Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank137158145
Rank change year-on-year
Up+21Down-13
Matching contract IT job ads515446901
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.176 %0.970 %1.101 %
As % of the Qualifications category8.256 %5.467 %7.385 %
Daily rates quoted239198315
Average daily rate£350£330£336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.060 %-1.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£235£220£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£471£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£300£325
% change year-on-year
+2.500 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted252043
Average hourly rate£32.00£27.50£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36 %-15.38 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£22.40£16.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.00£38.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.00£28.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
+17.85 %-13.84 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6238815812200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.25 %17.74 %14.90 %
Daily rates quoted265025843748
Average daily rate£359£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.260 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£360£350
% change year-on-year
-9.720 %+2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted5489661399
Average hourly rate£20.50£27.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.07 %+8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£29.00£25.50
% change year-on-year
-31.03 %+13.72 %

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.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

ISEB Hourly Rate Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+13482£360+9.09 %
LondonUp+31251£400+6.66 %
South EastUp+1696£315-8.69 %
City of LondonUp+1792£425-
South WestUp+3046£300-14.28 %
HampshireUp+541£300-
ScotlandUp+1232£270-
BristolUp+1825£300-
YorkshireUp+322£375+13.63 %
BerkshireUp+2020£375+10.29 %
North WestDown-2219£325+16.07 %
West YorkshireDown-416£375+12.35 %
EdinburghDown-515£318+39.56 %
GlasgowUp+614£250-7.40 %
West MidlandsUp+614£350+29.62 %
East MidlandsUp+1312£425+65.04 %
SurreyUp+412£440+2.02 %
CheshireDown-410£325-5.79 %
WarringtonUp+99£340-
LeedsUp+29£375+13.63 %
West SussexUp+108£250-
East of EnglandUp+78£350+44.32 %
CrawleyUp+68£250-
WiltshireUp+77£313-10.71 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-7£438-
BirminghamUp+96£308+6.95 %
BuckinghamshireUp+96--
AldershotNew entry-6--
GloucestershireNew entry-6--
LiverpoolUp+195£349+24.55 %

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

1244 (27.73 %)Finance
2202 (22.95 %)Banking
3171 (19.43 %)Test Scripting
4142 (16.14 %)Software Testing
5140 (15.91 %)TestDirector
6126 (14.32 %)User Acceptance Testing
7116 (13.18 %)SQL
8110 (12.50 %)QA
9106 (12.05 %)QuickTest Pro
10105 (11.93 %)Oracle
11101 (11.48 %)Agile Software Development
12100 (11.36 %)HP
1397 (11.02 %)PRINCE2
1495 (10.80 %)ISTQB
1594 (10.68 %)Test Management
1685 (9.659 %)Security Cleared
1781 (9.205 %)Investment Banking
1876 (8.636 %)ISEB Practitioner
1974 (8.409 %).NET
2067 (7.614 %)Business Analysis
2067 (7.614 %)Test Automation
2163 (7.159 %)LoadRunner
2261 (6.932 %)Microsoft
2261 (6.932 %)Retail
2359 (6.705 %)Degree
2458 (6.591 %)C
2557 (6.477 %)Automated Testing
2557 (6.477 %)Stakeholder Management
2656 (6.364 %)Government
2754 (6.136 %)SC Cleared

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
174 (8.409 %).NET
230 (3.409 %)XML
325 (2.841 %)Web Services
417 (1.932 %)HTML
511 (1.250 %)CSS
610 (1.136 %)ASP
79 (1.023 %)AJAX
87 (0.795 %)J2EE
87 (0.795 %)ASP.NET
87 (0.795 %)XSLT
87 (0.795 %)WebSphere
87 (0.795 %)Application Packaging
96 (0.682 %)Silverlight
96 (0.682 %)SOAP
105 (0.568 %)Flash
105 (0.568 %)Middleware
114 (0.455 %)XHTML
123 (0.341 %)WSDL
123 (0.341 %).NET Framework
123 (0.341 %)WinForms
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
121 (2.386 %)SharePoint
28 (0.909 %)Apache
36 (0.682 %)SAS
36 (0.682 %)IIS
44 (0.455 %)Confluence
44 (0.455 %)CMS
44 (0.455 %)BizTalk Server
53 (0.341 %)WebLogic
53 (0.341 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (0.227 %)SharePoint Portal Server
62 (0.227 %)MS Exchange
62 (0.227 %)Tomcat
71 (0.114 %)Documentum
71 (0.114 %)Smallworld
71 (0.114 %)Exstream Dialogue
71 (0.114 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
137 (4.205 %)MS Office
234 (3.864 %)MS Excel
315 (1.705 %)MS Project
413 (1.477 %)MS Visio
512 (1.364 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.682 %)CA Clarity
74 (0.455 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.341 %)Open Workbench
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (1.818 %)Oracle HRMS
116 (1.818 %)Oracle Financials
29 (1.023 %)SoftGrid
37 (0.795 %)Microsoft CRM
37 (0.795 %)Oracle General Ledger
46 (0.682 %)Dynamics CRM
55 (0.568 %)Oracle EBS
55 (0.568 %)Oracle Payroll
64 (0.455 %)Oracle EBS R12
64 (0.455 %)BASE24
64 (0.455 %)Oracle Applications
64 (0.455 %)SAP Payroll
64 (0.455 %)Summit
73 (0.341 %)SAP HR
73 (0.341 %)Loan IQ
82 (0.227 %)Cerner Millennium
82 (0.227 %)SAP FI/CO
82 (0.227 %)SAP CO
82 (0.227 %)SAP FI
82 (0.227 %)SAP SD
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (2.045 %)Internet
29 (1.023 %)ATM
38 (0.909 %)BSS
47 (0.795 %)TCP/IP
56 (0.682 %)VLAN
56 (0.682 %)Ethernet
65 (0.568 %)SDH
74 (0.455 %)VoIP
74 (0.455 %)WAN
74 (0.455 %)HTTP
83 (0.341 %)DNS
92 (0.227 %)Intranet
92 (0.227 %)Firewall
92 (0.227 %)SMS
101 (0.114 %)FTP
101 (0.114 %)GPRS
101 (0.114 %)GSM
101 (0.114 %)LAN
101 (0.114 %)PSTN
101 (0.114 %)3G
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (5.455 %)SQL Server
231 (3.523 %)Datawarehouse
319 (2.159 %)SQL Server 2005
412 (1.364 %)ETL
412 (1.364 %)Oracle 8/8i
59 (1.023 %)TOAD
67 (0.795 %)SQL Server 2008
75 (0.568 %)DB2
75 (0.568 %)BusinessObjects
84 (0.455 %)Oracle 10g
84 (0.455 %)Oracle Reports
84 (0.455 %)MySQL
93 (0.341 %)GIS
102 (0.227 %)Reference Data
111 (0.114 %)Crystal Reports
111 (0.114 %)Star Schema
111 (0.114 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.114 %)Data Mining
111 (0.114 %)SAP BW
111 (0.114 %)EDRMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1140 (15.91 %)TestDirector
2106 (12.05 %)QuickTest Pro
363 (7.159 %)LoadRunner
446 (5.227 %)Selenium
537 (4.205 %)WinRunner
621 (2.386 %)FitNesse
716 (1.818 %)ClearQuest
815 (1.705 %)Visual Studio
99 (1.023 %)JUnit
108 (0.909 %)Rational Functional Tester
117 (0.795 %)XDE
126 (0.682 %)TestNG
126 (0.682 %)WebDriver
126 (0.682 %)WATIR
126 (0.682 %)JIRA
126 (0.682 %)JMeter
135 (0.568 %)Subversion
135 (0.568 %)DbUnit
143 (0.341 %)VSS/SourceSafe
143 (0.341 %)RequisitePro
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1244 (27.73 %)Finance
2202 (22.95 %)Banking
381 (9.205 %)Investment Banking
461 (6.932 %)Retail
556 (6.364 %)Government
640 (4.545 %)Retail Banking
736 (4.091 %)Insurance
831 (3.523 %)Back Office
924 (2.727 %)Telecoms
1021 (2.386 %)Pensions
1115 (1.705 %)General Ledger
1213 (1.477 %)Financial Institution
1311 (1.250 %)Health
149 (1.023 %)Games
158 (0.909 %)Front Office
167 (0.795 %)Publishing
176 (0.682 %)Criminal Justice
176 (0.682 %)Military
176 (0.682 %)Pharmaceutical
185 (0.568 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1417 (47.39 %)Analyst
2277 (31.48 %)Test Analyst
3161 (18.30 %)Tester
4160 (18.18 %)Test Manager
5124 (14.09 %)Business Analyst
640 (4.545 %)Programme Manager
736 (4.091 %)Programme Test Manager
736 (4.091 %)Senior Analyst
835 (3.977 %)Test Engineer
928 (3.182 %)Senior Test Analyst
1024 (2.727 %)Software Engineer
1024 (2.727 %)Test Leader
1123 (2.614 %)Systems Tester
