The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 22 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 56 53 67
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +14
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 19 36 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.162% 3.485% 2.043%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.314% 10.08% 7.458%
Number of salaries quoted 18 35 16
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
204 357 295
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 23.21% 34.56% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 192 318 279
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire ISEB Salary Histogram

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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swindon -15 4 £33,000 -5.71%
Chippenham +9 1 £40,000 +27.49%
Corsham - 1 £35,000 -
ISEB
South West

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 41 (82.00%) ISTQB
2 38 (76.00%) QA
3 31 (62.00%) HP Quality Center
3 31 (62.00%) HP
4 21 (42.00%) Logistics
5 13 (26.00%) SQL
6 12 (24.00%) XML
7 11 (22.00%) Automated Testing
8 10 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
8 10 (20.00%) Computer Science
8 10 (20.00%) MS Office
8 10 (20.00%) VBScript
8 10 (20.00%) VB
8 10 (20.00%) OOP
8 10 (20.00%) OO
8 10 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (14.00%) Software Testing
10 6 (12.00%) Degree
10 6 (12.00%) QuickTest Pro
11 5 (10.00%) LoadRunner
11 5 (10.00%) Borland
11 5 (10.00%) Business Continuity
11 5 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (10.00%) SilkPerformer
11 5 (10.00%) Usability Testing
11 5 (10.00%) Test Management
11 5 (10.00%) V-Model
11 5 (10.00%) Waterfall
12 4 (8.000%) Performance Testing
12 4 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 12 (24.00%) XML
2 2 (4.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.000%) Apache
1 1 (2.000%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.000%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (20.00%) MS Office
1 10 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.000%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (10.00%) LoadRunner
2 5 (10.00%) SilkPerformer
General
1 3 (6.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) Test Leader
2 13 (26.00%) Test Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Analyst
4 10 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 10 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Tester
6 6 (12.00%) Project Manager
7 5 (10.00%) Business Analyst
7 5 (10.00%) Test Manager
7 5 (10.00%) Test Analyst
7 5 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (10.00%) Non-Functional Tester
8 4 (8.000%) Senior Business Analyst
9 3 (6.000%) Performance Tester
9 3 (6.000%) QA Engineer
9 3 (6.000%) QA Tester
9 3 (6.000%) Performance Engineer
9 3 (6.000%) Systems Tester
9 3 (6.000%) Performance Analyst
9 3 (6.000%) Performance Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.000%) Windows
1 3 (6.000%) Linux
2 2 (4.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Logistics
2 11 (22.00%) Automated Testing
3 10 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 10 (20.00%) OOP
3 10 (20.00%) OO
4 7 (14.00%) Software Testing
5 5 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 5 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (10.00%) Usability Testing
5 5 (10.00%) Test Management
5 5 (10.00%) V-Model
5 5 (10.00%) Waterfall
6 4 (8.000%) Performance Testing
6 4 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.000%) Change Management
7 3 (6.000%) Performance Management
8 2 (4.000%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (4.000%) Project Management
9 1 (2.000%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) SQL
2 10 (20.00%) VBScript
2 10 (20.00%) VB
3 2 (4.000%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (82.00%) ISTQB
2 6 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (2.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.000%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (76.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 31 (62.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (62.00%) HP
2 5 (10.00%) Borland
3 1 (2.000%) Oracle