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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 52 37 46
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +9
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 10 21 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.799% 3.578% 2.377%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.092% 14.00% 8.442%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 13
Average salary £27,500 £31,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.38% +15.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,800 £30,000 £20,660
10% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £40,000 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,122 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.04% -2.37%
All Qualifications
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
141 150 154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 25.36% 25.55% 28.15%
Number of salaries quoted 118 135 130
Average salary £36,750 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.00% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,000 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
North East

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -20 9 £27,500 -11.29%
Sunderland -8 1 £34,000 -15.00%
ISEB
North East

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 19 (76.00%) ISTQB
2 14 (56.00%) QA
3 11 (44.00%) Performance Testing
4 10 (40.00%) Manual Testing
5 9 (36.00%) Finance
6 8 (32.00%) RDF
6 8 (32.00%) Automated Testing
6 8 (32.00%) Software Testing
7 6 (24.00%) Non-Functional Testing
8 5 (20.00%) Scrum
8 5 (20.00%) Selenium
8 5 (20.00%) Test Scripting
9 4 (16.00%) Test Management
9 4 (16.00%) System Testing
9 4 (16.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (16.00%) Regression Testing
9 4 (16.00%) Validation
9 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
9 4 (16.00%) Java
9 4 (16.00%) Visual Studio
10 3 (12.00%) SQL
10 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
10 3 (12.00%) ISEB Practitioner
10 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
10 3 (12.00%) Resource Management
10 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (12.00%) Unit Testing
10 3 (12.00%) Integration Testing

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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
1 1 (4.000%) COM
1 1 (4.000%) CSS
1 1 (4.000%) SOAP
1 1 (4.000%) soapUI
1 1 (4.000%) CSS3
1 1 (4.000%) HTML5
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.000%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Selenium
2 4 (16.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (16.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (8.000%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (4.000%) LoadRunner
4 1 (4.000%) MSTest
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Banking
2 2 (8.000%) Retail
2 2 (8.000%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Tester
2 6 (24.00%) Test Manager
3 5 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Non-Functional Tester
4 3 (12.00%) Performance Tester
4 3 (12.00%) Automation Tester
5 2 (8.000%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Resource Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Programme Test Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.000%) QA Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Automation Test Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) QA Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Senior QA Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Senior QA Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Senior QA Test Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Social Network
1 1 (4.000%) Open Source
1 1 (4.000%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Performance Testing
2 10 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 8 (32.00%) RDF
3 8 (32.00%) Automated Testing
3 8 (32.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (24.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 5 (20.00%) Scrum
5 5 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 4 (16.00%) Test Management
6 4 (16.00%) System Testing
6 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Regression Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Validation
7 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
7 3 (12.00%) Resource Management
7 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (12.00%) Unit Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Integration Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Java
2 3 (12.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (76.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (12.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (56.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) HP
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