Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London region.

 Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank130162109
Rank change year-on-year
Up+32Down-53
Matching permanent IT job ads18878328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London1.612 %0.946 %1.708 %
As % of the Qualifications category8.736 %4.971 %9.004 %
Salaries quoted16572267
Average salary£45,000£40,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-15.78 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£54,750£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
215215693643
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London18.45 %19.02 %18.97 %
Salaries quoted187312972913
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
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ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the City of London region.

City of London ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1125 (44.80 %)Finance
285 (30.47 %)Banking
377 (27.60 %)SQL
468 (24.37 %)Degree
561 (21.86 %)QA
656 (20.07 %)User Acceptance Testing
754 (19.35 %)Agile Software Development
851 (18.28 %)Test Scripting
950 (17.92 %)ISTQB
1049 (17.56 %)QuickTest Pro
1147 (16.85 %)TestDirector
1243 (15.41 %)Software Testing
1341 (14.70 %)Insurance
1438 (13.62 %)Test Management
1438 (13.62 %)HP
1536 (12.90 %)Investment Banking
1635 (12.54 %)Retail
1734 (12.19 %)Manual Testing
1734 (12.19 %)Pensions
1832 (11.47 %)Selenium
1931 (11.11 %)Automated Testing
2030 (10.75 %)V-Model
2030 (10.75 %)Derivative
2127 (9.677 %).NET
2225 (8.961 %)MS Excel
2323 (8.244 %)Government
2422 (7.885 %)Java
2422 (7.885 %)Retail Banking
2422 (7.885 %)Fixed Income
2422 (7.885 %)Scrum

