The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 20 39 35
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -4
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 7 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 3.500% 0.645% 2.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.86% 1.538% 7.317%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 6
Average salary £50,000 £75,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +100.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £73,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £77,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
59 130 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 29.50% 41.94% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 46 115 59
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Midlands ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 12 (70.59%) QA
1 12 (70.59%) Waterfall
2 10 (58.82%) Use Case
2 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
4 4 (23.53%) HP
4 4 (23.53%) ISEB Practitioner
4 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
5 2 (11.76%) V-Model
5 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
6 1 (5.882%) Firmware
6 1 (5.882%) C
6 1 (5.882%) C++
6 1 (5.882%) Python
6 1 (5.882%) TestPartner
6 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) TestPartner
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Analyst
2 10 (58.82%) Business Analyst
3 7 (41.18%) Agile Business Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) QA Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Waterfall
2 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (58.82%) Use Case
3 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
4 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
5 2 (11.76%) V-Model
5 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
6 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) C
1 1 (5.882%) C++
1 1 (5.882%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (70.59%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) HP