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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 109 103 115
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +12
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 553 603 473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 2.499% 2.536% 2.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.650% 7.542% 7.431%
Number of salaries quoted 438 533 396
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,700 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7229 7995 6365
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.66% 33.62% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5836 6980 5456
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Surrey +15 152 £47,500 +11.76%
Berkshire -50 103 £36,250 -3.33%
Hampshire -19 84 £43,750 +16.66%
West Sussex +2 77 £38,500 -21.42%
Oxfordshire +6 46 £35,000 -
Buckinghamshire -20 35 £37,500 -6.25%
East Sussex +21 27 £32,500 -7.14%
Middlesex +9 9 £42,500 +3.03%
Kent -13 8 £35,000 -13.63%
Sussex +1 1 £50,000 +132.55%
ISEB
England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 290 (28.05%) Finance
2 286 (27.66%) ISTQB
3 264 (25.53%) QA
4 245 (23.69%) SQL
5 240 (23.21%) Software Testing
6 216 (20.89%) Business Analysis
7 214 (20.70%) Degree
8 201 (19.44%) Test Scripting
9 198 (19.15%) Agile Software Development
10 172 (16.63%) Automated Testing
11 170 (16.44%) Selenium
11 170 (16.44%) Microsoft
12 155 (14.99%) Windows
13 152 (14.70%) Scrum
14 150 (14.51%) .NET
15 148 (14.31%) QuickTest Pro
16 143 (13.83%) Oracle
17 140 (13.54%) Test Automation
18 139 (13.44%) Waterfall
19 138 (13.35%) HP Quality Center
20 133 (12.86%) HP
21 123 (11.90%) XML
22 122 (11.80%) C#
23 111 (10.74%) SQL Server
23 111 (10.74%) Project Management
24 106 (10.25%) Telecoms
25 104 (10.06%) Regression Testing
26 102 (9.865%) MS Excel
27 101 (9.768%) User Acceptance Testing
28 97 (9.381%) PRINCE2

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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
1 150 (14.51%) .NET
2 123 (11.90%) XML
3 57 (5.513%) Web Services
4 33 (3.191%) ASP.NET
4 33 (3.191%) Middleware
5 30 (2.901%) XSLT
6 28 (2.708%) HTML
7 24 (2.321%) J2EE
8 20 (1.934%) Silverlight
9 18 (1.741%) WebSphere
9 18 (1.741%) SOAP
10 16 (1.547%) COM
11 13 (1.257%) CSS
12 9 (0.870%) soapUI
13 7 (0.677%) XSD
13 7 (0.677%) .NET Framework
14 6 (0.580%) ASP
14 6 (0.580%) XML Schema
15 4 (0.387%) Ajax
15 4 (0.387%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 25 (2.418%) Tomcat
2 18 (1.741%) WebLogic
2 18 (1.741%) IIS
3 15 (1.451%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (1.064%) WebSphere MQ
4 11 (1.064%) CMS
5 10 (0.967%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.967%) MS Exchange
6 7 (0.677%) Windows Azure
7 6 (0.580%) Documentum
7 6 (0.580%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 5 (0.484%) Drupal
8 5 (0.484%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.484%) IBM HTTP Server
9 4 (0.387%) WebLogic Portal
10 3 (0.290%) Apache
11 2 (0.193%) SAS
12 1 (0.097%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.097%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.097%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 102 (9.865%) MS Excel
2 47 (4.545%) MS Office
3 35 (3.385%) MS Project
4 9 (0.870%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.774%) MS PowerPoint
6 5 (0.484%) Pro/ENGINEER
7 3 (0.290%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 18 (1.741%) SAP PSCD
2 12 (1.161%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.677%) SAP SD
4 6 (0.580%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.580%) CSG Singleview
5 3 (0.290%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (0.290%) Maximo
6 2 (0.193%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.097%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.515%) LAN
1 26 (2.515%) WAN
2 25 (2.418%) TCP/IP
3 22 (2.128%) ATM
4 20 (1.934%) GSM
4 20 (1.934%) Ethernet
5 17 (1.644%) HTTP
6 15 (1.451%) LDAP
7 12 (1.161%) ZigBee
7 12 (1.161%) UMTS
8 11 (1.064%) Wireless
8 11 (1.064%) 3G
9 10 (0.967%) Firewall
9 10 (0.967%) SSL
10 9 (0.870%) SAN
11 8 (0.774%) HTTPS
12 7 (0.677%) FTP
12 7 (0.677%) SMS
12 7 (0.677%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.580%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.321%) Oracle 8/8i
2 24 (2.321%) MySQL
3 23 (2.224%) TOAD
4 19 (1.838%) SQL Server 2008
4 19 (1.838%) SQL Server 2005
5 12 (1.161%) RDBMS
6 11 (1.064%) Oracle BI EE
7 10 (0.967%) QlikView
8 7 (0.677%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.677%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.484%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (0.484%) MS Access
9 5 (0.484%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.387%) Adabas
10 4 (0.387%) Big Data
10 4 (0.387%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.290%) Oracle OWB
12 2 (0.193%) Data Mart
12 2 (0.193%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 170 (16.44%) Selenium
2 148 (14.31%) QuickTest Pro
3 50 (4.836%) Visual Studio
4 42 (4.062%) LoadRunner
5 31 (2.998%) Team Foundation Server
6 28 (2.708%) WinRunner
7 26 (2.515%) WebDriver
8 24 (2.321%) TestDirector
9 21 (2.031%) Cucumber
10 20 (1.934%) JIRA
11 15 (1.451%) Ant
12 11 (1.064%) WATIR
12 11 (1.064%) TestComplete
12 11 (1.064%) JUnit
12 11 (1.064%) SilkTest
13 10 (0.967%) JMeter
14 9 (0.870%) ClearCase
15 7 (0.677%) TestNG
15 7 (0.677%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.677%) Oracle Forms
General
1 290 (28.05%) Finance
2 106 (10.25%) Telecoms
3 82 (7.930%) Retail
4 44 (4.255%) Banking
5 41 (3.965%) Advertising
6 24 (2.321%) Publishing
6 24 (2.321%) Legal
7 18 (1.741%) Pharmaceutical
8 17 (1.644%) Games
9 16 (1.547%) Back Office
10 11 (1.064%) Manufacturing
11 10 (0.967%) Marketing
12 9 (0.870%) Electronics
13 6 (0.580%) Billing
13 6 (0.580%) Automotive
14 4 (0.387%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.290%) Local Government
16 2 (0.193%) Music
16 2 (0.193%) Front Office
17 1 (0.097%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 597 (57.74%) Analyst
2 286 (27.66%) Business Analyst
3 278 (26.89%) Test Analyst
4 162 (15.67%) Tester
5 146 (14.12%) Test Engineer
6 113 (10.93%) Senior Analyst
7 87 (8.414%) Test Manager
8 72 (6.963%) Software Tester
9 61 (5.899%) QA Analyst
10 59 (5.706%) Senior Business Analyst
11 44 (4.255%) Software Engineer
12 43 (4.159%) Senior Test Analyst
13 42 (4.062%) QA Engineer
14 41 (3.965%) Software Test Engineer
15 40 (3.868%) Team Leader
16 35 (3.385%) QA Tester
17 27 (2.611%) Test Leader
18 25 (2.418%) Software Test Analyst
19 22 (2.128%) Systems Analyst
19 22 (2.128%) Manual Tester
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.932%) Computer Science
2 50 (4.836%) Open Source
3 37 (3.578%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.418%) EPoS
5 22 (2.128%) FMCG
6 21 (2.031%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.741%) Client/Server
8 17 (1.644%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.451%) IIBA
10 14 (1.354%) Life Science
10 14 (1.354%) Digital Media
11 13 (1.257%) SaaS
11 13 (1.257%) Embedded Systems
12 12 (1.161%) Chemistry
13 8 (0.774%) APACS
13 8 (0.774%) Mathematics
13 8 (0.774%) CMDB
14 7 (0.677%) HACMP
15 6 (0.580%) Biotechnology
15 6 (0.580%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 155 (14.99%) Windows
2 78 (7.544%) UNIX
3 61 (5.899%) Linux
4 45 (4.352%) Windows Server 2008
5 38 (3.675%) Windows 7
6 32 (3.095%) Solaris
7 31 (2.998%) Windows XP
8 30 (2.901%) Windows Server 2003
9 24 (2.321%) Windows Vista
10 20 (1.934%) AIX
11 8 (0.774%) SUSE
12 7 (0.677%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.580%) Mac OS X
13 6 (0.580%) Windows 2000
13 6 (0.580%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.580%) CentOS
14 4 (0.387%) Android
15 2 (0.193%) Windows Mobile
15 2 (0.193%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.097%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (23.21%) Software Testing
2 216 (20.89%) Business Analysis
3 201 (19.44%) Test Scripting
4 198 (19.15%) Agile Software Development
5 172 (16.63%) Automated Testing
6 152 (14.70%) Scrum
7 140 (13.54%) Test Automation
8 139 (13.44%) Waterfall
9 111 (10.74%) Project Management
10 104 (10.06%) Regression Testing
11 101 (9.768%) User Acceptance Testing
12 97 (9.381%) PRINCE2
13 91 (8.801%) Test Management
14 90 (8.704%) Stakeholder Management
15 81 (7.834%) TDD
16 73 (7.060%) Manual Testing
17 69 (6.673%) UML
18 65 (6.286%) Continuous Improvement
19 62 (5.996%) ITIL
20 53 (5.126%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 245 (23.69%) SQL
2 122 (11.80%) C#
3 75 (7.253%) Java
4 42 (4.062%) C++
5 37 (3.578%) VB
6 34 (3.288%) VBA
7 33 (3.191%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.901%) VB.NET
9 29 (2.805%) Perl
10 24 (2.321%) C
11 22 (2.128%) Python
12 15 (1.451%) PL/SQL
13 14 (1.354%) PHP
14 11 (1.064%) Bash shell
14 11 (1.064%) Ruby
15 9 (0.870%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.870%) Korn
16 7 (0.677%) Assembly Language
16 7 (0.677%) XPath
17 6 (0.580%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 286 (27.66%) ISTQB
2 214 (20.70%) Degree
3 53 (5.126%) Security Cleared
4 40 (3.868%) SC Cleared
4 40 (3.868%) ISEB Practitioner
5 29 (2.805%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 12 (1.161%) PhD
7 9 (0.870%) CBAP
8 6 (0.580%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.484%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.387%) SCJP
10 4 (0.387%) Sun Certification
10 4 (0.387%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.290%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.290%) PMP
11 3 (0.290%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.193%) CISSP
12 2 (0.193%) CISA
12 2 (0.193%) HNC
12 2 (0.193%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (25.53%) QA
2 7 (0.677%) ISO 9001
3 6 (0.580%) GLP
4 5 (0.484%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.387%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.290%) SLA
7 2 (0.193%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.097%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.097%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.097%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (4.062%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (3.385%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.644%) VMware ESX
4 16 (1.547%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (0.774%) vSphere
6 4 (0.387%) XenApp
7 3 (0.290%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 138 (13.35%) HP Quality Center
2 11 (1.064%) CA SiteMinder
3 9 (0.870%) Netcool
4 5 (0.484%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 5 (0.484%) OMEGAMON
5 4 (0.387%) BMC PATROL
5 4 (0.387%) Control-M
5 4 (0.387%) OpenView
6 1 (0.097%) SCCM
6 1 (0.097%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 170 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 143 (13.83%) Oracle
3 133 (12.86%) HP
4 43 (4.159%) VMware
5 29 (2.805%) SAP
6 26 (2.515%) Remedy
7 24 (2.321%) Fujitsu
8 20 (1.934%) IBM
9 17 (1.644%) Siebel
10 11 (1.064%) webMethods
11 10 (0.967%) Cognos
12 9 (0.870%) Salesforce.com
12 9 (0.870%) Citrix
12 9 (0.870%) Nokia
13 8 (0.774%) Novell
13 8 (0.774%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.774%) Business Objects
13 8 (0.774%) Cisco
14 7 (0.677%) Ericsson
15 6 (0.580%) BT
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Sanderson
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
An exciting opportunity has become available to work with a top FTSE 100 company based in Maidenhead. Revenue in excess of £3bn and employing over 52000 people... Requirments...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Surrey
To £40k per annum + 10% OT Bonus + Benefits (Test Analyst, Systems Tester, QTP) Market Leading financial client are looking for a Test Analyst to work with a team...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 Per Annum plus 10% OT Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 1 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
You will be dealing with integration, systems and UAT... You need to have 2-3 years experience, strong manual testing skills, be ISEB qualified and have great SQL...
