The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 54 77 69
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -8
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 74 50 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 3.976% 2.498% 2.980%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.53% 5.488% 6.897%
Number of salaries quoted 70 45 62
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,100 £45,000 £44,900
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
703 911 928
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.78% 45.50% 43.20%
Number of salaries quoted 591 753 856
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
Cambridgeshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge ISEB Jobs Demand Trend

ISEB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ISEB.

1 99 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 95 (71.97%) QA
3 85 (64.39%) ISTQB
4 73 (55.30%) Test Scripting
5 68 (51.52%) Degree
6 62 (46.97%) Automated Testing
7 61 (46.21%) Selenium
8 57 (43.18%) Python
9 54 (40.91%) Perl
10 53 (40.15%) Linux
11 39 (29.55%) Ruby
12 37 (28.03%) Computer Science
13 36 (27.27%) HTML
14 35 (26.52%) UNIX
15 34 (25.76%) Windows
16 31 (23.48%) Manual Testing
17 30 (22.73%) C#
18 28 (21.21%) JavaScript
19 27 (20.45%) C
20 23 (17.42%) QuickTest Pro
21 22 (16.67%) Java
21 22 (16.67%) SQL
21 22 (16.67%) CSS
21 22 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
22 20 (15.15%) FitNesse
22 20 (15.15%) C++
22 20 (15.15%) .NET
22 20 (15.15%) Finance
23 19 (14.39%) Mac OS
24 16 (12.12%) Automation Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ISEB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 36 (27.27%) HTML
2 22 (16.67%) CSS
3 20 (15.15%) .NET
4 10 (7.576%) ASP
5 8 (6.061%) XML
6 3 (2.273%) Web Services
7 2 (1.515%) J2EE
Applications
1 10 (7.576%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.273%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.273%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.515%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.61%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.515%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 61 (46.21%) Selenium
2 23 (17.42%) QuickTest Pro
3 20 (15.15%) FitNesse
4 11 (8.333%) JIRA
5 8 (6.061%) NUnit
6 7 (5.303%) TestComplete
7 2 (1.515%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.515%) Bugzilla
General
1 20 (15.15%) Finance
2 11 (8.333%) Games
3 3 (2.273%) Multimedia
4 1 (0.758%) Electronics
4 1 (0.758%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (29.55%) Test Engineer
2 33 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 33 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 28 (21.21%) Tester
4 27 (20.45%) Analyst
5 25 (18.94%) Software Tester
6 20 (15.15%) QA Engineer
7 14 (10.61%) Test Analyst
8 12 (9.091%) Business Analyst
9 10 (7.576%) QA Leader
10 8 (6.061%) Software Developer
10 8 (6.061%) Developer
11 5 (3.788%) Principal Business Analyst
11 5 (3.788%) Programme Manager
12 4 (3.030%) IT Programme Manager
13 3 (2.273%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
13 3 (2.273%) SAP Business Analyst
13 3 (2.273%) Infrastructure Manager
14 2 (1.515%) Engineering Manager
14 2 (1.515%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 37 (28.03%) Computer Science
2 5 (3.788%) PMI
3 1 (0.758%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 53 (40.15%) Linux
2 35 (26.52%) UNIX
3 34 (25.76%) Windows
4 19 (14.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 73 (55.30%) Test Scripting
3 62 (46.97%) Automated Testing
4 31 (23.48%) Manual Testing
5 22 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (12.12%) Automation Testing
7 15 (11.36%) PRINCE2
8 14 (10.61%) Business Analysis
9 13 (9.848%) Test Automation
10 12 (9.091%) User Stories
10 12 (9.091%) Performance Testing
11 11 (8.333%) Security Testing
12 10 (7.576%) TDD
13 8 (6.061%) Data Modelling
13 8 (6.061%) Project Management
14 6 (4.545%) Scrum
14 6 (4.545%) System Testing
15 5 (3.788%) Programme Management
15 5 (3.788%) Change Management
15 5 (3.788%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (43.18%) Python
2 54 (40.91%) Perl
3 39 (29.55%) Ruby
4 30 (22.73%) C#
5 28 (21.21%) JavaScript
6 27 (20.45%) C
7 22 (16.67%) Java
7 22 (16.67%) SQL
8 20 (15.15%) C++
9 15 (11.36%) Bash shell
10 8 (6.061%) Embedded C
11 5 (3.788%) VB
12 3 (2.273%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 85 (64.39%) ISTQB
2 68 (51.52%) Degree
3 5 (3.788%) PMI Certification
3 5 (3.788%) HNC
4 1 (0.758%) CBAP
4 1 (0.758%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (71.97%) QA
2 4 (3.030%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.273%) WAI
Systems Management
1 13 (9.848%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.333%) HP
3 7 (5.303%) SAP
4 3 (2.273%) Adobe
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The successful candidate will be working in an exciting and fast paced environment. The ideal candidate will be holding strong commercial experience and be an excellent communicator who...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45k - 60k per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The purpose of the role is to provide in-depth analysis on all business systems, producing specification briefs and system testing criteria, providing impact analysis for systems development...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £450000 - £480000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Suitable candidates will demonstrate the following: Educated to degree level either in a science or engineering based subject Formal qualifications in testing (Foundation level of ISEB Software Testing) -...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Suitable candidates will demonstrate the following:-Educated to degree level either in a science or engineering based subject -Formal qualifications in testing (Foundation level of ISEB Software Testing) -...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
My client is look for software tester with experience of .Net, C#.Net, Visual Basic and nUnit... Key Skills: List of key skills for the role; ISEB, ISTQB,...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: Our client makes products for Windows, Web, and SOAP clients, using C#, C++, and JavaScript languages and the Microsoft .NET platform and SQL Server database... ISTQB-...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Perform QA Test tasks requiring planning, scheduling, and testing to assure that developed products meet design specifications and are within quality management limits and standards... Produce error reports...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Fantastic + prospects
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Software Tools Test Engineer - GUI applications, Windows, GNU Linux, test scripts, automated test systems, ISEB... - ISEB Foundation certificate in software testing holder. - Good understanding of C / C++...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£46k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Role: To ensure that the embedded software developed by their wireless development team continues to meet the relevant requirements and high standards expected.The role will involve working...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £35k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Minimum requirements: - Good degree in a relevant technical discipline. - Relevant experience of testing embedded systems... - Proficient in the use of MS Office (Excel / Word / PowerPoint etc) Desirable... - ISEB...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £35k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: To be successful with this role you will have: - Good degree in a relevant technical discipline - Experience of Python or other scripting language - Experience in test automation...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge / London, East Anglia
Role: To ensure that the embedded software developed by their wireless development team continues to meet the relevant requirements and high standards expected.The role will involve working...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + superb package
Posted: 16 May 2013