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This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT jobs within the England 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank136132
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads25993421
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.399 %1.426 %
As % of the category below7.121 %7.358 %
Salaries quoted20712809
Average minimum salary£35,881£35,914
Average salary£38,626£38,782
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Average maximum salary£41,371£41,650
UK excluding London average salary£36,662£37,120
% change on same period last year-1.23 %
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3649746491
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled19.64 %19.38 %
Salaries quoted3119837930
Average minimum salary£37,503£39,028
Average salary£40,870£42,493
% change on same period last year-3.81 %
Average maximum salary£44,237£45,957
UK excluding London average salary£37,834£38,495
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England 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 England region.

England ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-2867£42,570+1.44 %
South EastDown-2602£38,736+2.93 %
South WestDown-4327£37,172-6.22 %
YorkshireUp+9212£35,302+6.90 %
East of EnglandDown-17196£36,156-7.58 %
West MidlandsDown-31158£33,007-10.83 %
North WestDown-23150£31,529-11.06 %
East MidlandsDown-3964£38,767+11.51 %
North EastDown-3315£27,638-13.18 %
MidlandsNo change012£36,550-0.76 %
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

11919 (34.90 %)Finance
21296 (23.57 %)QA
31233 (22.43 %)Software Testing
41167 (21.23 %)SQL
51005 (18.28 %)Test Scripting
6993 (18.06 %)TestDirector
7701 (12.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
8672 (12.22 %)Automated Testing
9639 (11.62 %)Test Management
10600 (10.91 %)Degree
11594 (10.80 %)QuickTest Pro
12581 (10.57 %)Oracle
13569 (10.35 %)PRINCE2
14530 (9.640 %)Banking
15519 (9.440 %)Pensions
16511 (9.294 %)WinRunner
17484 (8.803 %)Project Management
18481 (8.749 %)ISEB Practitioner
19479 (8.712 %)System Testing
20469 (8.530 %)Insurance
21454 (8.258 %)Manual Testing
22443 (8.057 %).NET
23438 (7.967 %)Windows
24414 (7.530 %)UNIX
25407 (7.403 %)Java
26399 (7.257 %)ITIL
27381 (6.930 %)LoadRunner
28367 (6.675 %)Microsoft
29335 (6.093 %)ISTQB
30321 (5.838 %)SQL Server

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1443 (8.057 %).NET
2242 (4.402 %)XML
3164 (2.983 %)WebServices
4136 (2.474 %)J2EE
5123 (2.237 %)HTML
673 (1.328 %)ASP.NET
770 (1.273 %)WebSphere
836 (0.655 %)ASP
934 (0.618 %)SOAP
1032 (0.582 %).NET Framework
1129 (0.527 %)FIX Protocol
1223 (0.418 %)SAP XI
1322 (0.400 %)MAPI
1417 (0.309 %)CSS
1514 (0.255 %)JSP
1514 (0.255 %)Middleware
1611 (0.200 %).NET Remoting
178 (0.146 %)AJAX
187 (0.127 %)ODBC
196 (0.109 %)XSLT
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
153 (0.964 %)SharePoint
153 (0.964 %)CMS
244 (0.800 %)WebLogic
244 (0.800 %)IIS
337 (0.673 %)BizTalk Server
424 (0.437 %)Content Management Server
522 (0.400 %)SharePoint Server 2007
620 (0.364 %)Commerce Server
718 (0.327 %)SAS
718 (0.327 %)Apache
817 (0.309 %)MS Exchange
913 (0.236 %)Exchange Server 2003
1012 (0.218 %)Oracle Workflow
119 (0.164 %)Exchange Server 2007
128 (0.146 %)Exchange Server 5.5
128 (0.146 %)Documentum
137 (0.127 %)WebSphere Message Broker
145 (0.091 %)EPiServer
145 (0.091 %)JBoss
154 (0.073 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1252 (4.583 %)MS Excel
2174 (3.165 %)MS Office
354 (0.982 %)MS Project
443 (0.782 %)MS Visio
516 (0.291 %)MS PowerPoint
69 (0.164 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.055 %)Photoshop
73 (0.055 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.018 %)S-PLUS