set2recruit
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Havant, Hampshire
I have a great opportunity to join an Award Winning company based in Havant. My client is looking to take on a Senior Business Analyst to work on...
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Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire
Roc Search, Business Analyst, Implementation analyst, Life and Pensions, Permanent, Bracknell, Berkshire, Data Mapping, Interface requirements, developing, project documents, data mapping specifications, pension calculation specifications, interface specifications excel,...
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
A Leading Software Solutions Provider has an exciting opportunity for a Technical Business Analyst to join their Web Applications Team that deliver Web based solutions ( Java) This a...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
The Test Analyst will have the following skills/experience: Essential -Minimum 2 years commercial testing experience -Thorough knowledge of structured test methods and processes -Experience of testing websites,...
Sanderson
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
As part of the Product delivery team they are looking for a QA Analyst with experience of Quality Center (QTP) to introduce this product into the business... You...
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Salary: From £30,000 to £37,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits incl. private
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey
Your key accountabilities Project Execution - Provide input into project timelines, estimation, action plans and risk management procedures - Plan, communicate and execute project deliverables and milestones, ensuring progress in...
Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Applicants should also have experience of preparing cost benefit analysis documentation... ISEB or Certificate of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) or have practical, solid commercial experience of fulfilling...
Novate IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hampshire
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Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Billingshurst, West Sussex
West Sussex, .Net, C#, SQL, Quality Center, Test Director, ISEB, ISTQB, Development... " Development of tests in SoapUI to thoroughly test web services. This will include creation of large...
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
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As appropriate, actively participate in the "Agile - SCRUM" delivery approach - Defining the user stories & supporting the associated story point estimating process. Challenging the associated business benefit of each...
TLP Consultancy Ltd.
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + 15% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Surrey
The Senior Software Test Analyst requirements: - Proven track record in the Testing of Web Applications - Extensive experience in manual software testing and experience in automated software testing would...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Taking the role in the quality assurance of an agile team you will ensure that Linux, web-based software is tested thoroughly and performs according to the requirements...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Tester / Software Tester / QA Analyst ( Black & White Box, ISEB ) needed... You will be required to create testing strategies, reports test scripts and test plans... As the QA Analyst,...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Thames Ditton, South East
Business Analyst - London - £35K - £45K (plus yearly bonus)An award winning Digital Agency are looking for a Business Analyst with a minimum of 2 years proven experience within...
OPUS
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: yearly bonus
Posted: 30 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Tester / QA - Automated Training Provided - Berkshire - Up to £35k + Rapid career acceleration As one of the fastest growing digital brands in UK with 100% growth year on year,...
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Salary: £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
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As Principal Test manger you will need to be expertises in the following: Significant Test Management experience, earned across multiple markets segments covering a wide range of Testing...
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Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013