The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 72 62 53
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -9
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 9 13 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.295% 1.857% 1.705%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.945% 5.830% 7.200%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 7
Average salary £34,250 £33,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.78% -12.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £31,000 £32,900
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £39,700
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
182 223 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 26.19% 31.86% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 157 180 105
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,165
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +5.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £44,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
East Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leicester -12 6 £34,250 +3.78%
ISEB
East Midlands

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (36.36%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (31.82%) Firmware
3 6 (27.27%) TestPartner
3 6 (27.27%) Python
3 6 (27.27%) VHDL
3 6 (27.27%) System Testing
3 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 5 (22.73%) E-Commerce
4 5 (22.73%) Degree
4 5 (22.73%) QA
5 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (13.64%) Automated Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Finance
6 3 (13.64%) JIRA
6 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
7 2 (9.091%) Test Strategy
7 2 (9.091%) Test Management
7 2 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (9.091%) CRM
7 2 (9.091%) SQL
7 2 (9.091%) UML
7 2 (9.091%) Selenium
7 2 (9.091%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
8 1 (4.545%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
8 1 (4.545%) Web Analytics

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (4.545%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
1 1 (4.545%) XML
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Google Analytics
1 1 (4.545%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (27.27%) TestPartner
3 3 (13.64%) JIRA
4 2 (9.091%) Selenium
5 1 (4.545%) NUnit
5 1 (4.545%) Visual Studio
5 1 (4.545%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Retail
2 1 (4.545%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
1 7 (31.82%) Tester
2 6 (27.27%) Software Tester
3 5 (22.73%) Business Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Test Manager
5 2 (9.091%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) SAP Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Programme Test Manager
6 1 (4.545%) SAP Test Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.545%) Performance Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Lead Test Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) UML Business Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) SAP Programme Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Firmware
2 6 (27.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 1 (4.545%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) System Testing
1 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
2 5 (22.73%) E-Commerce
3 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (13.64%) Automated Testing
4 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
5 2 (9.091%) Test Strategy
5 2 (9.091%) Test Management
5 2 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (9.091%) CRM
5 2 (9.091%) UML
5 2 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Web Analytics
6 1 (4.545%) SWOT Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.545%) Scrum
6 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) OO
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (9.091%) SQL
3 1 (4.545%) C
3 1 (4.545%) C#
3 1 (4.545%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.545%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (4.545%) Omniture
1 1 (4.545%) Google
1 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle
1 1 (4.545%) SAP
1 1 (4.545%) Cognizant
1 1 (4.545%) Hitwise