Wales ISEB Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the Wales region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location Abingdon Amersham Andover Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Huntingdon Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redhill Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	46
Rank change on same period last year	+27
Matching contract IT job ads	54	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.076 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	42.86 %	16.19 %
Daily rates quoted	7	4
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£313
Average daily rate	£275	£356
% change on same period last year	-22.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£285	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£316
% change on same period last year	+2.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	37	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.09	-
Average hourly rate	£38.43	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.76	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.62	£38.48
% change on same period last year	-10.05 %
Qualifications Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	126	105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.177 %	0.106 %
Daily rates quoted	39	17
Average minimum daily rate	£308	£337
Average daily rate	£325	£358
% change on same period last year	-9.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	43	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.21	£22.17
Average hourly rate	£35.65	£23.75
% change on same period last year	+50.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.09	£25.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.54	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-1.20 %
ISEB UK

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISEB across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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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 Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
South Wales	+21	50	£301	-9.84 %
West Wales	-4	1	-	-

ISEB UK

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 47 (47.96 %) Test Management 2 32 (32.65 %) Security Cleared 2 32 (32.65 %) Configuration Management 3 31 (31.63 %) MS Project 4 28 (28.57 %) Software Testing 5 25 (25.51 %) Test Scripting 6 19 (19.39 %) Degree 7 18 (18.37 %) PRINCE2 7 18 (18.37 %) RUP 7 18 (18.37 %) NHS 7 18 (18.37 %) Microsoft 8 12 (12.24 %) TestDirector 8 12 (12.24 %) HND 9 11 (11.22 %) Health 10 10 (10.20 %) HP

11 9 (9.184 %) ISTQB 11 9 (9.184 %) Software Engineering 12 8 (8.163 %) SQL 13 7 (7.143 %) Finance 13 7 (7.143 %) SC Cleared 14 6 (6.122 %) Performance Testing 14 6 (6.122 %) V-Model 14 6 (6.122 %) Education 14 6 (6.122 %) Government 14 6 (6.122 %) MS Excel 15 5 (5.102 %) Data Modelling 15 5 (5.102 %) Visual Studio 15 5 (5.102 %) Business Analysis 16 4 (4.082 %) Requirements Analysis 16 4 (4.082 %) Risk Analysis

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 (1.020 %) .NET	Applications 1 31 (31.63 %) MS Project 2 6 (6.122 %) MS Excel 3 4 (4.082 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.020 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.020 %) TOAD
Development Applications 1 12 (12.24 %) TestDirector 2 5 (5.102 %) Visual Studio 3 4 (4.082 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (2.041 %) Telelogic DOORS 4 2 (2.041 %) WinRunner 5 1 (1.020 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 11 (11.22 %) Health 2 7 (7.143 %) Finance 3 6 (6.122 %) Education 3 6 (6.122 %) Government 4 2 (2.041 %) Banking 5 1 (1.020 %) Retail 5 1 (1.020 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (1.020 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 61 (62.24 %) Analyst 2 56 (57.14 %) Test Analyst 3 16 (16.33 %) Test Engineer 4 10 (10.20 %) Test Manager 5 6 (6.122 %) Tester 6 5 (5.102 %) Business Analyst 7 3 (3.061 %) Performance Tester 7 3 (3.061 %) Test Team Leader 7 3 (3.061 %) Team Leader 8 1 (1.020 %) Project Support Officer 8 1 (1.020 %) Test Specialist 8 1 (1.020 %) Senior Test Engineer 8 1 (1.020 %) Project Officer 8 1 (1.020 %) Programme Office Support 8 1 (1.020 %) Software Tester 8 1 (1.020 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 18 (18.37 %) NHS 2 2 (2.041 %) Management Information System 2 2 (2.041 %) AS400 3 1 (1.020 %) Mainframe 3 1 (1.020 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 2 (2.041 %) UNIX 1 2 (2.041 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 47 (47.96 %) Test Management 2 32 (32.65 %) Security Cleared 2 32 (32.65 %) Configuration Management 3 28 (28.57 %) Software Testing 4 25 (25.51 %) Test Scripting 5 18 (18.37 %) PRINCE2 5 18 (18.37 %) RUP 6 9 (9.184 %) Software Engineering 7 7 (7.143 %) SC Cleared 8 6 (6.122 %) V-Model 8 6 (6.122 %) Performance Testing 9 5 (5.102 %) Data Modelling 9 5 (5.102 %) Business Analysis 10 4 (4.082 %) Project Management 10 4 (4.082 %) Information Management 10 4 (4.082 %) Validation 10 4 (4.082 %) Requirements Analysis 10 4 (4.082 %) Risk Analysis 10 4 (4.082 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 3 (3.061 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 8 (8.163 %) SQL 2 2 (2.041 %) VB 2 2 (2.041 %) VB6 2 2 (2.041 %) C 2 2 (2.041 %) Java	Qualifications 1 19 (19.39 %) Degree 2 12 (12.24 %) HND 3 9 (9.184 %) ISTQB 4 3 (3.061 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (3.061 %) SNOMED CT 2 1 (1.020 %) QA	Vendors 1 18 (18.37 %) Microsoft 2 10 (10.20 %) HP 3 2 (2.041 %) Borland 3 2 (2.041 %) Telelogic