The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Herefordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 22 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 Herefordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 11 15 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 3 15 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 10.71% 19.23% -
As % of the Qualifications category 30.00% 68.18% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 0
Average salary £22,500 £28,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10 22 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 35.71% 28.21% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 3
Average salary £22,500 £28,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -18.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,126 £26,000 £26,850
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire ISEB Salary Trend

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 Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Ross-on-Wye -3 3 £22,500 -
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 18 (62.07%) Finance
2 12 (41.38%) Business Analysis
3 10 (34.48%) Workflow
3 10 (34.48%) Systems Analysis
4 9 (31.03%) Project Management
5 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
6 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (24.14%) SQL
7 5 (17.24%) .NET
7 5 (17.24%) ISTQB
7 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
7 5 (17.24%) Time Management
8 4 (13.79%) MS Office
8 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
9 3 (10.34%) Regression Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Advertising
9 3 (10.34%) Visual Studio
9 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
9 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
9 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Unit Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Degree
9 3 (10.34%) Functional Testing
10 2 (6.897%) Automation Testing
10 2 (6.897%) MSTest
10 2 (6.897%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (6.897%) Performance Testing
10 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (6.897%) Windows

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 5 (17.24%) .NET
2 2 (6.897%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Office
1 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.897%) MSTest
General
1 18 (62.07%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (100.00%) Analyst
2 19 (65.52%) Business Analyst
3 10 (34.48%) Test Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Financial Business Analyst
5 6 (20.69%) Tester
6 5 (17.24%) Business Systems Analyst
6 5 (17.24%) Systems Analyst
6 5 (17.24%) Software Test Analyst
7 3 (10.34%) Software Tester
8 1 (3.448%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.448%) Senior Test Analyst
8 1 (3.448%) Senior Tester
8 1 (3.448%) Senior Software Tester
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.897%) Windows
1 2 (6.897%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Business Analysis
2 10 (34.48%) Workflow
2 10 (34.48%) Systems Analysis
3 9 (31.03%) Project Management
4 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
5 5 (17.24%) Time Management
6 3 (10.34%) Regression Testing
6 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
6 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Unit Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Functional Testing
7 2 (6.897%) Automation Testing
7 2 (6.897%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (6.897%) Performance Testing
7 2 (6.897%) ITIL
7 2 (6.897%) Scrum
7 2 (6.897%) Six Sigma
8 1 (3.448%) E-Commerce
8 1 (3.448%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) C#
2 2 (6.897%) C++
2 2 (6.897%) Java
2 2 (6.897%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.448%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) ISTQB
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
3 1 (3.448%) HND
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle