The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT contracts advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 19 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 Woking 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank - 12 12
Contract jobs citing ISEB 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking - 1.695% 4.348%
As % of the Qualifications category - 12.50% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -16.41%
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 £22.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Qualifications
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 8.696% 13.56% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 7
Average daily rate £284 £346 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.05% +6.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £293 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £399 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISEB
Surrey

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking ISEB Daily Rate Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 6 (85.71%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Stress Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) QA
3 3 (42.86%) WPF
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
3 3 (42.86%) SAP
3 3 (42.86%) XML
3 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
3 3 (42.86%) CCA
3 3 (42.86%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (42.86%) LoadRunner
3 3 (42.86%) SAP BW
3 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 2 (28.57%) Publishing
4 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (14.29%) System Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) Content Management
5 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 1 (14.29%) Automotive

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 (42.86%) WPF
1 3 (42.86%) XML
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SAP BW
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
1 3 (42.86%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (42.86%) LoadRunner
2 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Publishing
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Test Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) SAP Test Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Tester
4 1 (14.29%) QA Tester
4 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) QA Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Testing Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Testing Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Stress Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 1 (14.29%) System Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Content Management
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 3 (42.86%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP