Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Hertfordshire region.

 Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8396118
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+22
Matching permanent IT job ads291752
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire1.550 %0.800 %1.175 %
As % of the Qualifications category5.709 %2.829 %4.273 %
Salaries quoted231047
Average salary£45,000£34,500£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.43 %+4.540 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£33,000£28,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£47,750£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
5086011217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire27.15 %28.28 %27.51 %
Salaries quoted3914951000
Average salary£45,000£41,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.430 %+3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£29,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£54,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
ISEB East of EnglandISEB
East of England

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
RickmansworthNew entry-3£60,000-
WatfordNew entry-1£32,500-
ISEB East of EnglandISEB
East of England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

126 (45.61 %)QA
221 (36.84 %)Computer Science
317 (29.82 %)Finance
415 (26.32 %)C
415 (26.32 %)C++
415 (26.32 %)Degree
514 (24.56 %)OpenGL
514 (24.56 %)DirectX
514 (24.56 %)Electronics
514 (24.56 %)3D Graphics
613 (22.81 %)Zachman Framework
613 (22.81 %)TOGAF
711 (19.30 %)Software Testing
711 (19.30 %)Enterprise Architecture
711 (19.30 %)Test Scripting
810 (17.54 %)MS Excel
810 (17.54 %)MS Office
98 (14.04 %)Linux
107 (12.28 %)MS Visio
107 (12.28 %)Internet
107 (12.28 %)MS Project
107 (12.28 %)SQL
107 (12.28 %)Education
107 (12.28 %)Pensions
107 (12.28 %)Software Architecture
116 (10.53 %)User Acceptance Testing
116 (10.53 %)Windows
116 (10.53 %)Microsoft
125 (8.772 %)HP
125 (8.772 %)Information Security

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (24.56 %)OpenGL
114 (24.56 %)DirectX
24 (7.018 %).NET
31 (1.754 %)ASP
31 (1.754 %)Web Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (3.509 %)IIS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (17.54 %)MS Excel
110 (17.54 %)MS Office
27 (12.28 %)MS Visio
27 (12.28 %)MS Project
33 (5.263 %)Spreadsheet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (12.28 %)Internet
24 (7.018 %)Wireless
24 (7.018 %)Broadband
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.263 %)TOAD
21 (1.754 %)SQL Server
21 (1.754 %)Oracle 9i
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (3.509 %)QuickTest Pro
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (29.82 %)Finance
214 (24.56 %)Electronics
214 (24.56 %)3D Graphics
37 (12.28 %)Education
37 (12.28 %)Pensions
44 (7.018 %)Health
44 (7.018 %)Telecoms
52 (3.509 %)Government
52 (3.509 %)Banking
52 (3.509 %)Games
52 (3.509 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (1.754 %)Retail
61 (1.754 %)Multimedia
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (24.56 %)Test Engineer
211 (19.30 %)Enterprise Architect
211 (19.30 %)Analyst
211 (19.30 %)Test Analyst
211 (19.30 %)Architect
37 (12.28 %)Software Engineer
46 (10.53 %)Development Engineer
46 (10.53 %)Software Test Engineer
46 (10.53 %)Junior
46 (10.53 %)Test Development Engineer
46 (10.53 %)Software Development Engineer
55 (8.772 %)Test Team Leader
55 (8.772 %)Junior Analyst
55 (8.772 %)Security Officer
55 (8.772 %)Team Leader
55 (8.772 %)Junior Test Analyst
55 (8.772 %)Information Security Officer
64 (7.018 %)QA Engineer
73 (5.263 %)Tester
73 (5.263 %).NET Team Leader
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (36.84 %)Computer Science
25 (8.772 %)Mathematics
34 (7.018 %)Management Information System
43 (5.263 %)EPoS
52 (3.509 %)Handset
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (14.04 %)Linux
26 (10.53 %)Windows
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (22.81 %)Zachman Framework
113 (22.81 %)TOGAF
211 (19.30 %)Software Testing
211 (19.30 %)Enterprise Architecture
211 (19.30 %)Test Scripting
37 (12.28 %)Software Architecture
46 (10.53 %)User Acceptance Testing
55 (8.772 %)Information Security
55 (8.772 %)Information Security Management
55 (8.772 %)Security Management
55 (8.772 %)Resource Management
55 (8.772 %)Manual Testing
55 (8.772 %)System Testing
55 (8.772 %)ISMS
55 (8.772 %)Data Protection
55 (8.772 %)Integration Testing
64 (7.018 %)Product Management
64 (7.018 %)Regression Testing
64 (7.018 %)Project Management
64 (7.018 %)PRINCE2
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
115 (26.32 %)C
115 (26.32 %)C++
27 (12.28 %)SQL
34 (7.018 %)C#
42 (3.509 %)JavaScript
51 (1.754 %)Java
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (26.32 %)Degree
25 (8.772 %)ISTQB
31 (1.754 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (1.754 %)MBA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (45.61 %)QA
25 (8.772 %)ISO27001
34 (7.018 %)COBIT
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (10.53 %)Microsoft
25 (8.772 %)HP
34 (7.018 %)JBoss
34 (7.018 %)Symbian
34 (7.018 %)Oracle
42 (3.509 %)SAP