The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 65 30 33
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +3
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 25 70 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.425% 7.150% 6.508%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.294% 21.54% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 22 65 53
Average salary £28,000 £32,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.84% +10.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,041 £24,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £32,400 £45,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
269 325 260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.09% 33.20% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 246 285 235
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,900 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £59,100 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
Wales

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cardiff -31 20 £28,000 -13.84%
Newport -8 3 £30,000 -
Torfaen +1 2 £28,000 -5.08%
ISEB
Wales

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 16 (32.65%) Automated Testing
2 13 (26.53%) MS Office
3 12 (24.49%) Finance
3 12 (24.49%) Test Scripting
4 11 (22.45%) QA
4 11 (22.45%) Business Analysis
5 10 (20.41%) ISTQB
5 10 (20.41%) Information Security
6 9 (18.37%) XML
7 8 (16.33%) Selenium
7 8 (16.33%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (14.29%) Information Security Management
8 7 (14.29%) Security Management
8 7 (14.29%) Manual Testing
9 6 (12.24%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (12.24%) Data Protection
9 6 (12.24%) HP Quality Center
9 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
9 6 (12.24%) SOAP
9 6 (12.24%) Freedom of Information
10 5 (10.20%) Software Testing
10 5 (10.20%) Web Services
10 5 (10.20%) SQL
10 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
11 4 (8.163%) VME
11 4 (8.163%) C#
11 4 (8.163%) Visual Studio
11 4 (8.163%) Windows
11 4 (8.163%) UML
11 4 (8.163%) Mainframe

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 9 (18.37%) XML
2 6 (12.24%) SOAP
3 5 (10.20%) Web Services
4 2 (4.082%) .NET
5 1 (2.041%) JSON
Applications
1 13 (26.53%) MS Office
2 3 (6.122%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.082%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.041%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.082%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Selenium
2 4 (8.163%) Visual Studio
3 3 (6.122%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.041%) JMeter
4 1 (2.041%) ClearQuest
General
1 12 (24.49%) Finance
2 2 (4.082%) Advertising
3 1 (2.041%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (57.14%) Analyst
2 14 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 13 (26.53%) Test Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) Security Officer
5 6 (12.24%) Information Security Officer
5 6 (12.24%) Tester
6 5 (10.20%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) Systems Tester
6 5 (10.20%) Senior Tester
7 3 (6.122%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (6.122%) IT Security Officer
8 2 (4.082%) Financial Services Business Analyst
8 2 (4.082%) QA Analyst
8 2 (4.082%) Financial Business Analyst
8 2 (4.082%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.082%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.082%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (4.082%) Test Manager
9 1 (2.041%) Business Systems Analyst
9 1 (2.041%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (8.163%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.041%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.041%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.041%) E-Learning
3 1 (2.041%) Open Source
3 1 (2.041%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.163%) VME
1 4 (8.163%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Automated Testing
2 12 (24.49%) Test Scripting
3 11 (22.45%) Business Analysis
4 10 (20.41%) Information Security
5 8 (16.33%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (14.29%) Information Security Management
6 7 (14.29%) Security Management
6 7 (14.29%) Manual Testing
7 6 (12.24%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (12.24%) Data Protection
8 5 (10.20%) Software Testing
8 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
9 4 (8.163%) UML
10 3 (6.122%) PRINCE
10 3 (6.122%) Project Management
10 3 (6.122%) Risk Assessment
10 3 (6.122%) System Testing
10 3 (6.122%) Performance Testing
10 3 (6.122%) Load Testing
10 3 (6.122%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) SQL
2 4 (8.163%) C#
3 1 (2.041%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) ISTQB
2 3 (6.122%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (6.122%) Degree
2 3 (6.122%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.45%) QA
2 2 (4.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
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