West Midlands ISEB Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the West Midlands 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tamworth Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	59	69
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	58	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.091 %	0.063 %
As % of the category below	19.14 %	15.99 %
Daily rates quoted	27	30
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£266
Average daily rate	£304	£290
% change on same period last year	+4.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£312	£314
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£326
% change on same period last year	+0.05 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.63	-
Average hourly rate	£30.63	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.63	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.52	£35.18
% change on same period last year	+0.96 %
Qualifications West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	303	369
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.477 %	0.395 %
Daily rates quoted	88	103
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£258
Average daily rate	£333	£273
% change on same period last year	+21.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£289
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	75
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.42	£30.01
Average hourly rate	£21.63	£33.38
% change on same period last year	-35.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.83	£36.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
ISEB England

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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Shropshire	+15	20	£278	+17.91 %
Birmingham	+23	7	£328	-15.26 %
Warwickshire	+20	5	-	-
Staffordshire	-16	4	£338	+11.80 %
Coventry	+1	2	£405	-
Solihull	-	2	-	-
Herefordshire	+9	1	£260	+9.47 %

ISEB England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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 43 (34.96 %) Test Scripting 2 30 (24.39 %) Finance 3 28 (22.76 %) TestDirector 4 25 (20.33 %) ISTQB 5 22 (17.89 %) Software Testing 6 21 (17.07 %) SQL 6 21 (17.07 %) Oracle 7 18 (14.63 %) Pensions 8 17 (13.82 %) Migration 9 16 (13.01 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 16 (13.01 %) Test Management 10 14 (11.38 %) SC Cleared 10 14 (11.38 %) Security Cleared 11 13 (10.57 %) UNIX 11 13 (10.57 %) System Testing

