ISEB Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 24 May 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 72 65 74
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +9
Contract jobs citing ISEB 23 39 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.408% 1.740% 1.480%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.091% 12.15% 9.365%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 13
Average daily rate £325 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £263 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £376 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+35.13% -32.72%
Search 26 ISEB jobs in the West Midlands
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 253 321 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 14.32% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 147 127
Average daily rate £328 £301 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.98% -6.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £436 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 30
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Birmingham +14 8 £368 +16.66%
Warwickshire 0 6 £325 -
Worcestershire -9 3 £325 -7.14%
Shropshire +8 2 £330 +23.36%
Sutton Coldfield - 2 - -
Staffordshire +15 1 £175 -
Coventry -5 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 £305 -
ISEB
England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 20 (37.74%) ISTQB
2 17 (32.08%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (32.08%) Test Scripting
3 13 (24.53%) SQL
4 12 (22.64%) Finance
5 11 (20.75%) Windows
5 11 (20.75%) HP Quality Center
6 10 (18.87%) Oracle
6 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
7 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
7 9 (16.98%) Retail
7 9 (16.98%) UNIX
7 9 (16.98%) Migration
8 8 (15.09%) Software Testing
8 8 (15.09%) Time Management
8 8 (15.09%) Test Management
8 8 (15.09%) Test Strategy
9 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (13.21%) IBM
9 7 (13.21%) Java
10 6 (11.32%) Project Management
10 6 (11.32%) Requirements Analysis
11 5 (9.434%) Business Analysis
11 5 (9.434%) Manual Testing
11 5 (9.434%) SAP
11 5 (9.434%) Infrastructure Management
12 4 (7.547%) Functional Testing
12 4 (7.547%) Waterfall
12 4 (7.547%) XML
12 4 (7.547%) SQL Server

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (7.547%) XML
1 4 (7.547%) HTML
2 2 (3.774%) .NET
3 1 (1.887%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.887%) WCF
3 1 (1.887%) Web Services
3 1 (1.887%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.774%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.887%) Zimbra
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Project
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.887%) Open Workbench
2 1 (1.887%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.887%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.887%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.887%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.887%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.887%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.887%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.887%) LLU
1 1 (1.887%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.547%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.774%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (1.887%) TOAD
3 1 (1.887%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.547%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (3.774%) LoadRunner
2 2 (3.774%) Selenium
3 1 (1.887%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (22.64%) Finance
2 9 (16.98%) Retail
3 4 (7.547%) Retail Banking
3 4 (7.547%) Banking
4 3 (5.660%) Financial Institution
4 3 (5.660%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.774%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.774%) Billing
6 1 (1.887%) Military
6 1 (1.887%) Advertising
6 1 (1.887%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 33 (62.26%) Analyst
2 24 (45.28%) Test Analyst
3 9 (16.98%) Business Analyst
4 8 (15.09%) Test Manager
5 6 (11.32%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.660%) Test Coordinator
6 3 (5.660%) Senior Test Analyst
6 3 (5.660%) Systems Test Analyst
6 3 (5.660%) Coordinator
6 3 (5.660%) Tester
6 3 (5.660%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (5.660%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.660%) Test Leader
7 2 (3.774%) Agile Test Analyst
7 2 (3.774%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.774%) Procurement Analyst
7 2 (3.774%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (3.774%) SAP Test Analyst
8 1 (1.887%) Test Team Leader
8 1 (1.887%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.660%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.774%) NHS
2 2 (3.774%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.887%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.887%) Statistics
3 1 (1.887%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.887%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.75%) Windows
2 9 (16.98%) UNIX
3 3 (5.660%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.774%) Linux
5 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.887%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.887%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) User Acceptance Testing
1 17 (32.08%) Test Scripting
2 9 (16.98%) Migration
3 8 (15.09%) Software Testing
3 8 (15.09%) Time Management
3 8 (15.09%) Test Management
3 8 (15.09%) Test Strategy
4 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (11.32%) Project Management
5 6 (11.32%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (9.434%) Business Analysis
6 5 (9.434%) Manual Testing
6 5 (9.434%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (7.547%) Functional Testing
7 4 (7.547%) Waterfall
7 4 (7.547%) CRM
7 4 (7.547%) System Testing
7 4 (7.547%) Cash Management
7 4 (7.547%) Programme Management
8 3 (5.660%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) SQL
2 7 (13.21%) Java
3 3 (5.660%) VB
3 3 (5.660%) COBOL
4 2 (3.774%) C#
5 1 (1.887%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.887%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.887%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) ISTQB
2 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
3 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.660%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (3.774%) Degree
6 1 (1.887%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.887%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.547%) QA
2 2 (3.774%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 11 (20.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Oracle
2 7 (13.21%) IBM
3 5 (9.434%) SAP
4 4 (7.547%) HP
5 3 (5.660%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.774%) webMethods
7 1 (1.887%) Capita
7 1 (1.887%) Citrix
7 1 (1.887%) CheckPoint
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Test Coordinator
Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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