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 19 March 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
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank135146144
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Down-2
Matching contract IT job ads605397897
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.252 %1.006 %1.091 %
As % of the Qualifications category8.723 %5.549 %7.576 %
Daily rates quoted309187342
Average daily rate£325£315£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.170 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£200£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£510£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£328
% change year-on-year
--8.390 %
Hourly rates quoted231645
Average hourly rate£32.00£32.50£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.530 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.30£24.08£16.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.20£41.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.50£32.50£32.25
% change year-on-year
-9.230 %+0.770 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6936715411840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.36 %18.14 %14.40 %
Daily rates quoted301423973609
Average daily rate£350£372£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.910 %+1.910 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£520
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted5476971296
Average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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+19562£325-
LondonUp+25272£400+6.66 %
South EastUp+13109£325+8.33 %
City of LondonDown-2272£425+3.03 %
South WestUp+2567£275-57.69 %
BristolUp+2138£288-
HampshireUp+235£300-
YorkshireUp+1934£250-20.63 %
ScotlandDown-132£270+11.91 %
North WestDown-2131£275-15.77 %
BerkshireUp+1624£344+46.27 %
East MidlandsUp+1423£425+65.04 %
SurreyNo change019£375+25.52 %
West YorkshireDown-917£250-24.24 %
GlasgowDown-215£250-1.96 %
EdinburghDown-815£310+45.02 %
WalesUp+814£325+7.43 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-13£450-
East of EnglandNo change011£313+38.12 %
ManchesterDown-1811£275-1.38 %
South YorkshireUp+1110£213-29.16 %
South WalesUp+510£331+9.50 %
West SussexDown-210£240+0.52 %
CheshireDown-1110£305-2.86 %
SheffieldUp+129£213-29.16 %
West MidlandsUp+69£444+93.98 %
LeedsUp+28£238-28.03 %
NorthamptonNew entry-8£450-
ReadingUp+77£281-
WarringtonNo change07£340+3.65 %

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

1274 (26.81 %)Finance
2216 (21.14 %)Banking
3198 (19.37 %)Test Scripting
4171 (16.73 %)Software Testing
5162 (15.85 %)User Acceptance Testing
6142 (13.89 %)TestDirector
7141 (13.80 %)SQL
8133 (13.01 %)PRINCE2
8133 (13.01 %)ISTQB
9126 (12.33 %)QA
10118 (11.55 %)Test Management
11116 (11.35 %)QuickTest Pro
12113 (11.06 %)Agile Software Development
12113 (11.06 %)Security Cleared
13109 (10.67 %)Oracle
14100 (9.785 %)HP
1594 (9.198 %)ISEB Practitioner
1693 (9.100 %)Investment Banking
1787 (8.513 %)Test Automation
1875 (7.339 %)Business Analysis
1875 (7.339 %).NET
1875 (7.339 %)Java
1972 (7.045 %)Retail
1972 (7.045 %)Government
1972 (7.045 %)SC Cleared
2070 (6.849 %)Microsoft
2169 (6.751 %)LoadRunner
2266 (6.458 %)C
2365 (6.360 %)Stakeholder Management
2463 (6.164 %)Degree

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 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
175 (7.339 %).NET
250 (4.892 %)XML
335 (3.425 %)Web Services
429 (2.838 %)HTML
516 (1.566 %)AJAX
615 (1.468 %)CSS
714 (1.370 %)J2EE
811 (1.076 %)WebSphere
811 (1.076 %)Flash
811 (1.076 %)ASP
99 (0.881 %)XSLT
107 (0.685 %)Application Packaging
116 (0.587 %)Middleware
125 (0.489 %)SOAP
125 (0.489 %)ASP.NET
125 (0.489 %)Silverlight
125 (0.489 %).NET Framework
133 (0.294 %)WinForms
133 (0.294 %)XHTML
133 (0.294 %)XSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
124 (2.348 %)SharePoint
213 (1.272 %)IIS
311 (1.076 %)Apache
49 (0.881 %)CMS
57 (0.685 %)Confluence
65 (0.489 %)WebLogic
74 (0.391 %)SAP Portal
