The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 23 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 83 66 82
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +16
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 8 6 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.698% 0.844% 1.581%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.540% 3.704% 5.346%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 17
Average salary £35,000 £40,526 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% -9.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £40,052 £35,100
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
315 162 318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.49% 22.78% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 284 150 304
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,780 £23,200 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £53,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
South East

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 23 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
Maidstone - 3 £32,500 -
West Malling - 3 £32,500 -
Dartford - 1 £35,000 -
Rochester - 1 £35,000 -
ISEB
South East

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 11 (78.57%) SQL
1 11 (78.57%) Degree
2 9 (64.29%) QA
3 8 (57.14%) Software Testing
3 8 (57.14%) Perl
3 8 (57.14%) PHP
4 6 (42.86%) MySQL
4 6 (42.86%) UNIX
4 6 (42.86%) Linux
4 6 (42.86%) Scrum
4 6 (42.86%) Extreme Programming
4 6 (42.86%) Information Security
4 6 (42.86%) Test Scripting
4 6 (42.86%) CentOS
5 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
5 5 (35.71%) System Testing
5 5 (35.71%) ISTQB
5 5 (35.71%) Ruby
5 5 (35.71%) Selenium
5 5 (35.71%) Python
5 5 (35.71%) ETL
5 5 (35.71%) XML
5 5 (35.71%) Java
6 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (21.43%) VB
6 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (21.43%) SOAP
6 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
6 3 (21.43%) Sahi
6 3 (21.43%) soapUI

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 (35.71%) XML
2 3 (21.43%) SOAP
2 3 (21.43%) soapUI
3 2 (14.29%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Selenium
2 3 (21.43%) Sahi
3 1 (7.143%) SilkTest
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) QA Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Software Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Automation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) UNIX
1 6 (42.86%) Linux
1 6 (42.86%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 6 (42.86%) Scrum
2 6 (42.86%) Extreme Programming
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
3 5 (35.71%) System Testing
3 5 (35.71%) ETL
4 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Automation Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Web Testing
6 1 (7.143%) RUP
6 1 (7.143%) ITIL
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.143%) Project Management
6 1 (7.143%) Test Management
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) SQL
2 8 (57.14%) Perl
2 8 (57.14%) PHP
3 5 (35.71%) Ruby
3 5 (35.71%) Python
3 5 (35.71%) Java
4 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 3 (21.43%) VB
5 2 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) ISTQB
3 1 (7.143%) MCP
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.143%) APMP
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.143%) HP
1 1 (7.143%) Borland
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