The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 45 36 25
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -11
Contract jobs citing ISEB 7 16 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.359% 2.754% 4.493%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.955% 8.040% 18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 21
Average daily rate £360 £330 £449
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -26.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £412 £400 £500
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
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
177 199 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 34.37% 34.25% 24.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 88 65
Average daily rate £421 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £196 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £465 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 16
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.00 £17.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.70 £31.63 £30.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon -14 5 £345 +4.54% 2
Chippenham - - - -
Corsham - - - -
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 16 (69.57%) Finance
2 13 (56.52%) Banking
2 13 (56.52%) User Acceptance Testing
2 13 (56.52%) HP Quality Center
3 12 (52.17%) Retail
3 12 (52.17%) HP
4 10 (43.48%) Retail Banking
5 7 (30.43%) Test Scripting
5 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
6 5 (21.74%) Validation
6 5 (21.74%) EMV
7 4 (17.39%) WinRunner
7 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
7 4 (17.39%) APACS
7 4 (17.39%) LoadRunner
7 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
8 2 (8.696%) .NET
8 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
8 2 (8.696%) TDD
8 2 (8.696%) ISTQB
8 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
9 1 (4.348%) Local Government
9 1 (4.348%) JIRA
9 1 (4.348%) QA
9 1 (4.348%) Selenium
9 1 (4.348%) WCF
9 1 (4.348%) Requirements Management
9 1 (4.348%) BPMN
9 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
9 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 2 (8.696%) .NET
1 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.348%) Web Services
2 1 (4.348%) WCF
2 1 (4.348%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) WinRunner
1 4 (17.39%) LoadRunner
2 1 (4.348%) JIRA
2 1 (4.348%) Selenium
2 1 (4.348%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 16 (69.57%) Finance
2 13 (56.52%) Banking
3 12 (52.17%) Retail
4 10 (43.48%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.348%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Tester
2 13 (56.52%) Analyst
3 10 (43.48%) Test Analyst
4 8 (34.78%) UAT Analyst
4 8 (34.78%) UAT Test Analyst
5 7 (30.43%) UAT Tester
6 6 (26.09%) Test Manager
7 5 (21.74%) Systems Tester
8 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
8 3 (13.04%) Test Leader
8 3 (13.04%) Lead Tester
9 2 (8.696%) Lead Test Analyst
10 1 (4.348%) Systems Analyst
10 1 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
10 1 (4.348%) Architect
10 1 (4.348%) Senior Test Analyst
10 1 (4.348%) Senior Tester
10 1 (4.348%) Business Architect
10 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Architect
10 1 (4.348%) Systems Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) EMV
2 4 (17.39%) APACS
3 1 (4.348%) EPoS
3 1 (4.348%) Chip and PIN
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (30.43%) Test Scripting
3 5 (21.74%) Validation
4 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
4 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
5 2 (8.696%) TDD
5 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.348%) Requirements Management
6 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.348%) ETL
6 1 (4.348%) Six Sigma
6 1 (4.348%) BPMN
6 1 (4.348%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (4.348%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
Systems Management
1 13 (56.52%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) HP
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) VeriFone
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Posted: 31 May 2013