74 (0.391 %)WebSphere Application Server
74 (0.391 %)SAS
82 (0.196 %)ESB
82 (0.196 %)BizTalk Server
82 (0.196 %)Tomcat
82 (0.196 %)SharePoint Portal Server
91 (0.098 %)AquaLogic
91 (0.098 %)MS Exchange
91 (0.098 %)Documentum
91 (0.098 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.098 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.098 %)WebSphere MQ
91 (0.098 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
149 (4.795 %)MS Office
235 (3.425 %)MS Excel
319 (1.859 %)MS Project
412 (1.174 %)MS Visio
511 (1.076 %)MS PowerPoint
511 (1.076 %)CA Clarity
66 (0.587 %)Open Workbench
75 (0.489 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (1.566 %)Oracle Financials
212 (1.174 %)Oracle HRMS
39 (0.881 %)SoftGrid
39 (0.881 %)Oracle General Ledger
46 (0.587 %)Microsoft CRM
46 (0.587 %)Dynamics CRM
55 (0.489 %)Oracle EBS
55 (0.489 %)SAP HR
64 (0.391 %)Maximo
64 (0.391 %)Oracle Applications
64 (0.391 %)SAP Payroll
73 (0.294 %)Summit
73 (0.294 %)SAP PM
73 (0.294 %)Loan IQ
73 (0.294 %)Oracle EBS R12
82 (0.196 %)Cerner Millennium
82 (0.196 %)SAP SD
82 (0.196 %)SAP FI
82 (0.196 %)SAP Oil and Gas
82 (0.196 %)SAP CO
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (1.663 %)Internet
212 (1.174 %)HTTP
38 (0.783 %)TCP/IP
46 (0.587 %)Firewall
46 (0.587 %)DNS
46 (0.587 %)BSS
55 (0.489 %)Broadband
55 (0.489 %)WAN
64 (0.391 %)3G
64 (0.391 %)ATM
64 (0.391 %)Ethernet
64 (0.391 %)GPRS
64 (0.391 %)GSM
64 (0.391 %)VLAN
64 (0.391 %)Wi-Fi
73 (0.294 %)SDH
82 (0.196 %)VoIP
82 (0.196 %)PSTN
82 (0.196 %)SSL
82 (0.196 %)SSH
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
161 (5.969 %)SQL Server
240 (3.914 %)Datawarehouse
324 (2.348 %)SQL Server 2005
417 (1.663 %)ETL
513 (1.272 %)TOAD
612 (1.174 %)SQL Server 2008
78 (0.783 %)Oracle Reports
87 (0.685 %)Oracle 8/8i
96 (0.587 %)DB2
96 (0.587 %)Oracle 10g
104 (0.391 %)BusinessObjects
104 (0.391 %)MySQL
113 (0.294 %)RDBMS
113 (0.294 %)Star Schema
122 (0.196 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
122 (0.196 %)Reference Data
122 (0.196 %)GIS
122 (0.196 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
122 (0.196 %)SQL Server Integration Services
131 (0.098 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1142 (13.89 %)TestDirector
2116 (11.35 %)QuickTest Pro
369 (6.751 %)LoadRunner
444 (4.305 %)Selenium
535 (3.425 %)WinRunner
623 (2.250 %)ClearQuest
722 (2.153 %)FitNesse
815 (1.468 %)Visual Studio
912 (1.174 %)JUnit
1011 (1.076 %)JIRA
1110 (0.978 %)XDE
129 (0.881 %)Subversion
138 (0.783 %)WebDriver
138 (0.783 %)Rational Functional Tester
147 (0.685 %)JMeter
147 (0.685 %)RequisitePro
156 (0.587 %)Visual Studio Team System
156 (0.587 %)WATIR
156 (0.587 %)ClearCase
164 (0.391 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1274 (26.81 %)Finance
2216 (21.14 %)Banking
393 (9.100 %)Investment Banking
472 (7.045 %)Retail
472 (7.045 %)Government
550 (4.892 %)Insurance
647 (4.599 %)Retail Banking
737 (3.620 %)Back Office
828 (2.740 %)Telecoms
925 (2.446 %)Pensions
1018 (1.761 %)Health
1113 (1.272 %)General Ledger
1113 (1.272 %)Financial Institution
1212 (1.174 %)Front Office
1311 (1.076 %)Games
148 (0.783 %)Publishing
157 (0.685 %)Military
166 (0.587 %)Education
175 (0.489 %)Criminal Justice
175 (0.489 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1471 (46.09 %)Analyst
2323 (31.60 %)Test Analyst
3196 (19.18 %)Test Manager
4187 (18.30 %)Tester
5127 (12.43 %)Business Analyst
653 (5.186 %)Programme Manager
745 (4.403 %)Programme Test Manager
839 (3.816 %)Senior Analyst
934 (3.327 %)Test Engineer
1032 (3.131 %)Test Leader
1128 (2.740 %)Senior Test Analyst
1227 (2.642 %)Systems Tester
1227 (2.642 %)Systems Analyst
1326 (2.544 %)Team Leader
1326 (2.544 %)Test Team Leader
1422 (2.153 %)Consultant
1521 (2.055 %)QA Analyst
1620 (1.957 %)Software Engineer
1719 (1.859 %)Project Manager
1719 (1.859 %)Business Systems Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (2.544 %)NHS
222 (2.153 %)Derivative
314 (1.370 %)Credit Risk
413 (1.272 %)AS400
413 (1.272 %)Client/Server
413 (1.272 %)iSeries
510 (0.978 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
