The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 78 73 70
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 42 49 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.360% 2.510% 2.824%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.23% 9.589% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 35 43 37
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,600 £49,600 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
374 511 317
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 21.01% 26.18% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 272 458 258
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
North West

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northwich +13 13 £32,500 +8.33%
Warrington +22 10 £27,500 -15.38%
Chester -10 7 - -
Macclesfield -3 5 £25,000 -16.66%
Crewe -3 1 £35,000 -
Knutsford - 1 £27,500 -
ISEB
North West

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 31 (51.67%) ISTQB
2 23 (38.33%) Software Testing
3 21 (35.00%) Agile Software Development
4 18 (30.00%) Windows
5 17 (28.33%) SQL
6 15 (25.00%) Finance
7 13 (21.67%) Waterfall
8 11 (18.33%) .NET
8 11 (18.33%) Degree
9 10 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (16.67%) Computer Science
9 10 (16.67%) QA
9 10 (16.67%) Oracle
9 10 (16.67%) SQL Server
9 10 (16.67%) C#
9 10 (16.67%) VB.NET
9 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
10 9 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (15.00%) UML
10 9 (15.00%) Windows XP
10 9 (15.00%) ASP.NET
10 9 (15.00%) HTML
10 9 (15.00%) JavaScript
10 9 (15.00%) MS Office
10 9 (15.00%) OLTP
10 9 (15.00%) JIRA
10 9 (15.00%) Business Analysis
10 9 (15.00%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (13.33%) BPMN
11 8 (13.33%) Project Management

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 11 (18.33%) .NET
2 9 (15.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (15.00%) HTML
3 5 (8.333%) soapUI
4 2 (3.333%) XML
5 1 (1.667%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (15.00%) MS Office
2 1 (1.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.667%) HTTP
2 2 (3.333%) FTP
3 1 (1.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.00%) OLTP
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (15.00%) JIRA
1 9 (15.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (10.00%) Bugzilla
2 6 (10.00%) Selenium
2 6 (10.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.667%) WinRunner
General
1 15 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (1.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (53.33%) Analyst
2 16 (26.67%) Test Analyst
3 12 (20.00%) Business Analyst
4 11 (18.33%) Tester
5 9 (15.00%) Test Leader
6 8 (13.33%) Test Engineer
6 8 (13.33%) Financial Business Analyst
7 7 (11.67%) Financial Services Business Analyst
8 6 (10.00%) Software Tester
9 5 (8.333%) Project Analyst
9 5 (8.333%) Developer
9 5 (8.333%) Project Leader
9 5 (8.333%) Lead Test Analyst
9 5 (8.333%) Test Project Leader
10 4 (6.667%) Senior Tester
10 4 (6.667%) Senior Software Tester
10 4 (6.667%) Test Manager
11 3 (5.000%) Systems Analyst
11 3 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
12 2 (3.333%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 5 (8.333%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.667%) CMDB
3 1 (1.667%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (30.00%) Windows
2 9 (15.00%) Windows XP
2 9 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) Software Testing
2 21 (35.00%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (21.67%) Waterfall
4 10 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (15.00%) UML
5 9 (15.00%) Business Analysis
6 8 (13.33%) BPMN
6 8 (13.33%) Project Management
7 7 (11.67%) Manual Testing
8 6 (10.00%) ETL
8 6 (10.00%) PRINCE2
8 6 (10.00%) Test Strategy
9 5 (8.333%) System Testing
9 5 (8.333%) Web Testing
9 5 (8.333%) Automated Testing
10 3 (5.000%) E-Commerce
10 3 (5.000%) Quality Management
10 3 (5.000%) Regression Testing
10 3 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (5.000%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 17 (28.33%) SQL
2 10 (16.67%) VB.NET
2 10 (16.67%) C#
3 9 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (8.333%) PHP
5 1 (1.667%) Java
5 1 (1.667%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (51.67%) ISTQB
2 11 (18.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (16.67%) Oracle
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.33%) HP
3 2 (3.333%) Compuware
Warrington, Cheshire
NHS / healthcare... PACS system... Key skills: UAT test experienced Experienced diagnosing / reporting quality issues Experienced writing test plans / scripts from scratch Proven track record in working to tight...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
systems, and worked within within the NHS / healthcare sector... PACS... Key skills: UAT test experienced Experienced diagnosing / reporting quality issues Experienced writing test plans / scripts from scratch Proven...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northwich, North West
Senior Test Lead, Northwich, Cheshire - £30-35KOur client based in Northwich, Cheshire is currently looking for a Senior Test Lead. You will identify, define, and implement testing strategies...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013