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This section looks at the demand for Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank130124
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads31813503
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.556 %1.504 %
As % of the category below7.597 %7.230 %
Salaries quoted25622655
Average minimum salary£36,063£36,115
Average salary£38,885£38,912
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Average maximum salary£41,706£41,709
UK excluding London average salary£35,338£36,499
% change on same period last year-3.18 %
Qualifications UKQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4187048452
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.48 %20.81 %
Salaries quoted3479538828
Average minimum salary£37,816£39,215
Average salary£41,150£42,756
% change on same period last year-3.75 %
Average maximum salary£44,484£46,296
UK excluding London average salary£37,496£38,474
% change on same period last year-2.54 %

ISEB
Demand Trend

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

ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Salary Trend

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

ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the UK over the past 3 months.

ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-42958£39,059+0.33 %
2LondonUp+331046£46,414+6.00 %
3South EastDown-11682£36,898-2.22 %
4City of LondonUp+60379£49,851+12.52 %
5South WestUp+3357£34,658+0.80 %
6YorkshireDown-2279£33,679-0.67 %
7SurreyDown-14188£34,923-4.35 %
8West MidlandsDown-8187£33,067-4.83 %
9East of EnglandDown-25179£37,570+2.47 %
10North WestDown-19168£31,100-17.83 %
11HampshireDown-25156£34,709-5.15 %
12West YorkshireDown-2147£32,744+0.90 %
13BerkshireDown-21146£41,188+4.05 %
14BristolUp+12121£35,543+4.67 %
15ScotlandUp+13100£36,486-0.44 %
16North YorkshireUp+1584£33,969+4.56 %
17LeedsDown-582£30,737-8.28 %
18ManchesterDown-479£29,850-28.19 %
18WiltshireUp+1879£37,717+15.18 %
19South WalesDown-571£32,396-14.44 %
19WalesDown-771£32,396-14.09 %
20HertfordshireDown-2068£39,274+1.02 %
21YorkUp+465£34,422+4.04 %
22GloucestershireUp+1560£30,248-15.97 %
23CoventryUp+456£30,414-0.76 %
24CambridgeshireDown-654£34,711+0.40 %
25CheshireUp+645£30,811-4.15 %
26WarwickshireDown-844£34,057+7.88 %
27CambridgeUp+342£34,613+7.89 %
27BirminghamDown-942£33,093-29.07 %

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing ISEB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ISEB.

12082 (32.98 %)Finance
21449 (22.95 %)QA
31404 (22.24 %)Software Testing
41313 (20.80 %)TestDirector
51220 (19.33 %)SQL
61153 (18.26 %)Test Scripting
7847 (13.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
8747 (11.83 %)Automated Testing
9743 (11.77 %)Test Management
10703 (11.14 %)Oracle
11691 (10.95 %)Degree
12682 (10.80 %)Banking
13657 (10.41 %)QuickTest Pro
14557 (8.823 %)Windows
15549 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
16547 (8.665 %)Java
17546 (8.649 %)ISEB Practitioner
18540 (8.554 %)WinRunner
19537 (8.506 %)Manual Testing
20521 (8.253 %)Insurance
21502 (7.952 %)Pensions
22494 (7.825 %)Unix
23492 (7.793 %)LoadRunner
24446 (7.065 %)Microsoft
25439 (6.954 %).NET
26438 (6.938 %)Project Management
27435 (6.891 %)System Testing
28366 (5.798 %)ITIL
29361 (5.718 %)Performance Testing
30339 (5.370 %)SQL Server