510 (0.978 %)Fixed Income
68 (0.783 %)Handset
68 (0.783 %)Equities
77 (0.685 %)FMCG
86 (0.587 %)Equity Derivative
95 (0.489 %)Management Information System
104 (0.391 %)Open Source
104 (0.391 %)NGOSS
104 (0.391 %)Data Protection Act
104 (0.391 %)Mainframe
104 (0.391 %)NPfIT
104 (0.391 %)N-Tier
104 (0.391 %)IVR
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
156 (5.479 %)UNIX
238 (3.718 %)Windows
313 (1.272 %)Linux
48 (0.783 %)AIX
56 (0.587 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (0.587 %)Solaris
65 (0.489 %)Windows XP
74 (0.391 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.196 %)Windows Server 2008
82 (0.196 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
82 (0.196 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.196 %)Fedora
91 (0.098 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.098 %)MVS
91 (0.098 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.098 %)zOS
91 (0.098 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.098 %)VME
91 (0.098 %)Windows 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1198 (19.37 %)Test Scripting
2171 (16.73 %)Software Testing
3162 (15.85 %)User Acceptance Testing
4133 (13.01 %)PRINCE2
5118 (11.55 %)Test Management
6113 (11.06 %)Agile Software Development
787 (8.513 %)Test Automation
875 (7.339 %)Business Analysis
965 (6.360 %)Stakeholder Management
1058 (5.675 %)Project Management
1154 (5.284 %)Automated Testing
1251 (4.990 %)Manual Testing
1349 (4.795 %)V-Model
1448 (4.697 %)Scrum
1547 (4.599 %)UML
1547 (4.599 %)Integration Testing
1645 (4.403 %)Regression Testing
1744 (4.305 %)System Testing
1843 (4.207 %)Performance Testing
1939 (3.816 %)CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1141 (13.80 %)SQL
275 (7.339 %)Java
366 (6.458 %)C
435 (3.425 %)C#
531 (3.033 %)JavaScript
629 (2.838 %)PL/SQL
725 (2.446 %)VB
820 (1.957 %)Perl
912 (1.174 %)VBScript
109 (0.881 %)Shell Script
109 (0.881 %)VBA
117 (0.685 %)VB.NET
126 (0.587 %)Python
135 (0.489 %)Ruby
135 (0.489 %)C++
144 (0.391 %)XPath
153 (0.294 %)VB6
153 (0.294 %)T-SQL
162 (0.196 %)Groovy
171 (0.098 %)J#
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1133 (13.01 %)ISTQB
2113 (11.06 %)Security Cleared
394 (9.198 %)ISEB Practitioner
472 (7.045 %)SC Cleared
563 (6.164 %)Degree
615 (1.468 %)PRINCE2 Certification
615 (1.468 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
713 (1.272 %)DV Cleared
811 (1.076 %)CBAP
99 (0.881 %)APMP
106 (0.587 %)BC Cleared
106 (0.587 %)CTC Cleared
114 (0.391 %)Microsoft Certification
123 (0.294 %)ITIL Certification
132 (0.196 %)PMI Certification
132 (0.196 %)SAP Certification
132 (0.196 %)Sun Certification
132 (0.196 %)MCP
132 (0.196 %)MBA
141 (0.098 %)CEH
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1126 (12.33 %)QA
26 (0.587 %)WAI
35 (0.489 %)GAMP
44 (0.391 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.196 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.196 %)Basel II
52 (0.196 %)ISO9001
52 (0.196 %)SLA
61 (0.098 %)GxP
61 (0.098 %)COSO
61 (0.098 %)HMG Infosec
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.294 %)Active Directory
13 (0.294 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.098 %)Xen
21 (0.098 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
21 (0.098 %)qmail
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
147 (4.599 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.391 %)Netcool
33 (0.294 %)YUM
42 (0.196 %)Netcool/Proviso
42 (0.196 %)OpenView
51 (0.098 %)NetBackup
51 (0.098 %)OpenView Configuration Management
51 (0.098 %)SCCM
51 (0.098 %)McAfee ePO
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1109 (10.67 %)Oracle
2100 (9.785 %)HP
370 (6.849 %)Microsoft
431 (3.033 %)SAP
520 (1.957 %)IBM
610 (0.978 %)Siebel
77 (0.685 %)Singularity
77 (0.685 %)Murex
86 (0.587 %)Citrix
86 (0.587 %)Cognos
95 (0.489 %)JBoss
95 (0.489 %)CQG
95 (0.489 %)Red Hat
104 (0.391 %)Salesforce.com
104 (0.391 %)Fidessa
104 (0.391 %)Sony
104 (0.391 %)Business Objects
104 (0.391 %)Casewise
113 (0.294 %)Ab Initio
113 (0.294 %)VMware