The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 23 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 Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 33 44 36
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Contract jobs citing ISEB 6 11 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.639% 1.669% 3.761%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.451% 12.36% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
Average daily rate £325 £313 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -30.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £33.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+48.64% -32.72%
All Qualifications
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
71 89 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 19.40% 13.51% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 47 29
Average daily rate £400 £320 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £140 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £439 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 22
Average hourly rate £36.50 £15.30 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.56% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.27 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £33.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISEB
South East

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex ISEB Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Crawley +8 2 £313 -14.96%
Haywards Heath - 1 - -
ISEB
South East

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 5 (31.25%) Automated Testing
1 5 (31.25%) Business Analysis
1 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
1 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
2 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
3 3 (18.75%) IIBA
3 3 (18.75%) TestComplete
3 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
3 3 (18.75%) QA
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
3 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 3 (18.75%) ISO 9000
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Data Management
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Smart Meter
4 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (6.250%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.250%) Web Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.250%) Selenium
5 1 (6.250%) Degree

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (6.250%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
1 1 (6.250%) VoIP
1 1 (6.250%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) TestComplete
2 1 (6.250%) Selenium
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Test Leader
3 3 (18.75%) Test Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Technical Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Release Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Test Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) IIBA
2 2 (12.50%) Smart Meter
3 1 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Automated Testing
1 5 (31.25%) Business Analysis
1 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
1 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
2 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
3 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Data Management
4 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (6.250%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.250%) Web Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.250%) ETL
5 1 (6.250%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Regression Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
1 3 (18.75%) ISO 9000
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) HP
1 1 (6.250%) SAP
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle
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