The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 24 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 35 36 29
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 16 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 6.478% 0.617% 3.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.00% 1.786% 8.219%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 4
Average salary £35,000 £25,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
100 56 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 40.49% 34.57% 37.24%
Number of salaries quoted 63 42 46
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,600 £30,000 £19,250
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 11 (57.89%) .NET
2 8 (42.11%) ISTQB
3 7 (36.84%) Test Automation
3 7 (36.84%) Retail
3 7 (36.84%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (31.58%) Rational Robot
4 6 (31.58%) VB.NET
4 6 (31.58%) Compuware
4 6 (31.58%) Rational Functional Tester
4 6 (31.58%) Software Testing
4 6 (31.58%) TestPartner
4 6 (31.58%) Computer Science
5 5 (26.32%) Business Analysis
5 5 (26.32%) Finance
6 4 (21.05%) Scrum
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.79%) Billing
7 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
7 3 (15.79%) Document Management
7 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
7 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
8 2 (10.53%) ETRM
8 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
8 2 (10.53%) System Testing
8 2 (10.53%) Logistics
8 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
8 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
8 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Certification

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 11 (57.89%) .NET
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (31.58%) Rational Robot
2 6 (31.58%) Rational Functional Tester
2 6 (31.58%) TestPartner
3 1 (5.263%) TestComplete
3 1 (5.263%) Selenium
General
1 7 (36.84%) Retail
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Billing
3 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Tester
2 7 (36.84%) Software Tester
3 6 (31.58%) Business Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Automation Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Manual Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Junior
5 1 (5.263%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Test Coordinator
5 1 (5.263%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.263%) PMI
2 1 (5.263%) iPhone
2 1 (5.263%) iPad
2 1 (5.263%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
1 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Test Automation
2 6 (31.58%) Software Testing
3 5 (26.32%) Business Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Scrum
5 3 (15.79%) Document Management
5 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
5 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.53%) ETRM
6 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) System Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Logistics
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
6 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.263%) Project Management
7 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
7 1 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (5.263%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) VB.NET
2 1 (5.263%) C#
2 1 (5.263%) C++
2 1 (5.263%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) ISTQB
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (5.263%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.263%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Compuware
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They are a Microsoft partner and specialise in the latest Microsoft & .NET technologies... You will be involved in the Full Life Cycle of Application Testing including analysing requirements,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £29000 - £35000 per annum + Great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
At least 4 years solid Automation experience in a tool such as QTP, Rational Robot, Compuware TestPartner or Rational Functional Tester ?At least 2 years development experience in...
Next Move IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
They are a Microsoft partner and provide software services to the energy sector specifically around energy trading, risk management and logistics. Working in there existing team you will...
Salary: £25000 - £29000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
They are a Microsoft partner and provide software to the energy sector specifically around energy trading, risk management and logistics. Working in there existing team you will be...
Salary: £24000 - £27800 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
I am looking for a test co-coordinator to join a busy company based in Solihull, they are looking for a test coordinator who can take responsibility for...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013