The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 24 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 60 48 41
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -7
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 6 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 1.527% 2.235% 1.060%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.357% 6.667% 4.167%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 1
Average salary £34,250 £33,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.78% +26.92%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
112 120 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 28.50% 33.52% 25.44%
Number of salaries quoted 95 101 56
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £33,329
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £61,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
Leicestershire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicester ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 7 (41.18%) Firmware
3 6 (35.29%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (35.29%) Python
3 6 (35.29%) VHDL
3 6 (35.29%) TestPartner
3 6 (35.29%) System Testing
3 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
4 4 (23.53%) QA
4 4 (23.53%) E-Commerce
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (11.76%) Automated Testing
6 2 (11.76%) JIRA
6 2 (11.76%) Test Management
6 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
6 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.76%) CRM
6 2 (11.76%) SQL
7 1 (5.882%) .NET
7 1 (5.882%) Oracle
7 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
7 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
7 1 (5.882%) SAP
7 1 (5.882%) XML
7 1 (5.882%) UNIX
7 1 (5.882%) C

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 (5.882%) .NET
1 1 (5.882%) XML
1 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Google Analytics
1 1 (5.882%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (35.29%) TestPartner
2 2 (11.76%) JIRA
3 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.882%) LoadRunner
3 1 (5.882%) Selenium
3 1 (5.882%) NUnit
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Tester
2 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Software Tester
3 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Test Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Test Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Lead Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) UML Business Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Manager
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Programme Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Performance Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Configuration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Firmware
2 6 (35.29%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) UNIX
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) System Testing
1 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
2 4 (23.53%) E-Commerce
3 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
3 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (11.76%) Automated Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Test Management
4 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.76%) CRM
5 1 (5.882%) ERP
5 1 (5.882%) OOD
5 1 (5.882%) UML
5 1 (5.882%) OO
5 1 (5.882%) SSADM
5 1 (5.882%) Project Management
5 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.882%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.882%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 1 (5.882%) C
3 1 (5.882%) C#
3 1 (5.882%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle
1 1 (5.882%) SAP
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.882%) Cognizant
1 1 (5.882%) Omniture
1 1 (5.882%) Google
1 1 (5.882%) Hitwise