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing ISEB also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ISEB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1439 (6.954 %).NET
2278 (4.404 %)XML
3161 (2.550 %)HTML
4149 (2.360 %)J2EE
5122 (1.933 %)WebServices
670 (1.109 %)WebSphere
762 (0.982 %)ASP.NET
850 (0.792 %)SOAP
941 (0.649 %).NET Framework
1033 (0.523 %)ASP
1127 (0.428 %)FIX Protocol
1225 (0.396 %)JSP
1225 (0.396 %)CSS
1323 (0.364 %)Middleware
1421 (0.333 %)AJAX
1518 (0.285 %)XSLT
1613 (0.206 %)EDI
1712 (0.190 %)JDBC
1811 (0.174 %)MFC
1811 (0.174 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
166 (1.045 %)SharePoint
246 (0.729 %)CMS
344 (0.697 %)BizTalk Server
438 (0.602 %)IIS
529 (0.459 %)Apache
529 (0.459 %)WebLogic
624 (0.380 %)Exchange Server 2003
721 (0.333 %)MS Exchange
820 (0.317 %)Tomcat
919 (0.301 %)Exchange Server 2000
1018 (0.285 %)MQSeries
1117 (0.269 %)JBoss
1215 (0.238 %)Content Management Server
1311 (0.174 %)Commerce Server
1311 (0.174 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1311 (0.174 %)WebSphere Message Broker
146 (0.095 %)Office Project Server
146 (0.095 %)Oracle Workflow
155 (0.079 %)Exchange Server 2007
155 (0.079 %)EPiServer
Applications
1301 (4.768 %)MS Excel
2217 (3.437 %)MS Office
373 (1.156 %)MS Project
446 (0.729 %)MS PowerPoint
545 (0.713 %)MS Visio
63 (0.048 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (0.048 %)Photoshop
72 (0.032 %)CA Clarity
Business Applications
128 (0.444 %)HiPortfolio
220 (0.317 %)Oracle EBS
315 (0.238 %)Oracle ERP
413 (0.206 %)Remedy AR System
59 (0.143 %)Oracle Applications
68 (0.127 %)Oracle Financials
77 (0.111 %)Endur
86 (0.095 %)Singl.eView
95 (0.079 %)INSURE/90
104 (0.063 %)SAP FI
113 (0.048 %)Eagle PACE
113 (0.048 %)Oracle HRMS
113 (0.048 %)SAP FI/CO
113 (0.048 %)SAP CO
113 (0.048 %)VisionPLUS
113 (0.048 %)Tesseract
113 (0.048 %)Minerva
113 (0.048 %)Sentinel
122 (0.032 %)SalesLogix
122 (0.032 %)SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1285 (4.514 %)Internet
297 (1.537 %)TCP/IP
336 (0.570 %)Intranet
433 (0.523 %)Broadband
532 (0.507 %)HTTP
627 (0.428 %)LAN
726 (0.412 %)WAN
825 (0.396 %)Network Security
920 (0.317 %)Firewall
1015 (0.238 %)DNS
1114 (0.222 %)X.400
1114 (0.222 %)X.500
1213 (0.206 %)Ethernet
1312 (0.190 %)SMS
1312 (0.190 %)GSM
1411 (0.174 %)WINS
1510 (0.158 %)GPRS
1510 (0.158 %)Wireless
169 (0.143 %)IP Telephony
169 (0.143 %)IPX
Database & Business Intelligence
1339 (5.370 %)SQL Server
287 (1.378 %)RDBMS
379 (1.251 %)DB2
475 (1.188 %)TOAD
564 (1.014 %)Datawarehouse
649 (0.776 %)Oracle 8/8i
740 (0.634 %)SQL Server 2005
830 (0.475 %)Oracle 10g
929 (0.459 %)Oracle Reports
1027 (0.428 %)SQL Server 2000
1126 (0.412 %)BusinessObjects
1225 (0.396 %)MS Access
1324 (0.380 %)Crystal Reports
1423 (0.364 %)Oracle 9i
1521 (0.333 %)GIS
1618 (0.285 %)PostgreSQL
1716 (0.253 %)Informix
1815 (0.238 %)MySQL
1815 (0.238 %)SQL Server 7
198 (0.127 %)OLAP
Development Applications
11313 (20.80 %)TestDirector
2657 (10.41 %)QuickTest Pro
3540 (8.554 %)WinRunner
4492 (7.793 %)LoadRunner
568 (1.077 %)Rational Robot
659 (0.935 %)Visual Studio
751 (0.808 %)Selenium
846 (0.729 %)QARun
942 (0.665 %)JIRA
1036 (0.570 %)Ant
1130 (0.475 %)Oracle Forms
1224 (0.380 %)Flash
1224 (0.380 %)JUnit
1224 (0.380 %)TestPartner
1321 (0.333 %)QALoad
1321 (0.333 %)WATIR
1419 (0.301 %)ClearQuest
1419 (0.301 %)Bugzilla
1516 (0.253 %)SilkTest
1615 (0.238 %)JMeter
General
12082 (32.98 %)Finance
2682 (10.80 %)Banking
3521 (8.253 %)Insurance
4502 (7.952 %)Pensions
5276 (4.372 %)Retail
6251 (3.976 %)Health
7249 (3.944 %)Telecoms
8163 (2.582 %)Investment Banking
998 (1.552 %)Financial Institution
1097 (1.537 %)Education
1097 (1.537 %)Government
1178 (1.236 %)Publishing
1262 (0.982 %)Marketing
1355 (0.871 %)Billing
1451 (0.808 %)Back Office
1550 (0.792 %)Law
1641 (0.649 %)Front Office
1740 (0.634 %)Games
1836 (0.570 %)Legal
1931 (0.491 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
12593 (41.07 %)Analyst
22016 (31.93 %)Test Analyst
31691 (26.79 %)Tester
41290 (20.43 %)Test Manager
5407 (6.447 %)Software Tester
6355 (5.623 %)Senior Analyst
7334 (5.291 %)Test Engineer
8321 (5.085 %)Business Analyst
9299 (4.736 %)Team Leader
10289 (4.578 %)Senior Test Analyst
11280 (4.435 %)Systems Tester
12256 (4.055 %)Test Team Leader
13240 (3.802 %)QA Analyst
14229 (3.627 %)Consultant
15196 (3.105 %)Project Manager
16190 (3.010 %)Senior Tester
17167 (2.645 %)Systems Analyst
18164 (2.598 %)QA Engineer
19138 (2.186 %)Senior Manager
20128 (2.028 %)QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1227 (3.596 %)Derivative
2156 (2.471 %)Client/Server
3139 (2.202 %)Equities
4102 (1.616 %)Mainframe
566 (1.045 %)Management Information System
662 (0.982 %)Fixed Income
758 (0.919 %)Asset Management
856 (0.887 %)Computer Science
935 (0.554 %)Mathematics
1033 (0.523 %)Life Science
1132 (0.507 %)EPoS
1230 (0.475 %)AS400
1329 (0.459 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1426 (0.412 %)DTV
1426 (0.412 %)Chemistry
1524 (0.380 %)NHS
1622 (0.348 %)N-Tier
1719 (0.301 %)PMI
1719 (0.301 %)Biology
1719 (0.301 %)Physics
Operating Systems
1557 (8.823 %)Windows
2494 (7.825 %)Unix
3181 (2.867 %)Linux
4103 (1.632 %)Windows 2000
561 (0.966 %)Solaris
654 (0.855 %)AIX
748 (0.760 %)Windows XP
844 (0.697 %)Windows NT
922 (0.348 %)Windows Server 2003
1015 (0.238 %)VMS
1113 (0.206 %)HPUX
124 (0.063 %)Symbian OS
124 (0.063 %)Windows Mobile
133 (0.048 %)Windows Vista
133 (0.048 %)MVS
142 (0.032 %)VxWorks
142 (0.032 %)Mac OS X
151 (0.016 %)Windows CE
151 (0.016 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
11404 (22.24 %)Software Testing
21153 (18.26 %)Test Scripting
3847 (13.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
4747 (11.83 %)Automated Testing
5743 (11.77 %)Test Management
6549 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
7537 (8.506 %)Manual Testing
8438 (6.938 %)Project Management
9435 (6.891 %)System Testing
10366 (5.798 %)ITIL
11361 (5.718 %)Performance Testing
12318 (5.037 %)Regression Testing
13297 (4.705 %)Integration Testing
14296 (4.689 %)Agile Software Development
15289 (4.578 %)Business Analysis
16220 (3.485 %)UML
17203 (3.216 %)E-Commerce
18194 (3.073 %)Use Case
19167 (2.645 %)Web Testing
20150 (2.376 %)RUP
Programming Languages
11220 (19.33 %)SQL
2547 (8.665 %)Java
3226 (3.580 %)C#
4200 (3.168 %)VB
5147 (2.329 %)C++
6114 (1.806 %)C
790 (1.426 %)JavaScript
868 (1.077 %)VBScript
957 (0.903 %)Perl
1047 (0.744 %)VB.NET
1129 (0.459 %)Shell Script
1228 (0.444 %)VB6
1326 (0.412 %)VBA
1421 (0.333 %)Delphi
1520 (0.317 %)Python
1619 (0.301 %)Ruby
1718 (0.285 %)Transact-SQL
1815 (0.238 %)PL/SQL
1913 (0.206 %)VC++
2012 (0.190 %)PHP
Qualifications
1691 (10.95 %)Degree
2546 (8.649 %)ISEB Practitioner
3337 (5.338 %)ISTQB
4113 (1.790 %)PRINCE2 Certification
551 (0.808 %)Microsoft Certification
650 (0.792 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
739 (0.618 %)ITIL Certification
829 (0.459 %)CISSP
921 (0.333 %)MCSE
1019 (0.301 %)PhD
1019 (0.301 %)ACCA
1019 (0.301 %)CISA
1117 (0.269 %)HND
1214 (0.222 %)PMI Certification
1313 (0.206 %)PMP
1411 (0.174 %)Cisco Certification
1510 (0.158 %)CCNA
168 (0.127 %)MBA
175 (0.079 %)CIMA
184 (0.063 %)HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11449 (22.95 %)QA
222 (0.348 %)ISO9000
321 (0.333 %)ISO27001
415 (0.238 %)COBIT
514 (0.222 %)SLA
514 (0.222 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
514 (0.222 %)ISO8583
610 (0.158 %)ISO9001
72 (0.032 %)TickIT
81 (0.016 %)BS15000
81 (0.016 %)BS7799
81 (0.016 %)HL7
System Software
149 (0.776 %)Active Directory
27 (0.111 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
36 (0.095 %)Terminal Server
44 (0.063 %)MSMQ
52 (0.032 %)NFS
61 (0.016 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.016 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
61 (0.016 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
111 (0.174 %)CONTROL-M
210 (0.158 %)Tivoli
38 (0.127 %)MOM
38 (0.127 %)CA SiteMinder
44 (0.063 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (0.048 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
53 (0.048 %)OpenView Configuration Management
62 (0.032 %)OpenView
62 (0.032 %)Netcool
62 (0.032 %)Netcool/Proviso
71 (0.016 %)MAILsweeper
Vendors
1703 (11.14 %)Oracle
2446 (7.065 %)Microsoft
3147 (2.329 %)SAP
4108 (1.711 %)Compuware
592 (1.457 %)HP
685 (1.346 %)IBM
774 (1.172 %)Sybase
855 (0.871 %)Siebel
939 (0.618 %)Citrix
1032 (0.507 %)Retek
1126 (0.412 %)Business Objects
1222 (0.348 %)Remedy
1222 (0.348 %)VMware
1321 (0.333 %)Sun
1420 (0.317 %)BEA
1519 (0.301 %)MKS
1618 (0.285 %)Empirix
1715 (0.238 %)Vignette
1812 (0.190 %)Cisco
1812 (0.190 %)Borland
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