The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 67 103 77
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -26
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 14 13 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 1.433% 0.933% 1.992%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.714% 3.812% 6.614%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 21
Average salary £36,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.76% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
297 341 378
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 30.40% 24.48% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 240 268 308
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +10.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
East of England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Basildon - 4 - -
Brentwood -20 1 £30,000 +9.09%
Colchester - 1 £28,000 -
Thurrock - 1 £35,500 -
ISEB
East of England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 14 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (32.14%) QuickTest Pro
3 8 (28.57%) ISTQB
4 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 6 (21.43%) QA
5 6 (21.43%) SQL
6 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
6 5 (17.86%) TestDirector
6 5 (17.86%) JIRA
6 5 (17.86%) FINEOS
6 5 (17.86%) Automated Testing
6 5 (17.86%) Finance
6 5 (17.86%) Bugzilla
6 5 (17.86%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (17.86%) Guidewire
7 4 (14.29%) Test Strategy
7 4 (14.29%) System Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Stress Testing
7 4 (14.29%) STB
7 4 (14.29%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (14.29%) Publishing
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 4 (14.29%) UNIX
7 4 (14.29%) Regression Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Broadband
8 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
8 3 (10.71%) Project Management
8 3 (10.71%) Business Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Integration Testing
8 3 (10.71%) Automation Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 1 (3.571%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Office
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.571%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.571%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.571%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.143%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.571%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 9 (32.14%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (17.86%) TestDirector
2 5 (17.86%) JIRA
2 5 (17.86%) Bugzilla
3 1 (3.571%) Selenium
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Publishing
3 2 (7.143%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Test Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Test Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Test Leader
4 3 (10.71%) Test Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Tester
4 3 (10.71%) Release Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Test Team Leader
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Team Leader
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) QA Tester
6 1 (3.571%) Software Tester
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Tester
6 1 (3.571%) NHS Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) STB
2 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.143%) PMI
3 1 (3.571%) AS400
3 1 (3.571%) NHS
3 1 (3.571%) Informatics
3 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.571%) Data Conversion
3 1 (3.571%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 5 (17.86%) Automated Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 4 (14.29%) System Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Stress Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 4 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.71%) Project Management
5 3 (10.71%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.71%) Integration Testing
5 3 (10.71%) Automation Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.143%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.143%) Logistics
6 2 (7.143%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (3.571%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.571%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) C#
2 1 (3.571%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 4 (14.29%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (7.143%) APMP
3 2 (7.143%) Degree
3 2 (7.143%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) FINEOS
1 5 (17.86%) Guidewire
2 2 (7.143%) SAP
2 2 (7.143%) Microsoft
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