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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 55 26 46
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +20
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 17 51 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 2.576% 6.684% 3.563%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.49% 17.83% 10.66%
Number of salaries quoted 17 45 29
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,300 £26,500 £23,300
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £48,100 £40,205
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
148 286 272
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 22.42% 37.48% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 131 262 255
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £33,075
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +8.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
East Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Northampton -19 14 £36,000 +1.40%
ISEB
East Midlands

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 18 (46.15%) Retail
2 14 (35.90%) Finance
3 13 (33.33%) SQL
3 13 (33.33%) Windows
4 10 (25.64%) Business Analysis
5 9 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 9 (23.08%) Banking
5 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
6 8 (20.51%) Retail Banking
6 8 (20.51%) Test Management
6 8 (20.51%) CBAP
7 7 (17.95%) C#
7 7 (17.95%) Project Management
7 7 (17.95%) Mainframe
8 6 (15.38%) Configuration Management
8 6 (15.38%) Automation Testing
8 6 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (15.38%) Test Scripting
8 6 (15.38%) Automated Testing
8 6 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (12.82%) Degree
10 4 (10.26%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (10.26%) Selenium
10 4 (10.26%) Fault Management
10 4 (10.26%) Physics
10 4 (10.26%) Games
10 4 (10.26%) DTS
10 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
10 4 (10.26%) QuickTest Pro
10 4 (10.26%) Control-M

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (7.692%) .NET
2 1 (2.564%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.564%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.26%) DTS
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (10.26%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (10.26%) Selenium
3 1 (2.564%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (46.15%) Retail
2 14 (35.90%) Finance
3 9 (23.08%) Banking
4 8 (20.51%) Retail Banking
5 4 (10.26%) Games
6 1 (2.564%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (69.23%) Analyst
2 16 (41.03%) Test Analyst
3 14 (35.90%) Senior Analyst
4 12 (30.77%) Senior Test Analyst
5 11 (28.21%) Business Analyst
6 6 (15.38%) Test Manager
7 5 (12.82%) Test Leader
8 4 (10.26%) Team Leader
8 4 (10.26%) Test Team Leader
9 3 (7.692%) Systems Test Analyst
9 3 (7.692%) Systems Analyst
10 2 (5.128%) Senior Business Analyst
10 2 (5.128%) Tester
10 2 (5.128%) QA Analyst
10 2 (5.128%) Senior Systems Analyst
11 1 (2.564%) Software Test Analyst
11 1 (2.564%) Agile Test Analyst
11 1 (2.564%) QA Manager
11 1 (2.564%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Mainframe
2 4 (10.26%) Physics
3 1 (2.564%) Blog
3 1 (2.564%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 13 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.564%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Business Analysis
2 9 (23.08%) Software Testing
3 8 (20.51%) Test Management
4 7 (17.95%) Project Management
5 6 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (15.38%) Configuration Management
5 6 (15.38%) Automated Testing
5 6 (15.38%) Test Scripting
5 6 (15.38%) Automation Testing
6 4 (10.26%) Fault Management
7 2 (5.128%) Stress Testing
8 1 (2.564%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (2.564%) V-Model
8 1 (2.564%) Test Automation
8 1 (2.564%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.564%) Test Strategy
8 1 (2.564%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (2.564%) TDD
8 1 (2.564%) Change Management
8 1 (2.564%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) SQL
2 7 (17.95%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) CBAP
2 5 (12.82%) Degree
3 3 (7.692%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Control-M
1 4 (10.26%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft