The first table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 17 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Rank 38 44 35
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -9
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 3 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 1.339% 1.095% 0.943%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.522% 4.762% 3.279%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 2
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% +27.90%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% -1.35%
All Qualifications
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
46 63 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 20.54% 22.99% 28.77%
Number of salaries quoted 38 54 54
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,800 £18,900 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £61,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Worcester -2 2 £32,268 +41.83%
Redditch -8 1 £42,500 +51.78%
ISEB
West Midlands

ISEB
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
2 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
3 4 (57.14%) QA
4 3 (42.86%) Performance Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Automation Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) .NET
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle
4 3 (42.86%) COM
4 3 (42.86%) C#
4 3 (42.86%) C++
4 3 (42.86%) Java
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) SQLPlus
5 2 (28.57%) TOAD
5 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
6 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Selenium
6 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
6 1 (14.29%) Finance

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) COM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) TOAD
1 2 (28.57%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Team Leader
2 2 (28.57%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) QA Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) UAT Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) UAT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Automation Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
4 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
3 3 (42.86%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) C++
3 3 (42.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft