The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Wales 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 26 43 40
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 18 12 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.846% 1.980% 3.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.14% 5.063% 6.471%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 6
Average daily rate £305 £440 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.68% +75.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £332 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £505 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £353
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £20.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+8.43% -30.83%
All Qualifications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
137 237 340
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 29.27% 39.11% 47.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 92 129
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 19
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £13.47 £11.44
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £22.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
UK

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISEB across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Wales ISEB Daily Rate Histogram

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales +9 15 £300 -31.81% 1
West Wales - 2 £310 -
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UK

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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 15 (46.88%) PRINCE2
2 11 (34.38%) ISEB Practitioner
3 10 (31.25%) RUP
4 9 (28.13%) NHS
4 9 (28.13%) Visual Studio
4 9 (28.13%) Business Analysis
4 9 (28.13%) Use Case
4 9 (28.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (25.00%) Multimedia
5 8 (25.00%) SQL
5 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 8 (25.00%) UNIX
5 8 (25.00%) Windows
5 8 (25.00%) Linux
5 8 (25.00%) Project Management
6 7 (21.88%) Management Information System
6 7 (21.88%) MS Project
6 7 (21.88%) Banking
6 7 (21.88%) Degree
7 6 (18.75%) Retail
7 6 (18.75%) C
7 6 (18.75%) Migration
7 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (15.63%) Regression Testing
8 5 (15.63%) Retail Banking
8 5 (15.63%) Integration Testing
8 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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 3 (9.375%) XML
2 2 (6.250%) XML Messaging
2 2 (6.250%) soapUI
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) MS Project
2 2 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.250%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (28.13%) Visual Studio
1 9 (28.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (25.00%) Multimedia
2 7 (21.88%) Banking
3 6 (18.75%) Retail
4 5 (15.63%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.125%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (81.25%) Analyst
2 14 (43.75%) Business Analyst
3 10 (31.25%) Test Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Test Leader
4 2 (6.250%) Agile Test Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Tester
4 2 (6.250%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Credit Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) NHS
2 7 (21.88%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.50%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) UNIX
1 8 (25.00%) Windows
1 8 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) PRINCE2
2 10 (31.25%) RUP
3 9 (28.13%) Business Analysis
3 9 (28.13%) Use Case
4 8 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (25.00%) Project Management
4 8 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 6 (18.75%) Migration
5 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (15.63%) Regression Testing
6 5 (15.63%) Integration Testing
6 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting
7 4 (12.50%) Test Strategy
7 4 (12.50%) Automated Testing
7 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
8 3 (9.375%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (6.250%) Manual Testing
9 2 (6.250%) System Testing
9 2 (6.250%) Data Migration
9 2 (6.250%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) SQL
2 6 (18.75%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) ISEB Practitioner
2 7 (21.88%) Degree
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.250%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.250%) HNC
4 2 (6.250%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.125%) EXIN
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Accountablities; * Test approach/strategy definition * Test environment management * Test scheduling * Test scripting Incident management ** Formal test methods * Mainframe, GUI, Internet and interface testing * Structured Project Methodology Qualified to...
Sanderson
Posted: 14 June 2013
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