The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ISEB in 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 22 May 2012 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 currently tracked.

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank120112121
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+9
Matching permanent IT job ads262525701814
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.177 %2.096 %1.900 %
As % of the Qualifications category7.842 %7.996 %7.845 %
Number of salaries quoted227721771439
Average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,500£37,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-1.35 %+7.24 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
334753214123123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.76 %26.21 %24.22 %
Number of salaries quoted284762683119147
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-1.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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-12420£40,000-
LondonDown-28799£46,500-2.10 %
South EastUp+16605£40,000-
South WestUp+29247£35,000+4.47 %
City of LondonDown-1239£47,500-
East of EnglandDown-7199£35,000+4.47 %
BerkshireUp+55198£37,500+13.63 %
YorkshireUp+67197£32,500-7.14 %
West YorkshireUp+58142£36,750+5.00 %
SurreyDown-19140£42,500+6.25 %
North WestDown-47124£32,500-7.14 %
HampshireDown-8116£37,500-8.53 %
East MidlandsDown-20114£35,000-9.09 %
West MidlandsDown-24106£30,000-14.28 %
LeedsUp+39101£35,000+22.80 %
BristolUp+28100£38,000+8.57 %
ScotlandDown-1696£42,500+10.38 %
GloucestershireUp+1184£33,250-16.87 %
ReadingUp+3679£37,500-
WalesUp+578£32,500+8.33 %
South WalesUp+272£32,500+8.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-770£32,000-4.47 %
West SussexUp+5459£49,000+35.17 %
CheshireDown-852£36,250-
CambridgeDown-750£35,000+7.69 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1849£35,000-6.66 %
HertfordshireDown-648£40,000+6.66 %
EdinburghDown-747£43,750+13.63 %
ManchesterDown-6647£29,000-10.76 %
GloucesterUp+346£34,000-24.44 %

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

11450 (29.59 %)Finance
21369 (27.93 %)QA
31283 (26.18 %)ISTQB
41277 (26.06 %)Software Testing
51091 (22.26 %)Test Scripting
61003 (20.47 %)SQL
7921 (18.79 %)Degree
8858 (17.51 %)Agile Software Development
9847 (17.28 %)Automated Testing
10692 (14.12 %)Selenium
11683 (13.94 %)QuickTest Pro
12669 (13.65 %)HP Quality Center
13627 (12.79 %)User Acceptance Testing
14591 (12.06 %)Java
15584 (11.92 %)Business Analysis
16545 (11.12 %)Microsoft
17534 (10.90 %)PRINCE2
18500 (10.20 %)Windows
19477 (9.733 %)Scrum
19477 (9.733 %)Test Automation
20474 (9.671 %)HP
21468 (9.549 %)Waterfall
22452 (9.223 %)UNIX
23448 (9.141 %)Test Management
24435 (8.876 %)LoadRunner
25427 (8.713 %)C#
26413 (8.427 %)Test Strategy
27407 (8.304 %).NET
28404 (8.243 %)Stakeholder Management
29393 (8.019 %)SQL Server

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1407 (8.304 %).NET
2368 (7.509 %)XML
3138 (2.816 %)HTML
4134 (2.734 %)Web Services
5111 (2.265 %)J2EE
684 (1.714 %)ASP.NET
763 (1.285 %)Flash
763 (1.285 %).NET Framework
860 (1.224 %)SOAP
946 (0.939 %)CSS
1045 (0.918 %)Middleware
1045 (0.918 %)soapUI
1132 (0.653 %)Apache Flex
1230 (0.612 %)WebSphere
1323 (0.469 %)REST
1422 (0.449 %)LAMP
1521 (0.428 %)XML Messaging
1616 (0.326 %)FIX Protocol
1715 (0.306 %)XSD
1812 (0.245 %)Ajax
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1102 (2.081 %)SharePoint
229 (0.592 %)Confluence
324 (0.490 %)CMS
421 (0.428 %)WebLogic
519 (0.388 %)IIS
519 (0.388 %)Apache
617 (0.347 %)WebSphere Application Server
715 (0.306 %)IBM HTTP Server
814 (0.286 %)ColdFusion
911 (0.224 %)WebSphere MQ
1010 (0.204 %)MS Exchange
1010 (0.204 %)Tomcat
119 (0.184 %)SAS
119 (0.184 %)BizTalk Server
128 (0.163 %)FileNet
137 (0.143 %)SharePoint Server
146 (0.122 %)Documentum
146 (0.122 %)MQSeries
155 (0.102 %)MSMQ
155 (0.102 %)CICS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1311 (6.346 %)MS Excel
2235 (4.795 %)MS Office
3161 (3.285 %)MS Visio
465 (1.326 %)MS Project
524 (0.490 %)Mingle
617 (0.347 %)MS PowerPoint
716 (0.326 %)Spreadsheet
88 (0.163 %)Acrobat
94 (0.082 %)Pro/ENGINEER
103 (0.061 %)MATLAB
111 (0.020 %)RoboHelp
111 (0.020 %)SPSS
111 (0.020 %)Open Workbench
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
130 (0.612 %)SAP ERP
217 (0.347 %)Dynamics AX
313 (0.265 %)Oracle EBS
412 (0.245 %)SAP FI
412 (0.245 %)SAP FI/CO
412 (0.245 %)SAP CO
412 (0.245 %)Dynamics CRM
510 (0.204 %)SAP FI-GL
67 (0.143 %)SAP CRM
76 (0.122 %)Summit
76 (0.122 %)Agresso
76 (0.122 %)Dynamics NAV
85 (0.102 %)Oracle Financials
94 (0.082 %)Endur
94 (0.082 %)SAP Retail
103 (0.061 %)Oracle Applications
103 (0.061 %)Temenos T24
112 (0.041 %)Oracle EBS R12
112 (0.041 %)SAP BPC
112 (0.041 %)Oracle Retail
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1137 (2.795 %)Internet
286 (1.755 %)GSM
372 (1.469 %)UMTS
470 (1.428 %)TCP/IP
548 (0.979 %)HTTP
636 (0.735 %)WAN
726 (0.531 %)Wireless
726 (0.531 %)Wireshark
824 (0.490 %)LAN
921 (0.428 %)HTTPS
1020 (0.408 %)Firewall
1119 (0.388 %)Intrusion Detection
1217 (0.347 %)Intranet
1316 (0.326 %)VoIP
1414 (0.286 %)GPRS
1414 (0.286 %)DNS
1414 (0.286 %)iSCSI
1513 (0.265 %)SAN
1611 (0.224 %)LDAP
1710 (0.204 %)ATM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1393 (8.019 %)SQL Server
267 (1.367 %)Data Warehouse
365 (1.326 %)SQL Server 2005
459 (1.204 %)SQL Server 2008
542 (0.857 %)TOAD
635 (0.714 %)MySQL
734 (0.694 %)ETL
833 (0.673 %)RDBMS
925 (0.510 %)Oracle 11g
1020 (0.408 %)Oracle Reports
1117 (0.347 %)Oracle 8/8i
1117 (0.347 %)Data Mining
1117 (0.347 %)Oracle 10g
1216 (0.326 %)Crystal Reports
1313 (0.265 %)OLTP
148 (0.163 %)SQL Server Integration Services
148 (0.163 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
157 (0.143 %)ProClarity
157 (0.143 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
157 (0.143 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1692 (14.12 %)Selenium
2683 (13.94 %)QuickTest Pro
3435 (8.876 %)LoadRunner
4237 (4.836 %)TestDirector
5219 (4.468 %)Visual Studio
6203 (4.142 %)Team Foundation Server
7182 (3.714 %)JIRA
8121 (2.469 %)FitNesse
9116 (2.367 %)WinRunner
10111 (2.265 %)Cucumber
11100 (2.040 %)TestComplete
1289 (1.816 %)JMeter
