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The table below looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT jobs within the City of London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank193180
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads167158
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.068 %
As % of the category below4.905 %5.240 %
Salaries quoted149115
Average minimum salary£43,034£42,539
Average salary£46,779£46,265
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Average maximum salary£50,523£49,991
UK excluding London average salary£37,155£37,112
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads34053015
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.971 %1.297 %
Salaries quoted29632286
Average minimum salary£42,917£45,758
Average salary£47,188£50,347
% change on same period last year-6.27 %
Average maximum salary£51,460£54,937
UK excluding London average salary£37,889£38,388
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
ISEB LondonISEB
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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 10 October 2008.

City of London ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

1192 (43.84 %)Finance
2142 (32.42 %)TestDirector
3120 (27.40 %)QA
4119 (27.17 %)SQL
5113 (25.80 %)User Acceptance Testing
6109 (24.89 %)Test Scripting
7108 (24.66 %)Banking
886 (19.63 %)Insurance
973 (16.67 %)Software Testing
973 (16.67 %)Derivative
973 (16.67 %)Test Management
1058 (13.24 %)QuickTest Pro
1154 (12.33 %)WinRunner
1253 (12.10 %)UNIX
1348 (10.96 %)Automated Testing
1446 (10.50 %)Oracle
1544 (10.05 %)Degree
1642 (9.589 %).NET
1738 (8.676 %)Pensions
1835 (7.991 %)Use Case
1934 (7.763 %)ISEB Practitioner
1934 (7.763 %)Java
2033 (7.534 %)PRINCE2
2033 (7.534 %)ISTQB
2033 (7.534 %)System Testing
2132 (7.306 %)Agile Software Development
2132 (7.306 %)J2EE
2230 (6.849 %)LoadRunner
2230 (6.849 %)Electronic Trading
2329 (6.621 %)UML

