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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 21 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 3 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 3.704% - 0.840%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.00% - 3.125%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
20 18 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 24.69% 39.13% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 19 17 32
Average salary £40,000 £25,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.00% -34.21%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
Kent

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (88.89%) QA
3 7 (77.78%) Software Testing
3 7 (77.78%) Perl
3 7 (77.78%) PHP
4 6 (66.67%) MySQL
4 6 (66.67%) UNIX
4 6 (66.67%) Linux
4 6 (66.67%) Scrum
4 6 (66.67%) Extreme Programming
4 6 (66.67%) Information Security
4 6 (66.67%) CentOS
4 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
5 3 (33.33%) System Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (33.33%) Ruby
5 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
5 3 (33.33%) Selenium
5 3 (33.33%) Python
5 3 (33.33%) ETL
5 3 (33.33%) XML
5 3 (33.33%) Java
5 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (22.22%) VB
6 2 (22.22%) SOAP
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Sahi
6 2 (22.22%) soapUI

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 3 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (22.22%) SOAP
2 2 (22.22%) soapUI
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
2 2 (22.22%) Sahi
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) QA Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Software Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) UNIX
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
1 6 (66.67%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Software Testing
2 6 (66.67%) Scrum
2 6 (66.67%) Extreme Programming
2 6 (66.67%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) System Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (33.33%) ETL
4 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
5 1 (11.11%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) Perl
2 7 (77.78%) PHP
3 3 (33.33%) Ruby
3 3 (33.33%) Python
3 3 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) VB
5 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) QA