81 (0.018 %)DeltaView
81 (0.018 %)CA Clarity
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
121 (0.382 %)Oracle Applications
214 (0.255 %)Oracle EBS
312 (0.218 %)SAP FI
411 (0.200 %)Metrica
411 (0.200 %)SAP FI/CO
411 (0.200 %)SAP CO
510 (0.182 %)HiPortfolio
67 (0.127 %)Oracle Financials
67 (0.127 %)Remedy AR System
76 (0.109 %)Microsoft CRM
76 (0.109 %)Singl.eView
85 (0.091 %)Oracle ERP
85 (0.091 %)Endur
94 (0.073 %)SAP HR
103 (0.055 %)VisionPLUS
112 (0.036 %)Tesseract
112 (0.036 %)Minerva
112 (0.036 %)Sentinel
112 (0.036 %)SAP R/3
112 (0.036 %)Eagle PACE
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1221 (4.020 %)Internet
273 (1.328 %)TCP/IP
333 (0.600 %)LAN
431 (0.564 %)Broadband
529 (0.527 %)Intranet
627 (0.491 %)DNS
627 (0.491 %)HTTP
723 (0.418 %)WAN
723 (0.418 %)SMTP
723 (0.418 %)IMAP
819 (0.346 %)Extranet
917 (0.309 %)Network Security
1016 (0.291 %)Wireless
1113 (0.236 %)Firewall
1113 (0.236 %)SMS
1212 (0.218 %)BSS
1310 (0.182 %)GSM
1310 (0.182 %)SAN
149 (0.164 %)LDAP
158 (0.146 %)LLU
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1321 (5.838 %)SQL Server
279 (1.437 %)RDBMS
353 (0.964 %)TOAD
438 (0.691 %)MS Access
534 (0.618 %)Oracle Reports
632 (0.582 %)Datawarehouse
731 (0.564 %)SQL Server 2005
827 (0.491 %)Oracle 10g
924 (0.437 %)DB2
1020 (0.364 %)BusinessObjects
1020 (0.364 %)SAP BW
1119 (0.346 %)Crystal Reports
1218 (0.327 %)SQL Server 2000
1316 (0.291 %)Oracle 9i
1415 (0.273 %)Oracle 8/8i
1415 (0.273 %)GIS
1510 (0.182 %)MySQL
1510 (0.182 %)Informix
169 (0.164 %)DTS
169 (0.164 %)ETL
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1993 (18.06 %)TestDirector
2594 (10.80 %)QuickTest Pro
3511 (9.294 %)WinRunner
4381 (6.930 %)LoadRunner
551 (0.928 %)Selenium
643 (0.782 %)Rational Robot
737 (0.673 %)JIRA
737 (0.673 %)Oracle Forms
737 (0.673 %)TestComplete
834 (0.618 %)Bugzilla
933 (0.600 %)QARun
1032 (0.582 %)TestPartner
1129 (0.527 %)Visual Studio
1228 (0.509 %)JUnit
1326 (0.473 %)ClearQuest
1424 (0.437 %)QADirector
1523 (0.418 %)Ant
1620 (0.364 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1719 (0.346 %)SilkTest
1816 (0.291 %)JMeter
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11919 (34.90 %)Finance
2530 (9.640 %)Banking
3519 (9.440 %)Pensions
4469 (8.530 %)Insurance
5284 (5.166 %)Retail
6267 (4.856 %)Health
7166 (3.019 %)Telecoms
8110 (2.001 %)Investment Banking
9104 (1.892 %)Education
1080 (1.455 %)Financial Institution
1174 (1.346 %)Publishing
1272 (1.310 %)Government
1365 (1.182 %)Retail Banking
1462 (1.128 %)Front Office
1542 (0.764 %)Marketing
1640 (0.728 %)Games
1734 (0.618 %)Back Office
1833 (0.600 %)Pharmaceutical
1926 (0.473 %)Construction
2024 (0.437 %)Law
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12373 (43.16 %)Analyst
21751 (31.85 %)Test Analyst
31318 (23.97 %)Tester
41009 (18.35 %)Test Manager
5350 (6.366 %)Business Analyst
6285 (5.184 %)Senior Analyst
7279 (5.075 %)Software Tester
8271 (4.929 %)Team Leader
9243 (4.420 %)Test Engineer
10231 (4.202 %)QA Analyst
11198 (3.601 %)Test Team Leader
12197 (3.583 %)Senior Test Analyst
13170 (3.092 %)Systems Tester
14169 (3.074 %)Consultant
15160 (2.910 %)Systems Analyst
16149 (2.710 %)Project Manager
17134 (2.437 %)Senior Tester
18133 (2.419 %)QA Tester
19110 (2.001 %)Senior Manager
19110 (2.001 %)QA Test Analyst
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1170 (3.092 %)Derivative
2165 (3.001 %)Client/Server
387 (1.582 %)Management Information System
387 (1.582 %)Equities
458 (1.055 %)Mainframe
556 (1.019 %)Computer Science
642 (0.764 %)EPoS
733 (0.600 %)Mathematics
829 (0.527 %)AS400
928 (0.509 %)DTV
928 (0.509 %)Chemistry
1026 (0.473 %)Biology
1125 (0.455 %)Fixed Income
1224 (0.437 %)Physics
1323 (0.418 %)Life Science
