The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 21 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 Preston region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 26 - 12
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 3 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 2.542% - 4.167%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.00% - 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
Average salary £27,500 - £32,250
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 - £30,050
10% offered a salary of more than £28,700 - £34,450
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
30 36 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 25.42% 28.35% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 29 34 6
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £22,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
Lancashire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 8 (80.00%) Software Testing
1 8 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 5 (50.00%) IBM
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (30.00%) .NET
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) UML
4 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (20.00%) Citrix
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 (30.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) UML
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) IBM
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix