Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for ISEB IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkInformation Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank168128
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-40
Matching permanent IT job ads7823103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.149 %1.556 %
As % of the Qualifications category5.072 %6.965 %
Salaries quoted6322494
Average salary£37,500£36,120
Average salary % change on the same period last year+3.820 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,600
% change on same period last year+1.150 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1541744550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK22.64 %22.33 %
Salaries quoted1300837006
Average salary£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ISEB within 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 citing ISEB within the UK.

ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-38758£37,500+2.73 %
LondonDown-35258£42,500+1.19 %
South EastDown-17175£37,500+7.14 %
East of EnglandUp+3487£35,000-
City of LondonDown-1284£40,000-11.11 %
South WestDown-3078£32,500-7.14 %
YorkshireDown-252£36,000+10.76 %
BerkshireUp+5350£37,500-6.25 %
SurreyDown-2542£37,500+15.38 %
North WestUp+2241£30,000+10.09 %
SuffolkUp+5436£65,000+73.33 %
WiltshireDown-134£32,500-12.01 %
East MidlandsUp+5232£32,500-9.72 %
West MidlandsDown-1828£29,000-7.43 %
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-28£65,000-
HampshireUp+1127£28,000-9.67 %
CambridgeshireUp+2825£32,750+0.76 %
West YorkshireUp+1823£41,000+26.15 %
ReadingUp+3821£32,500-12.16 %
HertfordshireUp+4519£35,500-16.47 %
WalesDown-2118£27,000-10.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+6117£42,000+7.69 %
SomersetUp+2817£35,000+7.69 %
South YorkshireUp+2017£36,500+4.28 %
South WalesDown-2617£27,068-9.77 %
OxfordshireUp+4816£50,000+53.84 %
Milton KeynesUp+4315£42,000+64.70 %
ManchesterUp+1615£42,500+57.40 %
SheffieldUp+1015£36,500+4.28 %
SwindonUp+1014£35,000+2.94 %

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1495 (26.50 %)Finance
2453 (24.25 %)QA
3425 (22.75 %)SQL
4417 (22.32 %)Software Testing
5400 (21.41 %)Test Scripting
6300 (16.06 %)Degree
7284 (15.20 %)Automated Testing
8263 (14.08 %)QuickTest Pro
9235 (12.58 %)PRINCE2
10206 (11.03 %).NET
11201 (10.76 %)Microsoft
12192 (10.28 %)User Acceptance Testing
13183 (9.797 %)TestDirector
14175 (9.368 %)Pensions
15169 (9.047 %)Java
16164 (8.779 %)Project Management
17162 (8.672 %)Regression Testing
18159 (8.512 %)Security Cleared
19153 (8.191 %)Oracle
20149 (7.976 %)ISTQB
21137 (7.334 %)UNIX
22136 (7.281 %)Manual Testing
23134 (7.173 %)Business Analysis
24128 (6.852 %)Test Management
25125 (6.692 %)Agile Software Development
26124 (6.638 %)Windows
27121 (6.478 %)Insurance
28119 (6.370 %)Health
29112 (5.996 %)MS Excel
30110 (5.889 %)SQL Server

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1206 (11.03 %).NET
290 (4.818 %)XML
350 (2.677 %)J2EE
439 (2.088 %)HTML
527 (1.445 %)ASP.NET
617 (0.910 %)WebServices
714 (0.749 %)WAP
714 (0.749 %)AJAX
813 (0.696 %).NET Framework
813 (0.696 %)SOAP
912 (0.642 %)ASP
912 (0.642 %)WebSphere
108 (0.428 %)Middleware
115 (0.268 %)LAMP
115 (0.268 %)JSON
124 (0.214 %)FIX Protocol
124 (0.214 %)Velocity
124 (0.214 %)CGI
124 (0.214 %)Flash
124 (0.214 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (1.338 %)SharePoint
221 (1.124 %)IIS
313 (0.696 %)WebLogic
410 (0.535 %)MS Exchange
59 (0.482 %)Apache
65 (0.268 %)CMS
74 (0.214 %)Tomcat
74 (0.214 %)MQSeries
74 (0.214 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (0.161 %)ESB
92 (0.107 %)Office Project Server
92 (0.107 %)SharePoint Server 2007
101 (0.054 %)Exchange Server 2007
101 (0.054 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1112 (5.996 %)MS Excel
257 (3.051 %)MS Project
350 (2.677 %)MS Office
432 (1.713 %)MS Visio
520 (1.071 %)MS PowerPoint
614 (0.749 %)Spreadsheet
76 (0.321 %)Acrobat
81 (0.054 %)CorelDRAW
81 (0.054 %)Photoshop
81 (0.054 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (0.428 %)Oracle Applications
24 (0.214 %)Temenos T24
24 (0.214 %)assyst
24 (0.214 %)Academy Housing
33 (0.161 %)Summit
33 (0.161 %)SAP QM
33 (0.161 %)Endur
42 (0.107 %)Dynamics NAV
42 (0.107 %)Remedy ITSM
42 (0.107 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.054 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.054 %)arcHouse
51 (0.054 %)SAP FI
51 (0.054 %)Navision
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
163 (3.373 %)Internet
238 (2.034 %)TCP/IP
318 (0.964 %)Firewall
414 (0.749 %)Wireless
511 (0.589 %)FTP
610 (0.535 %)SMS
77 (0.375 %)SMTP
85 (0.268 %)X.400
85 (0.268 %)LAN
85 (0.268 %)DNS
94 (0.214 %)WAN
94 (0.214 %)LDAP
94 (0.214 %)Intranet
94 (0.214 %)CTI
103 (0.161 %)X.500
103 (0.161 %)Broadband
103 (0.161 %)HTTP
103 (0.161 %)VLAN
112 (0.107 %)VoIP
112 (0.107 %)ATM
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1110 (5.889 %)SQL Server
217 (0.910 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (0.857 %)SAP BW
411 (0.589 %)SQL Server 2000
411 (0.589 %)BusinessObjects
411 (0.589 %)Datawarehouse
411 (0.589 %)RDBMS
411 (0.589 %)MySQL
510 (0.535 %)Ingres
510 (0.535 %)Oracle 10g
68 (0.428 %)Oracle Reports
77 (0.375 %)TOAD
86 (0.321 %)Oracle 8/8i
95 (0.268 %)SQL Server 2008
104 (0.214 %)Oracle 9i
113 (0.161 %)GIS
113 (0.161 %)Crystal Reports
122 (0.107 %)BusinessObjects XI
122 (0.107 %)ETL
131 (0.054 %)WebFOCUS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1263 (14.08 %)QuickTest Pro
2183 (9.797 %)TestDirector
3109 (5.835 %)WinRunner
4101 (5.407 %)LoadRunner
581 (4.336 %)Selenium
640 (2.141 %)Visual Studio
730 (1.606 %)Rational Robot
823 (1.231 %)QARun
916 (0.857 %)FitNesse
1013 (0.696 %)WATIR
119 (0.482 %)JUnit
119 (0.482 %)Rational Functional Tester
128 (0.428 %)ClearQuest
128 (0.428 %)TestPartner
128 (0.428 %)JMeter
137 (0.375 %)NUnit
137 (0.375 %)Oracle Forms
137 (0.375 %)JIRA
145 (0.268 %)Subversion
145 (0.268 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1495 (26.50 %)Finance
2175 (9.368 %)Pensions
3121 (6.478 %)Insurance
4119 (6.370 %)Health
5102 (5.460 %)Banking
686 (4.604 %)Government
775 (4.015 %)Education
856 (2.998 %)Retail
954 (2.891 %)Telecoms
1043 (2.302 %)Investment Banking
1136 (1.927 %)Games
1231 (1.660 %)Financial Institution
1320 (1.071 %)Online Games
1415 (0.803 %)Back Office
1415 (0.803 %)Legal
1512 (0.642 %)Front Office
1611 (0.589 %)Military
1710 (0.535 %)Aerospace
188 (0.428 %)Billing
188 (0.428 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1836 (44.75 %)Analyst
2571 (30.57 %)Test Analyst
3464 (24.84 %)Tester
4195 (10.44 %)Business Analyst
5184 (9.850 %)Test Manager
6158 (8.458 %)Test Engineer
7132 (7.066 %)Software Tester
885 (4.550 %)Project Manager
984 (4.497 %)Senior Analyst
1083 (4.443 %)QA Analyst
1176 (4.069 %)QA Engineer
1272 (3.854 %)Consultant
1272 (3.854 %)Team Leader
1365 (3.480 %)Test Team Leader
1454 (2.891 %)QA Test Analyst
1549 (2.623 %)QA Tester
1647 (2.516 %)Senior Test Analyst
1744 (2.355 %)Test Consultant
1840 (2.141 %)Systems Analyst
1840 (2.141 %)Senior Tester
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
173 (3.908 %)Client/Server
233 (1.767 %)Derivative
332 (1.713 %)AS400
423 (1.231 %)Computer Science
521 (1.124 %)Mainframe
620 (1.071 %)Mathematics
719 (1.017 %)PMI
818 (0.964 %)iSeries
917 (0.910 %)NHS
1014 (0.749 %)EPoS
1113 (0.696 %)Equities
1113 (0.696 %)Replication
1113 (0.696 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1212 (0.642 %)N-Tier
1212 (0.642 %)Firmware
1310 (0.535 %)Management Information System
149 (0.482 %)German Language
157 (0.375 %)Fixed Income
166 (0.321 %)Data Protection Act
175 (0.268 %)Credit Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1137 (7.334 %)UNIX
2124 (6.638 %)Windows
360 (3.212 %)Linux
422 (1.178 %)Solaris
518 (0.964 %)Windows 2000
518 (0.964 %)Windows Server 2003
615 (0.803 %)Windows XP
76 (0.321 %)Windows Vista
76 (0.321 %)Windows Server 2008
76 (0.321 %)VMS
85 (0.268 %)HPUX
93 (0.161 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (0.161 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.054 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1417 (22.32 %)Software Testing
2400 (21.41 %)Test Scripting
3284 (15.20 %)Automated Testing
4235 (12.58 %)PRINCE2
5192 (10.28 %)User Acceptance Testing
6164 (8.779 %)Project Management
7162 (8.672 %)Regression Testing
8136 (7.281 %)Manual Testing
9134 (7.173 %)Business Analysis
10128 (6.852 %)Test Management
11125 (6.692 %)Agile Software Development
12110 (5.889 %)Test Automation
13105 (5.621 %)Performance Testing
1498 (5.246 %)UML
1588 (4.711 %)ITIL
1684 (4.497 %)V-Model
1781 (4.336 %)System Testing
1866 (3.533 %)RUP
1964 (3.426 %)Risk Management
2060 (3.212 %)Integration Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1425 (22.75 %)SQL
2169 (9.047 %)Java
3105 (5.621 %)VB
476 (4.069 %)VBScript
564 (3.426 %)C#
651 (2.730 %)Perl
749 (2.623 %)C
846 (2.463 %)VB6
938 (2.034 %)C++
1033 (1.767 %)VB.NET
1033 (1.767 %)VBA
1123 (1.231 %)Shell Script
1221 (1.124 %)Python
1315 (0.803 %)JavaScript
1411 (0.589 %)Ruby
1510 (0.535 %)PHP
169 (0.482 %)JCL
177 (0.375 %)PL/SQL
185 (0.268 %)Delphi
192 (0.107 %)ABAP
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1300 (16.06 %)Degree
2159 (8.512 %)Security Cleared
3149 (7.976 %)ISTQB
4101 (5.407 %)ISEB Practitioner
565 (3.480 %)SC Cleared
644 (2.355 %)PRINCE2 Certification
737 (1.981 %)PMI Certification
831 (1.660 %)Microsoft Certification
926 (1.392 %)MCSE
1024 (1.285 %)PMP
1024 (1.285 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1122 (1.178 %)ITIL Certification
1211 (0.589 %)CISSP
139 (0.482 %)DV Cleared
146 (0.321 %)MCP
155 (0.268 %)CISA
155 (0.268 %)CIMA
155 (0.268 %)ACCA
164 (0.214 %)PhD
164 (0.214 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1453 (24.25 %)QA
28 (0.428 %)TickIT
37 (0.375 %)SLA
46 (0.321 %)ISO27001
54 (0.214 %)PCI DSS
54 (0.214 %)ISO9001
54 (0.214 %)BS7799
63 (0.161 %)BS15000
63 (0.161 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
63 (0.161 %)ISO17799
63 (0.161 %)ISO9000
72 (0.107 %)BS25999
72 (0.107 %)ISO14001
81 (0.054 %)COBIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (0.696 %)Active Directory
24 (0.214 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.161 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.161 %)Squid
41 (0.054 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.054 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.054 %)AquaLogic
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (0.749 %)Tivoli
28 (0.428 %)Tivoli Monitoring
37 (0.375 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
45 (0.268 %)OpenView
53 (0.161 %)BMC PATROL
53 (0.161 %)SCCM
61 (0.054 %)MOM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1201 (10.76 %)Microsoft
2153 (8.191 %)Oracle
391 (4.872 %)HP
449 (2.623 %)SAP
526 (1.392 %)IBM
622 (1.178 %)Sun
719 (1.017 %)Cisco
817 (0.910 %)Compaq
913 (0.696 %)VMware
1011 (0.589 %)Business Objects
118 (0.428 %)Citrix
127 (0.375 %)Compuware
127 (0.375 %)Lombardi
136 (0.321 %)Adobe
136 (0.321 %)OpenLink
136 (0.321 %)CQG
136 (0.321 %)Patsystems
136 (0.321 %)GL TRADE
145 (0.268 %)telerik
145 (0.268 %)BMC