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
127 (9.677 %).NET
220 (7.168 %)XML
311 (3.943 %)HTML
311 (3.943 %)ASP
49 (3.226 %)XSLT
49 (3.226 %)JSON
58 (2.867 %).NET Framework
66 (2.151 %)ASP.NET
75 (1.792 %)WAP
84 (1.434 %)EDI
92 (0.717 %)J2EE
101 (0.358 %)Web Services
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (1.434 %)MS Exchange
23 (1.075 %)SharePoint
31 (0.358 %)Lotus Domino
31 (0.358 %)Documentum
31 (0.358 %)SAS
31 (0.358 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (0.358 %)Exchange Server 2003
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
125 (8.961 %)MS Excel
27 (2.509 %)MS Office
36 (2.151 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.717 %)MS Project
City of London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (2.151 %)Microsoft CRM
24 (1.434 %)Dynamics NAV
24 (1.434 %)Dynamics CRM
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (3.226 %)HTTP
27 (2.509 %)Internet
35 (1.792 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.717 %)LAN
42 (0.717 %)PBX
42 (0.717 %)WAN
51 (0.358 %)FTP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (4.659 %)Datawarehouse
212 (4.301 %)SQL Server
212 (4.301 %)ETL
36 (2.151 %)Data Mining
44 (1.434 %)BusinessObjects
44 (1.434 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (1.434 %)SQL Server Integration Services
44 (1.434 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.358 %)Oracle Reports
City of London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
149 (17.56 %)QuickTest Pro
247 (16.85 %)TestDirector
332 (11.47 %)Selenium
413 (4.659 %)LoadRunner
59 (3.226 %)JUnit
59 (3.226 %)WATIR
68 (2.867 %)Subversion
77 (2.509 %)FitNesse
84 (1.434 %)Bugzilla
84 (1.434 %)Visual Studio
84 (1.434 %)WinRunner
92 (0.717 %)ClearQuest
92 (0.717 %)SilkTest
101 (0.358 %)QADirector
101 (0.358 %)TestNG
101 (0.358 %)TeamCity
101 (0.358 %)WatiN
101 (0.358 %)TestPartner
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1125 (44.80 %)Finance
285 (30.47 %)Banking
341 (14.70 %)Insurance
436 (12.90 %)Investment Banking
535 (12.54 %)Retail
634 (12.19 %)Pensions
723 (8.244 %)Government
822 (7.885 %)Retail Banking
913 (4.659 %)Health
1011 (3.943 %)Games
118 (2.867 %)Local Government
127 (2.509 %)Online Games
135 (1.792 %)Private Banking
144 (1.434 %)Billing
144 (1.434 %)Education
153 (1.075 %)Marketing
162 (0.717 %)Pharmaceutical
162 (0.717 %)Telecoms
162 (0.717 %)Music
171 (0.358 %)Financial Institution
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1139 (49.82 %)Analyst
288 (31.54 %)Test Analyst
358 (20.79 %)Test Manager
447 (16.85 %)Tester
534 (12.19 %)Senior Analyst
632 (11.47 %)Business Analyst
731 (11.11 %)Senior Test Analyst
731 (11.11 %)QA Analyst
820 (7.168 %)Programme Manager
918 (6.452 %)Programme Test Manager
1011 (3.943 %)Consultant
1011 (3.943 %)Test Engineer
1011 (3.943 %)QA Test Analyst
1110 (3.584 %)Quality Analyst
128 (2.867 %)QA Engineer
137 (2.509 %)SAP Manager
137 (2.509 %)Senior Consultant
137 (2.509 %)SAP Test Manager
146 (2.151 %)Lead Business Analyst
146 (2.151 %)UAT Test Analyst
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (10.75 %)Derivative
222 (7.885 %)Fixed Income
316 (5.735 %)Credit Risk
414 (5.018 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
54 (1.434 %)Social Network
63 (1.075 %)Computer Science
63 (1.075 %)iDTV
63 (1.075 %)Replication
63 (1.075 %)IIBA
72 (0.717 %)Open Source
72 (0.717 %)SaaS
72 (0.717 %)Client/Server
72 (0.717 %)N-Tier
72 (0.717 %)IVR
72 (0.717 %)Contract for Difference
72 (0.717 %)Spread Betting
81 (0.358 %)Mathematics
81 (0.358 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.358 %)NHS
81 (0.358 %)NPfIT
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (5.735 %)Windows
25 (1.792 %)UNIX
32 (0.717 %)Linux
32 (0.717 %)Windows XP
41 (0.358 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.358 %)Windows Server 2008
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
156 (20.07 %)User Acceptance Testing
254 (19.35 %)Agile Software Development
351 (18.28 %)Test Scripting
443 (15.41 %)Software Testing
538 (13.62 %)Test Management
634 (12.19 %)Manual Testing
731 (11.11 %)Automated Testing
830 (10.75 %)V-Model
922 (7.885 %)Scrum
1021 (7.527 %)PRINCE2
1021 (7.527 %)Regression Testing
1120 (7.168 %)Business Analysis
1120 (7.168 %)Test Automation
1216 (5.735 %)Performance Testing
1315 (5.376 %)Load Testing
1413 (4.659 %)Configuration Management
1511 (3.943 %)CRM
1511 (3.943 %)System Testing
169 (3.226 %)Continuous Integration
169 (3.226 %)Project Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
177 (27.60 %)SQL
222 (7.885 %)Java
321 (7.527 %)C#
411 (3.943 %)Perl
59 (3.226 %)JavaScript
59 (3.226 %)Shell Script
68 (2.867 %)VBScript
68 (2.867 %)XPath
77 (2.509 %)Ruby
85 (1.792 %)C
94 (1.434 %)VBA
103 (1.075 %)Python
103 (1.075 %)C++
103 (1.075 %)PHP
103 (1.075 %)T-SQL
112 (0.717 %)PL/SQL
112 (0.717 %)JCL
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
168 (24.37 %)Degree
250 (17.92 %)ISTQB
318 (6.452 %)ISEB Practitioner
45 (1.792 %)Security Cleared
54 (1.434 %)SC Cleared
54 (1.434 %)PMP
54 (1.434 %)PMI Certification
62 (0.717 %)MCSE
62 (0.717 %)CCNA
62 (0.717 %)Cisco Certification
62 (0.717 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.717 %)CBAP
71 (0.358 %)BC Cleared
71 (0.358 %)DV Cleared
71 (0.358 %)PRINCE2 Certification
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
161 (21.86 %)QA
21 (0.358 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (1.075 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (6.452 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.717 %)Norton AntiVirus
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
138 (13.62 %)HP
219 (6.810 %)Microsoft
318 (6.452 %)Oracle
48 (2.867 %)SAP
54 (1.434 %)Business Objects
54 (1.434 %)Murex
63 (1.075 %)PeopleSoft
72 (0.717 %)Siebel
72 (0.717 %)IBM
72 (0.717 %)Citrix
72 (0.717 %)Avaya
72 (0.717 %)Borland
72 (0.717 %)Symantec
72 (0.717 %)Remedy
72 (0.717 %)Novell
81 (0.358 %)Lotus
81 (0.358 %)VMware
81 (0.358 %)Teradata
81 (0.358 %)Genesys
81 (0.358 %)Compuware