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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 72 62 36
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -26
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 14 27 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 1.679% 2.935% 5.609%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.534% 7.219% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12 27 33
Average salary £27,750 £31,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.48% -38.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £45,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
253 374 195
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 30.34% 40.65% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 235 354 185
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £61,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
Hampshire

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

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

Southampton ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 (64.00%) QA
2 15 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 14 (56.00%) SQL
4 11 (44.00%) Scrum
5 10 (40.00%) C#
6 6 (24.00%) HP
6 6 (24.00%) C++
6 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Performance Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (20.00%) ISTQB
7 5 (20.00%) Linux
8 4 (16.00%) Python
8 4 (16.00%) PL/SQL
8 4 (16.00%) Oracle
8 4 (16.00%) UNIX
8 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
8 4 (16.00%) DNS
8 4 (16.00%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (16.00%) Bash shell
9 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
9 3 (12.00%) Test Strategy
10 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
10 2 (8.000%) SAP
10 2 (8.000%) Degree
10 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2
10 2 (8.000%) Finance
10 2 (8.000%) System Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (4.000%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (4.000%) IIS
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (16.00%) DNS
2 1 (4.000%) Firewall
2 1 (4.000%) SMTP
2 1 (4.000%) HTTP
2 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.000%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Test Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Automated Test Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Automated Test Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Test Specialist
7 1 (4.000%) Junior Test Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) QA Tester
7 1 (4.000%) Technical Tester
7 1 (4.000%) QA Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Project Administrator
7 1 (4.000%) Software Test Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Network Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Systems Support
7 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (4.000%) Administrator
7 1 (4.000%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Clustering
1 1 (4.000%) SCADA
1 1 (4.000%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) UNIX
3 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
3 1 (4.000%) Windows
3 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 15 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 11 (44.00%) Scrum
3 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (24.00%) Performance Testing
3 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2
5 2 (8.000%) System Testing
6 1 (4.000%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.000%) Test Management
6 1 (4.000%) Manual Testing
6 1 (4.000%) Automated Testing
6 1 (4.000%) Validation
6 1 (4.000%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (4.000%) Load Balancing
6 1 (4.000%) Use Case
6 1 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) SQL
2 10 (40.00%) C#
3 6 (24.00%) C++
4 4 (16.00%) Python
4 4 (16.00%) PL/SQL
4 4 (16.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (8.000%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) HNC
3 1 (4.000%) CCNA
3 1 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (64.00%) QA
2 1 (4.000%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) HP
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle
3 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.000%) SAP
4 1 (4.000%) VMware
4 1 (4.000%) Cisco
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