1380 (1.632 %)WebDriver
1466 (1.347 %)Bugzilla
1561 (1.245 %)NUnit
1660 (1.224 %)Subversion
1755 (1.122 %)JUnit
1850 (1.020 %)TestPartner
1850 (1.020 %)WATIR
1947 (0.959 %)Hudson
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11450 (29.59 %)Finance
2379 (7.733 %)Banking
3311 (6.346 %)Retail
4266 (5.427 %)Telecoms
5114 (2.326 %)Games
682 (1.673 %)Back Office
682 (1.673 %)Legal
771 (1.449 %)Investment Banking
865 (1.326 %)Front Office
964 (1.306 %)Marketing
1063 (1.285 %)Retail Banking
1150 (1.020 %)Advertising
1247 (0.959 %)Law
1329 (0.592 %)Publishing
1428 (0.571 %)Automotive
1523 (0.469 %)Financial Institution
1621 (0.428 %)Pharmaceutical
1621 (0.428 %)Billing
1716 (0.326 %)Manufacturing
1814 (0.286 %)General Ledger
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12425 (49.48 %)Analyst
21503 (30.67 %)Test Analyst
31002 (20.44 %)Tester
4781 (15.94 %)Business Analyst
5424 (8.651 %)Test Manager
6405 (8.264 %)Senior Analyst
7390 (7.958 %)Test Engineer
8305 (6.223 %)Software Tester
9222 (4.530 %)Senior Test Analyst
10217 (4.428 %)QA Analyst
11205 (4.183 %)QA Engineer
12194 (3.958 %)Test Leader
13166 (3.387 %)QA Tester
14148 (3.020 %)Senior Business Analyst
15132 (2.693 %)Project Manager
16130 (2.653 %)Senior Tester
17121 (2.469 %)Consultant
18119 (2.428 %)Team Leader
19118 (2.408 %)QA Test Analyst
20114 (2.326 %)Systems Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1186 (3.795 %)Computer Science
1186 (3.795 %)Open Source
2116 (2.367 %)Client/Server
3101 (2.061 %)Management Information System
487 (1.775 %)Derivative
566 (1.347 %)Online Games
663 (1.285 %)IIBA
748 (0.979 %)PMI
846 (0.939 %)Mainframe
945 (0.918 %)Replication
1044 (0.898 %)AS400
1143 (0.877 %)EPoS
1237 (0.755 %)Mathematics
1336 (0.735 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1434 (0.694 %)iPhone
1529 (0.592 %)Social Media
1628 (0.571 %)SaaS
1725 (0.510 %)Digital Media
1824 (0.490 %)SWIFT
1824 (0.490 %)Equities
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1500 (10.20 %)Windows
2452 (9.223 %)UNIX
3286 (5.836 %)Linux
455 (1.122 %)Windows 7
552 (1.061 %)Windows Server 2003
650 (1.020 %)Solaris
749 (1.000 %)Android
847 (0.959 %)Windows Vista
944 (0.898 %)Windows Server 2008
1043 (0.877 %)Windows XP
1129 (0.592 %)Mac OS
1228 (0.571 %)Apple iOS
1325 (0.510 %)AIX
1422 (0.449 %)Windows 2000
159 (0.184 %)VMS
167 (0.143 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
176 (0.122 %)Mac OS X
185 (0.102 %)zOS
191 (0.020 %)Windows NT
191 (0.020 %)VxWorks
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11277 (26.06 %)Software Testing
21091 (22.26 %)Test Scripting
3858 (17.51 %)Agile Software Development
4847 (17.28 %)Automated Testing
5627 (12.79 %)User Acceptance Testing
6584 (11.92 %)Business Analysis
7534 (10.90 %)PRINCE2
8477 (9.733 %)Scrum
8477 (9.733 %)Test Automation
9468 (9.549 %)Waterfall
10448 (9.141 %)Test Management
11413 (8.427 %)Test Strategy
12404 (8.243 %)Stakeholder Management
13383 (7.815 %)Project Management
14352 (7.182 %)System Testing
15345 (7.039 %)Manual Testing
16313 (6.386 %)ITIL
17299 (6.101 %)E-Commerce
18298 (6.080 %)Performance Testing