1422 (0.400 %)PMI
1520 (0.364 %)Handset
1619 (0.346 %)Chip and PIN
1717 (0.309 %)Statistics
1815 (0.273 %)IBM Mainframe
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1438 (7.967 %)Windows
2414 (7.530 %)UNIX
3150 (2.728 %)Linux
469 (1.255 %)Windows Server 2003
568 (1.237 %)Windows XP
659 (1.073 %)Windows 2000
754 (0.982 %)Solaris
845 (0.818 %)Windows Vista
933 (0.600 %)VMS
1032 (0.582 %)AIX
1118 (0.327 %)Windows 2000 Server
1212 (0.218 %)HPUX
139 (0.164 %)Windows NT
143 (0.055 %)Windows Mobile
152 (0.036 %)VxWorks
152 (0.036 %)Mac OS X
161 (0.018 %)MVS
161 (0.018 %)SUSE
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11233 (22.43 %)Software Testing
21005 (18.28 %)Test Scripting
3701 (12.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
4672 (12.22 %)Automated Testing
5639 (11.62 %)Test Management
6569 (10.35 %)PRINCE2
7484 (8.803 %)Project Management
8479 (8.712 %)System Testing
9454 (8.258 %)Manual Testing
10399 (7.257 %)ITIL
11303 (5.511 %)Performance Testing
12279 (5.075 %)Regression Testing
13276 (5.020 %)Business Analysis
14274 (4.984 %)Integration Testing
15246 (4.474 %)V-Model
16210 (3.820 %)Agile Software Development
17185 (3.365 %)UML
17185 (3.365 %)Web Testing
18152 (2.765 %)PRINCE
19149 (2.710 %)RUP
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11167 (21.23 %)SQL
2407 (7.403 %)Java
3231 (4.202 %)C#
4202 (3.674 %)VB
5113 (2.055 %)C
6107 (1.946 %)VBScript
786 (1.564 %)C++
866 (1.200 %)Perl
963 (1.146 %)JavaScript
1054 (0.982 %)VBA
1141 (0.746 %)VB.NET
1233 (0.600 %)VB6
1326 (0.473 %)PHP
1423 (0.418 %)Shell Script
1522 (0.400 %)PL/SQL
1618 (0.327 %)Python
1716 (0.291 %)Transact-SQL
1814 (0.255 %)Ruby
1913 (0.236 %)Delphi
207 (0.127 %)RPG
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1600 (10.91 %)Degree
2481 (8.749 %)ISEB Practitioner
3335 (6.093 %)ISTQB
463 (1.146 %)PRINCE2 Certification
560 (1.091 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
651 (0.928 %)Microsoft Certification
743 (0.782 %)CISSP
842 (0.764 %)ITIL Certification
931 (0.564 %)HND
1027 (0.491 %)CISA
1125 (0.455 %)PhD
1217 (0.309 %)HNC
1316 (0.291 %)MCSE
1316 (0.291 %)ACCA
1411 (0.200 %)CISMP
159 (0.164 %)IBM AIX Certification
159 (0.164 %)Cisco Certification
168 (0.146 %)MBA
175 (0.091 %)CCNA
184 (0.073 %)PMI Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11296 (23.57 %)QA
221 (0.382 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
320 (0.364 %)ISO8583
419 (0.346 %)GxP
515 (0.273 %)COBIT
613 (0.236 %)ISO9001
613 (0.236 %)ISO27001
79 (0.164 %)BS15000
88 (0.146 %)SLA
88 (0.146 %)ISO9000
94 (0.073 %)21 CFR Part 11
102 (0.036 %)TickIT
111 (0.018 %)Basel II
111 (0.018 %)BS7799
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
143 (0.782 %)Active Directory
27 (0.127 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
27 (0.127 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
27 (0.127 %)NFS
36 (0.109 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.018 %)Terminal Services
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (0.255 %)MOM
211 (0.200 %)Tivoli
310 (0.182 %)CONTROL-M
48 (0.146 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
57 (0.127 %)CA SiteMinder
63 (0.055 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.036 %)Netcool
81 (0.018 %)SCCM
81 (0.018 %)SCOM
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1581 (10.57 %)Oracle
2367 (6.675 %)Microsoft
3129 (2.346 %)SAP
4115 (2.092 %)HP
5103 (1.873 %)Compuware
663 (1.146 %)IBM
751 (0.928 %)Siebel
849 (0.891 %)Sybase
929 (0.527 %)Remedy
1028 (0.509 %)Citrix
1123 (0.418 %)Empirix
1221 (0.382 %)Cisco
1320 (0.364 %)Sun
1320 (0.364 %)Business Objects
1419 (0.346 %)webMethods
1518 (0.327 %)BEA
1617 (0.309 %)VMware
1714 (0.255 %)Retek
1714 (0.255 %)Pega
1813 (0.236 %)Informatica