Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Suffolk region.

 Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank454761
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+14
Matching permanent IT job ads13214
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk2.457 %0.567 %1.720 %
As % of the Qualifications category17.11 %3.846 %7.292 %
Salaries quoted12214
Average salary£32,500£45,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77 %+28.57 %
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Suffolk IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7652192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk14.37 %14.73 %23.59 %
Salaries quoted6441141
Average salary£35,000£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£28,000£23,150
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,900£43,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
ISEB East of EnglandISEB
East of England

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Suffolk ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk ISEB Salary Trend

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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
IpswichNew entry-7£32,500-
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-2£30,000-
ISEB East of EnglandISEB
East of England

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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.

116 (84.21 %)QA
213 (68.42 %)Software Testing
311 (57.89 %)Degree
311 (57.89 %)SQL Server
49 (47.37 %)Oracle
58 (42.11 %)Windows
67 (36.84 %)Microsoft
67 (36.84 %)Test Scripting
75 (26.32 %)Regression Testing
75 (26.32 %)Manual Testing
84 (21.05 %)ISTQB
84 (21.05 %).NET Framework
84 (21.05 %)Computer Science
84 (21.05 %).NET
84 (21.05 %)C#
84 (21.05 %)Visual Studio
93 (15.79 %)Project Management
93 (15.79 %)MS Excel
93 (15.79 %)Education
93 (15.79 %)V-Model
93 (15.79 %)Usability Testing
93 (15.79 %)Load Testing
93 (15.79 %)Integration Testing
102 (10.53 %)User Acceptance Testing
102 (10.53 %)Pensions
102 (10.53 %)Agile Software Development
102 (10.53 %)RAD
102 (10.53 %)C++
111 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
111 (5.263 %)MS Project

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Suffolk IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (21.05 %).NET
14 (21.05 %).NET Framework
Suffolk IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (15.79 %)MS Excel
21 (5.263 %)MS Project
Suffolk IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (57.89 %)SQL Server
Suffolk IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (21.05 %)Visual Studio
21 (5.263 %)TestDirector
Suffolk IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Education
22 (10.53 %)Pensions
31 (5.263 %)Criminal Justice
Suffolk IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (36.84 %)Tester
26 (31.58 %)Test Engineer
34 (21.05 %)QA Engineer
34 (21.05 %)Junior
34 (21.05 %)Software Engineer
34 (21.05 %)Analyst
34 (21.05 %)Test Manager
34 (21.05 %)Test Analyst
34 (21.05 %)QA Manager
34 (21.05 %)QA Test Manager
43 (15.79 %)Quality Engineer
43 (15.79 %)Junior Test Analyst
43 (15.79 %)Junior Analyst
43 (15.79 %)Software Test Engineer
43 (15.79 %)QA Tester
43 (15.79 %)Senior Test Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Software Tester
61 (5.263 %)IT Project Manager
61 (5.263 %)Junior Tester
61 (5.263 %)Project Manager
Suffolk IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (21.05 %)Computer Science
Suffolk IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (42.11 %)Windows
21 (5.263 %)Windows 2000
21 (5.263 %)Windows XP
Suffolk IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (68.42 %)Software Testing
27 (36.84 %)Test Scripting
35 (26.32 %)Manual Testing
35 (26.32 %)Regression Testing
43 (15.79 %)V-Model
43 (15.79 %)Project Management
43 (15.79 %)Usability Testing
43 (15.79 %)Load Testing
43 (15.79 %)Integration Testing
52 (10.53 %)RAD
52 (10.53 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (10.53 %)Agile Software Development
61 (5.263 %)Automated Testing
61 (5.263 %)Software Engineering
61 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
61 (5.263 %)Scrum
61 (5.263 %)Test Management
61 (5.263 %)Unit Testing
Suffolk IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (21.05 %)C#
22 (10.53 %)C++
Suffolk IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (57.89 %)Degree
24 (21.05 %)ISTQB
Suffolk IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (84.21 %)QA
Suffolk IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (47.37 %)Oracle
27 (36.84 %)Microsoft
31 (5.263 %)Citrix