %)JMeter
129 (0.491 %)TestPartner
138 (0.436 %)RequisitePro
147 (0.382 %)FitNesse
156 (0.327 %)Firebug
156 (0.327 %)XDE
156 (0.327 %)Rational Robot
156 (0.327 %)PVCS
156 (0.327 %)JUnit
General
1512 (27.92 %)Finance
2201 (10.96 %)Banking
3177 (9.651 %)Government
4142 (7.743 %)Pensions
595 (5.180 %)Insurance
684 (4.580 %)Retail
766 (3.599 %)Telecoms
865 (3.544 %)Investment Banking
938 (2.072 %)Education
1028 (1.527 %)Health
1028 (1.527 %)Billing
1124 (1.309 %)Financial Institution
1217 (0.927 %)Retail Banking
1316 (0.872 %)Local Government
1410 (0.545 %)Front Office
158 (0.436 %)Back Office
167 (0.382 %)Marketing
176 (0.327 %)Online Banking
176 (0.327 %)FMCG
176 (0.327 %)Law
Job Titles
1823 (44.87 %)Analyst
2662 (36.10 %)Test Analyst
3318 (17.34 %)Tester
4268 (14.61 %)Test Manager
5111 (6.052 %)Business Analyst
682 (4.471 %)Project Manager
773 (3.980 %)Senior Analyst
871 (3.871 %)Systems Tester
963 (3.435 %)Test Engineer
1060 (3.272 %)Team Leader
1156 (3.053 %)Senior Test Analyst
1252 (2.835 %)Test Team Leader
1338 (2.072 %)Programme Manager
1435 (1.908 %)Coordinator
1435 (1.908 %)Consultant
1532 (1.745 %)Test Coordinator
1630 (1.636 %)Software Tester
1729 (1.581 %)Test Specialist
1826 (1.418 %)Senior Tester
1924 (1.309 %)Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
149 (2.672 %)Derivative
238 (2.072 %)Equities
330 (1.636 %)Mainframe
424 (1.309 %)Client/Server
523 (1.254 %)NHS
622 (1.200 %)Fixed Income
718 (0.981 %)PMI
817 (0.927 %)Asset Management
913 (0.709 %)Thin Client
913 (0.709 %)Fat Client
1012 (0.654 %)AS400
1110 (0.545 %)Blackberry
1110 (0.545 %)Computer Science
129 (0.491 %)Credit Risk
129 (0.491 %)Management Information System
137 (0.382 %)Tandem
137 (0.382 %)Taxonomies
146 (0.327 %)Replication
146 (0.327 %)EPoS
146 (0.327 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
1130 (7.088 %)Unix
1130 (7.088 %)Windows
243 (2.345 %)Linux
321 (1.145 %)Windows Server 2003
416 (0.872 %)Windows XP
512 (0.654 %)VMS
610 (0.545 %)Solaris
610 (0.545 %)Windows 2000
77 (0.382 %)Windows NT
86 (0.327 %)Windows Mobile
94 (0.218 %)OpenVMS
103 (0.164 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.109 %)MVS
112 (0.109 %)HPUX
121 (0.055 %)AIX
121 (0.055 %)Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
1344 (18.76 %)User Acceptance Testing
2341 (18.59 %)Test Scripting
3320 (17.45 %)Software Testing
4302 (16.47 %)PRINCE2
5185 (10.09 %)Test Management
6178 (9.706 %)Security Cleared
7144 (7.852 %)Project Management
8102 (5.562 %)Migration
8102 (5.562 %)SC Cleared
9100 (5.453 %)System Testing
1080 (4.362 %)Automated Testing
1179 (4.308 %)Regression Testing
1275 (4.089 %)Integration Testing
1370 (3.817 %)ITIL
1469 (3.762 %)UML
1567 (3.653 %)Agile Software Development
1665 (3.544 %)Business Analysis
1763 (3.435 %)Manual Testing
1862 (3.381 %)Configuration Management
1961 (3.326 %)Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1284 (15.49 %)SQL
2102 (5.562 %)Java
357 (3.108 %)C++
456 (3.053 %)C
545 (2.454 %)VB
628 (1.527 %)Perl
723 (1.254 %)VBScript
822 (1.200 %)PL/SQL
920 (1.091 %)Shell Script
1016 (0.872 %)C#
1115 (0.818 %)COBOL
1212 (0.654 %)JCL
1311 (0.600 %)REXX
1311 (0.600 %)JavaScript
149 (0.491 %)VB.NET
158 (0.436 %)VBA
167 (0.382 %)Ruby
167 (0.382 %)Korn
176 (0.327 %)VB6
185 (0.273 %)Python
Qualifications
1115 (6.270 %)ISEB Practitioner
280 (4.362 %)ISTQB
373 (3.980 %)Degree
460 (3.272 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
540 (2.181 %)PRINCE2 Certification
613 (0.709 %)Microsoft Certification
712 (0.654 %)MCSE
88 (0.436 %)MCP
95 (0.273 %)CCNA
95 (0.273 %)ITIL Certification
95 (0.273 %)Cisco Certification
102 (0.109 %)EXIN
102 (0.109 %)PMP
102 (0.109 %)PMI Certification
102 (0.109 %)Citrix Certification
102 (0.109 %)HNC
102 (0.109 %)HND
111 (0.055 %)MCSD
111 (0.055 %)CCDP
111 (0.055 %)CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1167 (9.106 %)QA
28 (0.436 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
37 (0.382 %)ISO9000
45 (0.273 %)BS7799
54 (0.218 %)SLA
62 (0.109 %)Basel II
62 (0.109 %)EFQM
62 (0.109 %)GMP
71 (0.055 %)GLP
71 (0.055 %)21 CFR Part 11
71 (0.055 %)GAMP
71 (0.055 %)HL7
71 (0.055 %)PCI DSS
System Software
147 (2.563 %)Active Directory
23 (0.164 %)ISA Server
23 (0.164 %)NFS
32 (0.109 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.055 %)AquaLogic
Systems Management
111 (0.600 %)OpenView Configuration Management
29 (0.491 %)OpenView
38 (0.436 %)CONTROL-M
47 (0.382 %)Tivoli
47 (0.382 %)MOM
55 (0.273 %)SCOM
64 (0.218 %)SCCM
73 (0.164 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
82 (0.109 %)BMC Marimba
91 (0.055 %)Netcool
91 (0.055 %)OVSD
91 (0.055 %)Netcool/Proviso
Vendors
1268 (14.61 %)Oracle
295 (5.180 %)Microsoft
360 (3.272 %)SAP
459 (3.217 %)HP
520 (1.091 %)IBM
619 (1.036 %)Citrix
716 (0.872 %)Fidessa
815 (0.818 %)Siebel
914 (0.763 %)Compuware
1013 (0.709 %)Symbian
1013 (0.709 %)Remedy
1112 (0.654 %)Business Objects
1211 (0.600 %)Cognos
1310 (0.545 %)Ab Initio
149 (0.491 %)Lotus
157 (0.382 %)JD Edwards
157 (0.382 %)Sun
165 (0.273 %)Unisys
165 (0.273 %)BEA
165 (0.273 %)VMware
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