The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 17 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 50 43 28
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -15
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 15 10 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 2.496% 2.801% 6.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.937% 8.333% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 22
Average salary £37,500 £31,000 £39,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.96% -22.01%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,400 £30,750
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £38,400 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
189 120 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 31.45% 33.61% 22.83%
Number of salaries quoted 174 100 81
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -25.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Coventry ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 10 (34.48%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) C#
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
3 8 (27.59%) Project Management
3 8 (27.59%) QA
4 7 (24.14%) Windows
5 6 (20.69%) Visual Studio
5 6 (20.69%) .NET
5 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
6 5 (17.24%) ISO 14001
6 5 (17.24%) Financial Institution
6 5 (17.24%) MVC
6 5 (17.24%) Flash
6 5 (17.24%) ISO 9001
6 5 (17.24%) SQL
6 5 (17.24%) SAP
6 5 (17.24%) Selenium
7 4 (13.79%) Physics
7 4 (13.79%) Test Scripting
7 4 (13.79%) Manual Testing
7 4 (13.79%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (13.79%) Games
7 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (13.79%) Logistics
7 4 (13.79%) Automated Testing
7 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
8 3 (10.34%) Degree
8 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (10.34%) Risk Management

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (20.69%) .NET
2 5 (17.24%) Flash
3 1 (3.448%) Middleware
3 1 (3.448%) HTML
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Project
2 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Visual Studio
2 5 (17.24%) Selenium
3 4 (13.79%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (6.897%) LoadRunner
General
1 10 (34.48%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Financial Institution
3 4 (13.79%) Games
4 1 (3.448%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Test Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Test Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.24%) C# Developer
3 5 (17.24%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Team Leader
4 4 (13.79%) Test Team Leader
5 3 (10.34%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) UAT Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) UAT Test Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Test Leader
6 2 (6.897%) Performance Test Leader
6 2 (6.897%) Environment Manager
6 2 (6.897%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.897%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Physics
2 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.448%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 2 (6.897%) UNIX
3 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Project Management
2 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
3 5 (17.24%) MVC
4 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (13.79%) Logistics
4 4 (13.79%) Automated Testing
4 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
4 4 (13.79%) Test Scripting
4 4 (13.79%) Manual Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Matrix Management
5 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL
6 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.897%) SOA
6 2 (6.897%) Performance Testing
6 2 (6.897%) Change Control
6 2 (6.897%) Demand Management
7 1 (3.448%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) C#
2 5 (17.24%) SQL
3 2 (6.897%) Java
4 1 (3.448%) PHP
4 1 (3.448%) VB
4 1 (3.448%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.448%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.897%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.448%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) QA
2 5 (17.24%) ISO 9001
2 5 (17.24%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
4 2 (6.897%) HP
5 1 (3.448%) webMethods
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
Covering our entire IT division, you'll be accountable for the overall delivery of software testing to time, quality and budget targets. Helping us to define the Organisational...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With in-depth technical knowledge and capability, particularly around Java and Oracle based solutions, you will challenge test partner decisions and define strategies that encompass the full testing...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
As the single point of contact for Load and Performance QA projects, you'll ensure adherence to our framework, manage any deviations and drive continuous improvement including reduced...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry
You must be a proven leader with substantial IT Delivery experience, including a background in Volume & Performance Testing or Quality Assurance. An ISEB testing qualification and practical application (...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
You must be a proven leader with substantial IT Delivery experience, including a background in Volume & Performance Testing or Quality Assurance. An ISEB testing qualification and practical application (...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
An excellent, in-depth understanding of the testing lifecycle is required, with outstanding supplier management skills... You will oversee Test strategy, drive modernisation and maintain processes for all...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry
An excellent, in-depth understanding of the testing lifecycle is required, with outstanding supplier management skills Sainsbury's is a complex operation, so IT delivery requires strong project...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 19 May 2013