19289 (5.897 %)UML
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11003 (20.47 %)SQL
2591 (12.06 %)Java
3427 (8.713 %)C#
4208 (4.244 %)C++
5169 (3.448 %)Python
6142 (2.897 %)VBScript
7133 (2.714 %)C
8109 (2.224 %)JavaScript
9104 (2.122 %)Perl
10101 (2.061 %)VB
1190 (1.836 %)Ruby
1281 (1.653 %)PHP
1379 (1.612 %)Bash shell
1476 (1.551 %)Shell Script
1548 (0.979 %)PL/SQL
1639 (0.796 %)ActionScript
1729 (0.592 %)VB.NET
1821 (0.428 %)Delphi
1920 (0.408 %)T-SQL
2017 (0.347 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11283 (26.18 %)ISTQB
2921 (18.79 %)Degree
3302 (6.162 %)ISEB Practitioner
4294 (5.999 %)Security Cleared
5134 (2.734 %)DV Cleared
6124 (2.530 %)SC Cleared
775 (1.530 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
870 (1.428 %)PRINCE2 Certification
967 (1.367 %)PMI Certification
1063 (1.285 %)CBAP
1138 (0.775 %)HND
1225 (0.510 %)APMP
1324 (0.490 %)PMP
1421 (0.428 %)Microsoft Certification
1518 (0.367 %)MBCS
1617 (0.347 %)CISSP
1716 (0.326 %)MAPM
1813 (0.265 %)MCSE
198 (0.163 %)CISM
207 (0.143 %)CISA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11369 (27.93 %)QA
231 (0.633 %)Solvency II
324 (0.490 %)ISO 9001
421 (0.428 %)ISO 9000
520 (0.408 %)SLA
615 (0.306 %)PCI DSS
714 (0.286 %)ISO/IEC 27001
813 (0.265 %)COBIT
813 (0.265 %)ISO/IEC 17799
99 (0.184 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
99 (0.184 %)Basel II
108 (0.163 %)Basel III
108 (0.163 %)FATCA
115 (0.102 %)WAI
124 (0.082 %)DICOM
133 (0.061 %)GLP
142 (0.041 %)21 CFR Part 11
142 (0.041 %)IEC 61508
142 (0.041 %)Data Quality
151 (0.020 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
157 (1.163 %)Active Directory
245 (0.918 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (0.184 %)VMware ESX
47 (0.143 %)XenApp
56 (0.122 %)Hyper-V
65 (0.102 %)XenServer
74 (0.082 %)NFS
83 (0.061 %)vSphere
83 (0.061 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
83 (0.061 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.041 %)VirtualBox
101 (0.020 %)Tivoli Directory Server
101 (0.020 %)XenDesktop
101 (0.020 %)OpenSSH
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1669 (13.65 %)HP Quality Center
215 (0.306 %)WebInspect
311 (0.224 %)CA SiteMinder
48 (0.163 %)SCCM
57 (0.143 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
65 (0.102 %)Norton AntiVirus
65 (0.102 %)SCOM
65 (0.102 %)OMEGAMON
73 (0.061 %)McAfee ePO
73 (0.061 %)NetBackup
73 (0.061 %)Backup Exec
73 (0.061 %)Tivoli
73 (0.061 %)Netcool
73 (0.061 %)OpenView Configuration Management
73 (0.061 %)WhatsUp Gold
81 (0.020 %)HP SIM
81 (0.020 %)Puppet
81 (0.020 %)Ganglia
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1545 (11.12 %)Microsoft
2474 (9.671 %)HP
3385 (7.856 %)Oracle
4135 (2.755 %)SAP
597 (1.979 %)IBM
662 (1.265 %)VMware
730 (0.612 %)Citrix
829 (0.592 %)Business Objects
924 (0.490 %)Remedy
1021 (0.428 %)Atlassian
1119 (0.388 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
1218 (0.367 %)Sun
1317 (0.347 %)Ericsson
1416 (0.326 %)Borland
1416 (0.326 %)T-Plan
1515 (0.306 %)Cisco
1515 (0.306 %)Adobe
1515 (0.306 %)Siebel
1612 (0.245 %)Cognos
1612 (0.245 %)Micro Focus