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
142 (9.589 %).NET
232 (7.306 %)J2EE
318 (4.110 %)XML
49 (2.055 %)WebSphere
56 (1.370 %)HTML
65 (1.142 %)WebServices
74 (0.913 %)ASP
83 (0.685 %)CSS
83 (0.685 %)XSLT
83 (0.685 %)SAP Basis
83 (0.685 %)SAP ALE
83 (0.685 %)FIX Protocol
92 (0.457 %).NET Framework
101 (0.228 %)Middleware
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (3.653 %)CMS
215 (3.425 %)WebLogic
314 (3.196 %)SharePoint
49 (2.055 %)BizTalk Server
56 (1.370 %)IIS
63 (0.685 %)Content Management Server
63 (0.685 %)NetWeaver
72 (0.457 %)Documentum
81 (0.228 %)SAS
81 (0.228 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (2.968 %)MS Excel
28 (1.826 %)MS Office
33 (0.685 %)MS Visio
42 (0.457 %)MS Project
42 (0.457 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.228 %)S-PLUS
51 (0.228 %)DeltaView
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.457 %)Singl.eView
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (3.425 %)Internet
26 (1.370 %)HTTP
33 (0.685 %)TCP/IP
33 (0.685 %)Broadband
42 (0.457 %)LDAP
51 (0.228 %)Firewall
51 (0.228 %)VLAN
51 (0.228 %)IMAP
51 (0.228 %)LAN
51 (0.228 %)SMTP
51 (0.228 %)DHCP
51 (0.228 %)DNS
51 (0.228 %)SAN
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (6.164 %)SQL Server
219 (4.338 %)Datawarehouse
311 (2.511 %)RDBMS
49 (2.055 %)ETL
56 (1.370 %)BusinessObjects
65 (1.142 %)Oracle 10g
74 (0.913 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
74 (0.913 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (0.913 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (0.913 %)Ingres
74 (0.913 %)Oracle Reports
83 (0.685 %)SQL Server 2005
91 (0.228 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.228 %)OLAP
91 (0.228 %)Data Mining
91 (0.228 %)TOAD
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1142 (32.42 %)TestDirector
258 (13.24 %)QuickTest Pro
354 (12.33 %)WinRunner
430 (6.849 %)LoadRunner
518 (4.110 %)Selenium
69 (2.055 %)FitNesse
78 (1.826 %)ClearQuest
78 (1.826 %)Rational Robot
87 (1.598 %)ClearCase
94 (0.913 %)Bugzilla
94 (0.913 %)JIRA
103 (0.685 %)PVCS
112 (0.457 %)Flash
121 (0.228 %)Visual Studio
121 (0.228 %)HttpUnit
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1192 (43.84 %)Finance
2108 (24.66 %)Banking
386 (19.63 %)Insurance
438 (8.676 %)Pensions
528 (6.393 %)Health
617 (3.881 %)Retail
716 (3.653 %)Investment Banking
815 (3.425 %)Advertising
912 (2.740 %)Law
912 (2.740 %)Front Office
1011 (2.511 %)Education
1110 (2.283 %)Back Office
129 (2.055 %)Telecoms
138 (1.826 %)Games
146 (1.370 %)Billing
154 (0.913 %)Marketing
163 (0.685 %)Retail Banking
163 (0.685 %)International Banking
163 (0.685 %)Financial Institution
172 (0.457 %)Government
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1181 (41.32 %)Analyst
2141 (32.19 %)Test Analyst
3105 (23.97 %)Test Manager
490 (20.55 %)Tester
526 (5.936 %)QA Analyst
624 (5.479 %)Business Analyst
721 (4.795 %)Graduate
815 (3.425 %)Senior Manager
815 (3.425 %)QA Test Analyst
914 (3.196 %)Team Leader
914 (3.196 %)Senior Analyst
1013 (2.968 %)Consultant
1013 (2.968 %)Test Team Leader
1013 (2.968 %)Project Manager
1013 (2.968 %)Senior Test Manager
1112 (2.740 %)Risk Manager
1112 (2.740 %)Junior
1211 (2.511 %)Senior Test Analyst
1310 (2.283 %)Web Tester
149 (2.055 %).NET Project Manager
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
173 (16.67 %)Derivative
220 (4.566 %)Computer Science
316 (3.653 %)Equities
47 (1.598 %)Exotic Derivative
47 (1.598 %)Management Information System
47 (1.598 %)Fixed Income
56 (1.370 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
65 (1.142 %)Mathematics
65 (1.142 %)Credit Risk
74 (0.913 %)Physics
83 (0.685 %)Credit Derivative
83 (0.685 %)Streaming Media
83 (0.685 %)Client/Server
92 (0.457 %)Clustering
92 (0.457 %)Blackberry
92 (0.457 %)Statistics
92 (0.457 %)Spread Betting
92 (0.457 %)Social Network
101 (0.228 %)CMDB
101 (0.228 %)Human Factors
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
153 (12.10 %)UNIX
217 (3.881 %)Windows
217 (3.881 %)VMS
36 (1.370 %)Linux
43 (0.685 %)Windows XP
52 (0.457 %)Windows Vista
52 (0.457 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.228 %)Windows Mobile
61 (0.228 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.228 %)Windows NT
61 (0.228 %)Solaris
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1113 (25.80 %)User Acceptance Testing
2109 (24.89 %)Test Scripting
373 (16.67 %)Test Management
373 (16.67 %)Software Testing
448 (10.96 %)Automated Testing
535 (7.991 %)Use Case
633 (7.534 %)System Testing
633 (7.534 %)PRINCE2
732 (7.306 %)Agile Software Development
830 (6.849 %)Electronic Trading
929 (6.621 %)UML
1026 (5.936 %)Performance Testing
1123 (5.251 %)Regression Testing
1222 (5.023 %)Manual Testing
1222 (5.023 %)V-Model
1320 (4.566 %)Project Management
1418 (4.110 %)ITIL
1418 (4.110 %)E-Commerce
1516 (3.653 %)Integration Testing
1516 (3.653 %)Risk Analysis
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1119 (27.17 %)SQL
234 (7.763 %)Java
321 (4.795 %)VBScript
49 (2.055 %)VB
58 (1.826 %)Perl
67 (1.598 %)C++
76 (1.370 %)C
76 (1.370 %)C#
83 (0.685 %)ABAP
92 (0.457 %)JavaScript
92 (0.457 %)Python
101 (0.228 %)Shell Script
101 (0.228 %)VB6
101 (0.228 %)VBA
101 (0.228 %)Delphi
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
144 (10.05 %)Degree
234 (7.763 %)ISEB Practitioner
333 (7.534 %)ISTQB
47 (1.598 %)ITIL Certification
53 (0.685 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (0.457 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (0.228 %)MCSE
71 (0.228 %)PMP
71 (0.228 %)PMI Certification
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1120 (27.40 %)QA
23 (0.685 %)ISO27001
31 (0.228 %)Basel II
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.685 %)Active Directory
13 (0.685 %)SAP ITS
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (10.50 %)Oracle
217 (3.881 %)Microsoft
39 (2.055 %)Compuware
47 (1.598 %)HP
47 (1.598 %)Sybase
56 (1.370 %)Business Objects
56 (1.370 %)SAP
65 (1.142 %)BEA
74 (0.913 %)Retek
74 (0.913 %)CODA
83 (0.685 %)TIBCO
83 (0.685 %)Empirix
83 (0.685 %)Siebel
83 (0.685 %)VMware
92 (0.457 %)Interwoven
92 (0.457 %)FileNet
92 (0.457 %)Open Text
101 (0.228 %)Ab Initio
101 (0.228 %)Reuters
101 (0.228 %)Misys