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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 42 23 53
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +30
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 14 33 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 3.562% 7.253% 1.883%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.00% 18.23% 5.114%
Number of salaries quoted 14 32 9
Average salary £36,000 £35,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.40% -7.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,900 £26,500 £27,300
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £52,000 £40,205
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
100 181 176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 25.45% 39.78% 36.82%
Number of salaries quoted 86 176 171
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,150 £21,500 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £37,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
Northamptonshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

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

Northampton ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 15 (45.45%) Retail
2 13 (39.39%) Finance
3 10 (30.30%) Windows
3 10 (30.30%) Business Analysis
4 9 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Banking
5 8 (24.24%) Retail Banking
5 8 (24.24%) CBAP
5 8 (24.24%) SQL
6 7 (21.21%) C#
6 7 (21.21%) Test Management
7 6 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
8 5 (15.15%) Test Scripting
8 5 (15.15%) Degree
9 4 (12.12%) Physics
9 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (12.12%) Project Management
9 4 (12.12%) Mainframe
9 4 (12.12%) Games
9 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
9 4 (12.12%) Automation Testing
10 3 (9.091%) .NET
10 3 (9.091%) Control-M
10 3 (9.091%) Configuration Management
10 3 (9.091%) Automated Testing
10 3 (9.091%) ISTQB
10 3 (9.091%) QA
10 3 (9.091%) Fault Management

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 (9.091%) .NET
2 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.030%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.061%) DTS
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (6.061%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (6.061%) Selenium
3 1 (3.030%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (45.45%) Retail
2 13 (39.39%) Finance
3 9 (27.27%) Banking
4 8 (24.24%) Retail Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Games
6 1 (3.030%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (72.73%) Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Test Analyst
3 11 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 11 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
4 9 (27.27%) Senior Test Analyst
5 6 (18.18%) Test Manager
6 4 (12.12%) Team Leader
6 4 (12.12%) Test Team Leader
7 3 (9.091%) Test Leader
8 2 (6.061%) Systems Test Analyst
8 2 (6.061%) QA Analyst
8 2 (6.061%) Tester
8 2 (6.061%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (6.061%) Senior Business Analyst
9 1 (3.030%) QA Manager
9 1 (3.030%) Service Analyst
9 1 (3.030%) Software Test Analyst
9 1 (3.030%) Agile Test Analyst
9 1 (3.030%) Senior Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Mainframe
1 4 (12.12%) Physics
2 1 (3.030%) Blog
2 1 (3.030%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Business Analysis
2 9 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 7 (21.21%) Test Management
4 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (15.15%) Test Scripting
6 4 (12.12%) Automation Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Project Management
7 3 (9.091%) Configuration Management
7 3 (9.091%) Automated Testing
7 3 (9.091%) Fault Management
8 2 (6.061%) Stress Testing
9 1 (3.030%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (3.030%) V-Model
9 1 (3.030%) Test Automation
9 1 (3.030%) Waterfall
9 1 (3.030%) Test Strategy
9 1 (3.030%) Technical Architecture
9 1 (3.030%) Change Management
9 1 (3.030%) Scrum
9 1 (3.030%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) SQL
2 7 (21.21%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) CBAP
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 3 (9.091%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (9.091%) Control-M
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft