The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 51 74 57
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -17
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 13 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.680% 1.339% 1.867%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.11% 4.523% 8.182%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 9
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -23.52%
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 £35,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.11% -4.05%
All Qualifications
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
117 199 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 24.12% 29.61% 22.82%
Number of salaries quoted 95 173 90
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £24,700
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
North West

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +8 13 £30,000 -7.69%
ISEB
North West

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 16 (57.14%) QA
2 13 (46.43%) ISTQB
3 12 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 11 (39.29%) Manual Testing
4 11 (39.29%) Selenium
5 10 (35.71%) FitNesse
5 10 (35.71%) Web Development
5 10 (35.71%) Automated Testing
5 10 (35.71%) JMeter
5 10 (35.71%) Scrum
5 10 (35.71%) Java
5 10 (35.71%) PHP
5 10 (35.71%) Apache
5 10 (35.71%) Degree
5 10 (35.71%) Continuous Integration
5 10 (35.71%) WebDriver
5 10 (35.71%) Open Source
5 10 (35.71%) Cucumber
5 10 (35.71%) Hudson
5 10 (35.71%) Behat
5 10 (35.71%) Jenkins
5 10 (35.71%) User Stories
5 10 (35.71%) Mobile App
6 7 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 6 (21.43%) Business Analysis
7 6 (21.43%) Software Testing
7 6 (21.43%) BPMN
8 5 (17.86%) Logistics
8 5 (17.86%) Project Planning

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (3.571%) .NET
1 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.571%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (35.71%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Visio
2 3 (10.71%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
3 2 (7.143%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.143%) DB2
1 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Selenium
2 10 (35.71%) FitNesse
2 10 (35.71%) JMeter
2 10 (35.71%) WebDriver
2 10 (35.71%) Cucumber
2 10 (35.71%) Hudson
2 10 (35.71%) Behat
2 10 (35.71%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.571%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (14.29%) Finance
1 4 (14.29%) Games
2 3 (10.71%) Retail
2 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.143%) Interactive Media
4 1 (3.571%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Analyst
2 10 (35.71%) Business Analyst
2 10 (35.71%) Software Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) IT Business Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Test Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Business Project Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Business Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Development Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Functional Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Senior Test Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Functional Test Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Open Source
1 10 (35.71%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.143%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
1 12 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 11 (39.29%) Manual Testing
3 10 (35.71%) Web Development
3 10 (35.71%) Automated Testing
3 10 (35.71%) Scrum
3 10 (35.71%) Continuous Integration
3 10 (35.71%) User Stories
4 7 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 6 (21.43%) Business Analysis
5 6 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 6 (21.43%) BPMN
6 5 (17.86%) Logistics
6 5 (17.86%) Project Planning
6 5 (17.86%) Six Sigma
7 4 (14.29%) UML
7 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) ITIL
8 3 (10.71%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) Java
1 10 (35.71%) PHP
2 4 (14.29%) SQL
3 3 (10.71%) C#
4 2 (7.143%) Python
4 2 (7.143%) C++
4 2 (7.143%) Perl
4 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) ISTQB
2 10 (35.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle
2 1 (3.571%) HP