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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 29 44 28
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -16
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 15 2 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.054% 0.533% 4.280%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.27% 2.041% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 11
Average salary £27,500 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
113 98 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 30.54% 26.13% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 81 82 78
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
Bedfordshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

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

Luton ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 24 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 24 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 15 (41.67%) Web Services
3 14 (38.89%) Software Testing
4 13 (36.11%) FogBugz
4 13 (36.11%) SQL
4 13 (36.11%) Bugzilla
5 11 (30.56%) Selenium
6 9 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
6 9 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 9 (25.00%) ETL
7 8 (22.22%) Client/Server
7 8 (22.22%) Java
8 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
8 7 (19.44%) WebDriver
8 7 (19.44%) QA
9 5 (13.89%) Degree
9 5 (13.89%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (11.11%) Document Management
10 4 (11.11%) Test Management
11 3 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
11 3 (8.333%) Refactoring
11 3 (8.333%) .NET Framework
11 3 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
11 3 (8.333%) Business Analysis
11 3 (8.333%) Supplier Management
11 3 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
11 3 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (8.333%) Unit Testing
11 3 (8.333%) Internet

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 15 (41.67%) Web Services
2 3 (8.333%) .NET Framework
2 3 (8.333%) .NET
2 3 (8.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.556%) SharePoint
1 2 (5.556%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.778%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.89%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (36.11%) FogBugz
1 13 (36.11%) Bugzilla
2 11 (30.56%) Selenium
3 7 (19.44%) WebDriver
4 2 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (2.778%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Analyst
2 15 (41.67%) Test Analyst
3 11 (30.56%) Test Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) QA Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Business Analyst
6 3 (8.333%) Architect
6 3 (8.333%) Senior Test Analyst
6 3 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (8.333%) Test Manager
6 3 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.556%) Tester
8 1 (2.778%) Test Leader
8 1 (2.778%) Test Team Leader
8 1 (2.778%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Client/Server
2 3 (8.333%) N-Tier
3 2 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 14 (38.89%) Software Testing
3 9 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 9 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 9 (25.00%) ETL
4 4 (11.11%) Document Management
4 4 (11.11%) Test Management
5 3 (8.333%) Refactoring
5 3 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (8.333%) Business Analysis
5 3 (8.333%) Supplier Management
5 3 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (8.333%) Unit Testing
5 3 (8.333%) Project Management
5 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 3 (8.333%) TDD
5 3 (8.333%) TOGAF
5 3 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.556%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) SQL
2 8 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 5 (13.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.333%) Oracle
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