12 11 (8.943 %) HP 13 10 (8.130 %) Insurance 13 10 (8.130 %) Government 13 10 (8.130 %) ITIL 13 10 (8.130 %) Java 14 8 (6.504 %) WinRunner 14 8 (6.504 %) IBM 14 8 (6.504 %) Service Management 14 8 (6.504 %) Data Migration 14 8 (6.504 %) V-Model 15 7 (5.691 %) AS400 16 6 (4.878 %) Validation 16 6 (4.878 %) Microsoft 16 6 (4.878 %) VBA 16 6 (4.878 %) Performance Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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 5 (4.065 %) .NET 2 1 (0.813 %) ASP 2 1 (0.813 %) XML 2 1 (0.813 %) JMS	Application Platforms 1 2 (1.626 %) CMS 2 1 (0.813 %) ESB 2 1 (0.813 %) SharePoint 2 1 (0.813 %) WebLogic Portal
Applications 1 5 (4.065 %) MS Office 1 5 (4.065 %) MS Excel 2 4 (3.252 %) MS Visio 3 3 (2.439 %) MS Project 3 3 (2.439 %) Open Workbench 4 1 (0.813 %) DOC1	Business Applications 1 2 (1.626 %) JDE OneWorld 1 2 (1.626 %) JDE EnterpriseOne 2 1 (0.813 %) Summit 2 1 (0.813 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 5 (4.065 %) Internet 2 2 (1.626 %) GSM 3 1 (0.813 %) LDAP 3 1 (0.813 %) TETRA 3 1 (0.813 %) BSS 3 1 (0.813 %) MGW	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (2.439 %) Oracle OWB 2 2 (1.626 %) Oracle Reports 2 2 (1.626 %) MS Access 3 1 (0.813 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (0.813 %) TOAD 3 1 (0.813 %) SQL Navigator 3 1 (0.813 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 28 (22.76 %) TestDirector 2 8 (6.504 %) WinRunner 3 3 (2.439 %) ClearCase 3 3 (2.439 %) ClearQuest 3 3 (2.439 %) QuickTest Pro 3 3 (2.439 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (1.626 %) Synon 4 2 (1.626 %) Rational Robot 5 1 (0.813 %) COOL:Gen 5 1 (0.813 %) WebLogic Workshop	General 1 30 (24.39 %) Finance 2 18 (14.63 %) Pensions 3 10 (8.130 %) Insurance 3 10 (8.130 %) Government 4 4 (3.252 %) Automotive 4 4 (3.252 %) Education 5 3 (2.439 %) Telecoms 5 3 (2.439 %) General Ledger 6 2 (1.626 %) Banking 6 2 (1.626 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (0.813 %) Military
Job Titles 1 41 (33.33 %) Analyst 2 38 (30.89 %) Test Analyst 3 34 (27.64 %) Tester 4 14 (11.38 %) Test Manager 5 11 (8.943 %) Test Engineer 6 6 (4.878 %) Senior Test Analyst 6 6 (4.878 %) Senior Analyst 6 6 (4.878 %) Systems Tester 7 5 (4.065 %) Test Team Leader 7 5 (4.065 %) Team Leader 7 5 (4.065 %) Technical Engineer 7 5 (4.065 %) Lead Test Analyst 8 4 (3.252 %) Test Specialist 8 4 (3.252 %) Manual Tester 9 3 (2.439 %) Design Engineer 9 3 (2.439 %) Network Engineer 9 3 (2.439 %) Integration Engineer 9 3 (2.439 %) Network Design Engineer 10 2 (1.626 %) UAT Analyst 10 2 (1.626 %) Functional Tester	Miscellaneous 1 7 (5.691 %) AS400 2 5 (4.065 %) Mainframe 2 5 (4.065 %) IBM Mainframe 3 3 (2.439 %) VLE 4 2 (1.626 %) iSeries 4 2 (1.626 %) PMI 5 1 (0.813 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.813 %) SCORM
Operating Systems 1 13 (10.57 %) UNIX 2 3 (2.439 %) Windows 2 3 (2.439 %) Linux 3 2 (1.626 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 43 (34.96 %) Test Scripting 2 22 (17.89 %) Software Testing 3 17 (13.82 %) Migration 4 16 (13.01 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 16 (13.01 %) Test Management 5 14 (11.38 %) SC Cleared 5 14 (11.38 %) Security Cleared 6 13 (10.57 %) System Testing 7 10 (8.130 %) ITIL 8 8 (6.504 %) Service Management 8 8 (6.504 %) Data Migration 8 8 (6.504 %) V-Model 9 6 (4.878 %) Performance Testing 9 6 (4.878 %) Validation 10 5 (4.065 %) ITSM 11 4 (3.252 %) GAP Analysis 11 4 (3.252 %) PRINCE2 11 4 (3.252 %) Manual Testing 12 3 (2.439 %) Stress Testing 12 3 (2.439 %) Use Case
Programming Languages 1 21 (17.07 %) SQL 2 10 (8.130 %) Java 3 6 (4.878 %) VBA 4 4 (3.252 %) VB 5 3 (2.439 %) Perl 6 2 (1.626 %) PL/SQL 6 2 (1.626 %) RPG 6 2 (1.626 %) COBOL	Qualifications 1 25 (20.33 %) ISTQB 2 5 (4.065 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 3 (2.439 %) CCNA 3 3 (2.439 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (1.626 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.626 %) QA	System Software 1 2 (1.626 %) Active Directory 1 2 (1.626 %) ISA Server 2 1 (0.813 %) AquaLogic
Vendors 1 21 (17.07 %) Oracle 2 11 (8.943 %) HP 3 8 (6.504 %) IBM 4 6 (4.878 %) Microsoft 5 3 (2.439 %) FileNet 5 3 (2.439 %) FatWire 6 2 (1.626 %) Borland 6 2 (1.626 %) JD Edwards 6 2 (1.626 %) TIBCO 7 1 (0.813 %) BEA 7 1 (0.813 %) Ericsson 7 1 (0.813 %) SAP 7 1 (0.813 %) Progress