1221 (2.386 %)Oracle Analyst
1320 (2.273 %)Software Test Engineer
1320 (2.273 %)Systems Analyst
1418 (2.045 %)Team Leader
1418 (2.045 %)Test Team Leader
1418 (2.045 %)Consultant
1517 (1.932 %)Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (2.955 %)NHS
223 (2.614 %)Derivative
312 (1.364 %)iSeries
312 (1.364 %)Handset
312 (1.364 %)Client/Server
411 (1.250 %)AS400
411 (1.250 %)Fixed Income
411 (1.250 %)Credit Risk
58 (0.909 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
58 (0.909 %)Management Information System
67 (0.795 %)FMCG
76 (0.682 %)Equities
76 (0.682 %)Equity Derivative
85 (0.568 %)NGOSS
94 (0.455 %)IVR
94 (0.455 %)Tandem
94 (0.455 %)Web 2.0
94 (0.455 %)Data Protection Act
94 (0.455 %)Computer Science
94 (0.455 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
146 (5.227 %)UNIX
240 (4.545 %)Windows
313 (1.477 %)Linux
45 (0.568 %)AIX
45 (0.568 %)Windows XP
54 (0.455 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (0.455 %)Solaris
63 (0.341 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.227 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
72 (0.227 %)openSUSE
72 (0.227 %)Fedora
72 (0.227 %)Ubuntu
81 (0.114 %)MVS
81 (0.114 %)Mac OS X
81 (0.114 %)OS/390
81 (0.114 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.114 %)VME
81 (0.114 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.114 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1171 (19.43 %)Test Scripting
2142 (16.14 %)Software Testing
3126 (14.32 %)User Acceptance Testing
4101 (11.48 %)Agile Software Development
597 (11.02 %)PRINCE2
694 (10.68 %)Test Management
767 (7.614 %)Business Analysis
767 (7.614 %)Test Automation
857 (6.477 %)Automated Testing
857 (6.477 %)Stakeholder Management
951 (5.795 %)Project Management
1050 (5.682 %)V-Model
1148 (5.455 %)Scrum
1247 (5.341 %)Manual Testing
1345 (5.114 %)Performance Testing
1443 (4.886 %)Regression Testing
1538 (4.318 %)UML
1637 (4.205 %)System Testing
1736 (4.091 %)Integration Testing
1736 (4.091 %)Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1116 (13.18 %)SQL
258 (6.591 %)C
350 (5.682 %)Java
429 (3.295 %)C#
526 (2.955 %)PL/SQL
625 (2.841 %)JavaScript
720 (2.273 %)VB
811 (1.250 %)VB.NET
99 (1.023 %)Perl
108 (0.909 %)C++
117 (0.795 %)VBA
117 (0.795 %)VBScript
126 (0.682 %)VB6
126 (0.682 %)Shell Script
134 (0.455 %)Embedded C
134 (0.455 %)Python
143 (0.341 %)Embedded C++
152 (0.227 %)Ruby
152 (0.227 %)XPath
152 (0.227 %)T-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
195 (10.80 %)ISTQB
285 (9.659 %)Security Cleared
376 (8.636 %)ISEB Practitioner
459 (6.705 %)Degree
554 (6.136 %)SC Cleared
613 (1.477 %)CBAP
712 (1.364 %)PRINCE2 Certification
811 (1.250 %)DV Cleared
96 (0.682 %)BC Cleared
96 (0.682 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
105 (0.568 %)CTC Cleared
105 (0.568 %)APMP
114 (0.455 %)CISSP
123 (0.341 %)ITIL Certification
132 (0.227 %)SAP Certification
132 (0.227 %)Microsoft Certification
132 (0.227 %)HND
141 (0.114 %)MCDBA
141 (0.114 %)Postgraduate
141 (0.114 %)MCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1110 (12.50 %)QA
211 (1.250 %)GAMP
37 (0.795 %)WAI
44 (0.455 %)PCI DSS
44 (0.455 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.455 %)Basel II
44 (0.455 %)GxP
52 (0.227 %)BS7799
52 (0.227 %)ISO9001
52 (0.227 %)SLA
61 (0.114 %)ISO9000
61 (0.114 %)HMG Infosec
61 (0.114 %)COSO
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.341 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.114 %)Active Directory
21 (0.114 %)AquaLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
136 (4.091 %)HP Quality Center
23 (0.341 %)YUM
32 (0.227 %)Netcool/Proviso
32 (0.227 %)Netcool
32 (0.227 %)OpenView
41 (0.114 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.114 %)SCCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1105 (11.93 %)Oracle
2100 (11.36 %)HP
361 (6.932 %)Microsoft
422 (2.500 %)SAP
517 (1.932 %)IBM
68 (0.909 %)Murex
77 (0.795 %)Siebel
86 (0.682 %)Singularity
86 (0.682 %)Citrix
95 (0.568 %)Business Objects
95 (0.568 %)Cognos
95 (0.568 %)CQG
104 (0.455 %)Casewise
104 (0.455 %)TIBCO
104 (0.455 %)Salesforce.com
104 (0.455 %)Sony
104 (0.455 %)Symbian
104 (0.455 %)JBoss
113 (0.341 %)Calypso
113 (0.341 %)Fidessa