York ISEB Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT contracts within the York 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
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Rank	22	28
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	3	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	17.65 %	21.05 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£300
Average daily rate	£250	£325
% change on same period last year	-23.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£316
% change on same period last year	+3.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.48	£31.62
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
Qualifications York
Matching contract IT job ads	17	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.019 %
Daily rates quoted	4	6
Average minimum daily rate	£273	£325
Average daily rate	£295	£346
% change on same period last year	-14.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£317	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£20.65
Average hourly rate	-	£20.65
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£20.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.98	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
ISEB North Yorkshire

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 York 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 York region.

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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 (62.50 %) Finance 1 5 (62.50 %) Pensions 1 5 (62.50 %) Integration Testing 1 5 (62.50 %) System Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) Test Management 2 3 (37.50 %) Test Scripting 2 3 (37.50 %) Project Management 3 2 (25.00 %) Software Testing 3 2 (25.00 %) Data Mapping 4 1 (12.50 %) Systems Analysis 4 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (12.50 %) SQL 4 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 4 1 (12.50 %) NHS 4 1 (12.50 %) Health

4 1 (12.50 %) Validation

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

General 1 5 (62.50 %) Finance 1 5 (62.50 %) Pensions 2 1 (12.50 %) Health	Job Titles 1 7 (87.50 %) Tester 1 7 (87.50 %) Analyst 1 7 (87.50 %) Test Analyst 2 3 (37.50 %) Test Manager 3 2 (25.00 %) Software Tester 4 1 (12.50 %) Senior Test Analyst 4 1 (12.50 %) Senior Tester 4 1 (12.50 %) Applications Tester 4 1 (12.50 %) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (62.50 %) Integration Testing 1 5 (62.50 %) System Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) Test Management 2 3 (37.50 %) Test Scripting 2 3 (37.50 %) Project Management 3 2 (25.00 %) Software Testing 3 2 (25.00 %) Data Mapping 4 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (12.50 %) Validation 4 1 (12.50 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL	Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle