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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 134 127 131
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +4
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 2080 2364 2336
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 2.012% 2.089% 1.944%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.349% 7.620% 7.467%
Number of salaries quoted 1710 2087 2003
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £59,700 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+2.81% -2.73%
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
28303 31022 31284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.38% 27.42% 26.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23204 26690 26439
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
UK

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

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

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +11 749 £47,500 +5.55% 75
South East +3 508 £40,250 +0.62% 26
East of England +7 199 £37,500 +8.69% 20
Yorkshire -15 181 £35,000 +10.23% 17
North West -6 143 £30,500 -6.15% 19
West Midlands -4 121 £35,000 +11.11% 14
South West -35 120 £40,000 +14.28% 28
East Midlands -57 49 £32,500 -9.72% 5
North East -12 10 £27,500 -15.38% 2
Midlands +19 8 £65,000 +20.93%
ISEB
UK

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, 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.

1 1385 (34.16%) ISTQB
2 1307 (32.24%) QA
3 1190 (29.35%) Finance
4 1008 (24.86%) Software Testing
5 909 (22.42%) SQL
6 865 (21.34%) Degree
7 832 (20.52%) Test Scripting
8 792 (19.54%) Business Analysis
9 748 (18.45%) Agile Software Development
10 658 (16.23%) Selenium
11 647 (15.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 611 (15.07%) Automated Testing
13 539 (13.30%) Microsoft
14 525 (12.95%) HP Quality Center
15 472 (11.64%) Project Management
16 471 (11.62%) .NET
17 459 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
18 455 (11.22%) PRINCE2
19 443 (10.93%) Scrum
20 438 (10.80%) QuickTest Pro
21 433 (10.68%) Test Automation
22 430 (10.61%) Banking
23 427 (10.53%) Java
24 422 (10.41%) HP
25 408 (10.06%) Windows
26 406 (10.01%) Waterfall
27 399 (9.842%) MS Excel
28 390 (9.620%) Test Management
29 374 (9.225%) C#
30 365 (9.003%) Manual Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 471 (11.62%) .NET
2 310 (7.647%) XML
3 182 (4.489%) Web Services
4 147 (3.626%) HTML
5 96 (2.368%) ASP.NET
6 93 (2.294%) CSS
7 69 (1.702%) soapUI
8 62 (1.529%) SOAP
9 52 (1.283%) Middleware
10 43 (1.061%) J2EE
11 32 (0.789%) XSLT
12 26 (0.641%) .NET Framework
13 24 (0.592%) Silverlight
13 24 (0.592%) COM
14 22 (0.543%) Ajax
15 19 (0.469%) ASP
16 17 (0.419%) XML Schema
16 17 (0.419%) WebSphere
17 15 (0.370%) FIX Protocol
17 15 (0.370%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 90 (2.220%) SharePoint
2 40 (0.987%) Apache
2 40 (0.987%) Tomcat
3 38 (0.937%) CMS
4 28 (0.691%) SAS
4 28 (0.691%) IIS
5 26 (0.641%) WebLogic
6 22 (0.543%) SharePoint 2010
7 19 (0.469%) BizTalk Server
8 15 (0.370%) WebSphere Application Server
8 15 (0.370%) Documentum
9 13 (0.321%) MS Exchange
10 10 (0.247%) Sitecore CMS
11 8 (0.197%) MQSeries
12 7 (0.173%) IBM Notes
12 7 (0.173%) WebLogic Portal
12 7 (0.173%) SharePoint Server
13 6 (0.148%) WebSphere Message Broker
13 6 (0.148%) WebLogic Integration
14 5 (0.123%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 399 (9.842%) MS Excel
2 194 (4.785%) MS Office
3 128 (3.157%) MS Project
4 118 (2.911%) MS Visio
5 65 (1.603%) MS PowerPoint
6 28 (0.691%) Open Workbench
7 8 (0.197%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.123%) Pro/ENGINEER
9 4 (0.099%) Mingle
10 3 (0.074%) Stata
11 2 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.049%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.025%) Weka
Business Applications
1 27 (0.666%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.419%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (0.419%) SAP PSCD
3 15 (0.370%) Dynamics AX
4 12 (0.296%) SAP CO
4 12 (0.296%) SAP FI/CO
4 12 (0.296%) SAP FI
4 12 (0.296%) Remedy ITSM
5 10 (0.247%) Temenos T24
5 10 (0.247%) SAP SD
6 6 (0.148%) CSG Singleview
7 5 (0.123%) VisionPLUS
7 5 (0.123%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.099%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.074%) Oracle BPM
9 3 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.074%) SAP HCM
9 3 (0.074%) Maximo
9 3 (0.074%) SAP CRM
10 2 (0.049%) LatentZero
Communications & Networking
1 124 (3.059%) Internet
2 86 (2.121%) HTTP
3 68 (1.677%) LAN
4 56 (1.381%) WAN
5 42 (1.036%) TCP/IP
6 31 (0.765%) FTP
7 26 (0.641%) ATM
8 25 (0.617%) Ethernet
9 21 (0.518%) SAN
10 16 (0.395%) LDAP
10 16 (0.395%) GSM
11 15 (0.370%) Firewall
11 15 (0.370%) BSS
12 13 (0.321%) Broadband
13 12 (0.296%) UMTS
14 11 (0.271%) SSL
15 10 (0.247%) HTTPS
16 9 (0.222%) DNS
16 9 (0.222%) SMTP
16 9 (0.222%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 360 (8.880%) SQL Server
2 74 (1.825%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (1.480%) MySQL
4 47 (1.159%) SQL Server 2008
5 45 (1.110%) SQL Server 2005
6 41 (1.011%) Oracle 8/8i
6 41 (1.011%) RDBMS
7 38 (0.937%) TOAD
8 24 (0.592%) Data Mining
8 24 (0.592%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 22 (0.543%) Oracle Reports
10 18 (0.444%) Big Data
11 15 (0.370%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.370%) QlikView
11 15 (0.370%) Oracle 11g
12 14 (0.345%) Oracle BI EE
12 14 (0.345%) SAP HANA
13 13 (0.321%) OLTP
14 12 (0.296%) Crystal Reports
15 11 (0.271%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 658 (16.23%) Selenium
2 438 (10.80%) QuickTest Pro
3 218 (5.377%) JIRA
4 196 (4.835%) LoadRunner
5 145 (3.577%) Team Foundation Server
6 116 (2.861%) Visual Studio
7 112 (2.763%) WebDriver
8 108 (2.664%) Cucumber
9 86 (2.121%) FitNesse
10 83 (2.047%) TestDirector
11 60 (1.480%) TestComplete
12 55 (1.357%) WinRunner
12 55 (1.357%) Bugzilla
13 53 (1.307%) JMeter
14 45 (1.110%) JUnit
15 41 (1.011%) SpecFlow
16 29 (0.715%) Ant
16 29 (0.715%) TestPartner
17 26 (0.641%) Hudson
18 25 (0.617%) SilkPerformer
General
1 1190 (29.35%) Finance
2 430 (10.61%) Banking
3 315 (7.770%) Retail
4 252 (6.216%) Telecoms
5 141 (3.478%) Advertising
6 84 (2.072%) Legal
7 82 (2.023%) Investment Banking
8 65 (1.603%) Games
9 54 (1.332%) Publishing
10 49 (1.209%) Financial Institution
11 46 (1.135%) Corporate Banking
12 42 (1.036%) Billing
13 40 (0.987%) Back Office
14 38 (0.937%) Marketing
15 34 (0.839%) Front Office
16 31 (0.765%) Law
17 25 (0.617%) Retail Banking
18 24 (0.592%) Pharmaceutical
19 20 (0.493%) Electronics
20 17 (0.419%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2210 (54.51%) Analyst
2 1059 (26.12%) Test Analyst
3 1051 (25.93%) Business Analyst
4 563 (13.89%) Tester
5 434 (10.71%) Test Manager
6 398 (9.817%) Senior Analyst
7 325 (8.017%) Test Engineer
8 208 (5.131%) Test Leader
9 193 (4.761%) Senior Business Analyst
10 192 (4.736%) Software Tester
11 182 (4.489%) Senior Test Analyst
12 159 (3.922%) QA Analyst
13 158 (3.897%) QA Engineer
14 146 (3.601%) Software Engineer
15 139 (3.429%) Consultant
16 117 (2.886%) Software Test Engineer
17 99 (2.442%) Test Consultant
18 96 (2.368%) Team Leader
19 93 (2.294%) Banking Business Analyst
20 91 (2.245%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 209 (5.155%) Computer Science
2 126 (3.108%) Open Source
3 103 (2.541%) Management Information System
4 92 (2.269%) Mobile App
5 86 (2.121%) Client/Server
6 68 (1.677%) FMCG
7 56 (1.381%) Enterprise Software
8 52 (1.283%) Derivative
9 46 (1.135%) IIBA
10 43 (1.061%) Digital Media
10 43 (1.061%) Mainframe
11 41 (1.011%) PMI
12 40 (0.987%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 36 (0.888%) EPoS
13 36 (0.888%) Mathematics
13 36 (0.888%) SaaS
14 35 (0.863%) iPhone
15 30 (0.740%) Statistics
16 28 (0.691%) CMDB
16 28 (0.691%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 408 (10.06%) Windows
2 285 (7.030%) UNIX
3 256 (6.315%) Linux
4 69 (1.702%) Windows Server 2008
5 62 (1.529%) Windows XP
6 57 (1.406%) Solaris
6 57 (1.406%) Windows 7
7 53 (1.307%) Windows Server 2003
8 44 (1.085%) Android
9 41 (1.011%) Apple iOS
10 36 (0.888%) Windows Vista
11 25 (0.617%) AIX
12 22 (0.543%) Mac OS
13 19 (0.469%) HPUX
14 18 (0.444%) SUSE
15 17 (0.419%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 11 (0.271%) Windows 2000
17 10 (0.247%) Ubuntu
18 9 (0.222%) Mac OS X
19 7 (0.173%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1008 (24.86%) Software Testing
2 832 (20.52%) Test Scripting
3 792 (19.54%) Business Analysis
4 748 (18.45%) Agile Software Development
5 647 (15.96%) User Acceptance Testing
6 611 (15.07%) Automated Testing
7 472 (11.64%) Project Management
8 459 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 455 (11.22%) PRINCE2
10 443 (10.93%) Scrum
11 433 (10.68%) Test Automation
12 406 (10.01%) Waterfall
13 390 (9.620%) Test Management
14 365 (9.003%) Manual Testing
15 307 (7.573%) Regression Testing
16 283 (6.981%) UML
16 283 (6.981%) E-Commerce
17 277 (6.833%) ITIL
18 253 (6.241%) Test Strategy
19 241 (5.945%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 909 (22.42%) SQL
2 427 (10.53%) Java
3 374 (9.225%) C#
4 168 (4.144%) JavaScript
4 168 (4.144%) Python
5 147 (3.626%) C++
6 121 (2.985%) VB
7 113 (2.787%) Perl
8 107 (2.639%) C
9 83 (2.047%) Ruby
10 72 (1.776%) Shell Script
11 69 (1.702%) VB.NET
12 67 (1.653%) PHP
13 53 (1.307%) VBScript
14 50 (1.233%) VBA
15 48 (1.184%) PL/SQL
16 31 (0.765%) Bash shell
17 18 (0.444%) Embedded C
18 17 (0.419%) Objective-C
19 13 (0.321%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1385 (34.16%) ISTQB
2 865 (21.34%) Degree
3 174 (4.292%) ISEB Practitioner
4 160 (3.947%) Security Cleared
5 77 (1.899%) SC Cleared
6 60 (1.480%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 57 (1.406%) CBAP
8 54 (1.332%) DV Cleared
9 51 (1.258%) PMI Certification
10 27 (0.666%) SAP Certification
11 25 (0.617%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 20 (0.493%) HND
13 19 (0.469%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (0.370%) PhD
15 14 (0.345%) HNC
16 13 (0.321%) CISSP
16 13 (0.321%) PMP
17 8 (0.197%) MCSA
18 7 (0.173%) ITIL Certification
19 5 (0.123%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1307 (32.24%) QA
2 38 (0.937%) ISO 9001
3 33 (0.814%) Solvency II
4 24 (0.592%) Basel II
5 17 (0.419%) FATCA
6 16 (0.395%) SLA
7 14 (0.345%) WAI
8 7 (0.173%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.148%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.148%) GLP
10 5 (0.123%) Basel III
10 5 (0.123%) COBIT
10 5 (0.123%) ISO 14001
10 5 (0.123%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.074%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.049%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 1 (0.025%) GAMP
13 1 (0.025%) GMP
13 1 (0.025%) ISO 9000
13 1 (0.025%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (1.431%) Active Directory
2 50 (1.233%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.419%) VMware ESX
4 16 (0.395%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (0.197%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.197%) vSphere
6 4 (0.099%) XenApp
7 1 (0.025%) OpenSIPS
7 1 (0.025%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 525 (12.95%) HP Quality Center
2 11 (0.271%) CA SiteMinder
3 9 (0.222%) Netcool
4 8 (0.197%) Control-M
5 5 (0.123%) OMEGAMON
5 5 (0.123%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 4 (0.099%) BMC PATROL
6 4 (0.099%) OpenView
7 2 (0.049%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.025%) SCCM
8 1 (0.025%) SCOM
8 1 (0.025%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.025%) MAILsweeper
8 1 (0.025%) DameWare
8 1 (0.025%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 539 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 422 (10.41%) HP
3 355 (8.757%) Oracle
4 137 (3.379%) SAP
5 56 (1.381%) IBM
6 54 (1.332%) VMware
7 53 (1.307%) Citrix
8 36 (0.888%) Business Objects
9 27 (0.666%) Remedy
10 24 (0.592%) Fujitsu
11 23 (0.567%) Salesforce.com
12 20 (0.493%) Capita
13 19 (0.469%) Cognos
14 18 (0.444%) Red Hat
14 18 (0.444%) Fundtech
15 17 (0.419%) Cisco
16 16 (0.395%) Siebel
17 15 (0.370%) Compuware
18 13 (0.321%) webMethods
19 11 (0.271%) TIBCO
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: -Experienced Tester / QA specialist -Proven software testing experience -ISEB / ISTQB certified -Bug tracking tools (preferably Jira) -Experienced writing test scripts from scratch Desirable Skills: -Automated...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Norwich, Norfolk
Testing, Automated, Regression, .NET, SQL Test Analyst - My client, a market leading technology consultancy organisation is currently looking for a Test Analyst to join their company. This role...
Spring Technology
Salary: £25000.00 - £31000.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: -Experience Manual / Functional testing -ISEB / ISTQB certified -Bug tracking tools (preferably Jira) Desirable Skills: -Automated testing knowledge -Regression / Performance knowledge This is a fantastic opportunity...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum & benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
This newly created position for a Test Analyst is a fantastic opportunity to become a integral part of this software testing team!... To be considered for this unique...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Reporting to the Test Manager/Test Team lead, the System Test Analyst will be responsible for all aspects of system testing on a project... ISeB... You will be...
Candid8 Solutions
Salary: From £21,000 to £26,000 per annum Benefits including generous Pension,
Posted: 11 June 2013
Eastleigh, Hampshire
Connectus
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 12 June 2013
Andover, Hampshire
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £20000.0000 - £30000.0000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Surrey
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 Per Annum plus 10% OT Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Experian Ltd
Salary: Excellent salary plus benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 11 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 11 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Networx Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
networx
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Swindon, South West
Nationwide Building Society
Posted: 7 June 2013
Altrincham, North West
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Berkshire
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013