ISEB Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 379 318
Rank change year-on-year +34 -61 -20
Contract jobs citing ISEB 40 77 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.33% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.99% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 58 151
10th Percentile £329 £57 £360
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% -4.49% +17.88%
75th Percentile £515 £494 £484
90th Percentile £544 £534 £538
UK median daily rate £455 £460 £450
% change year-on-year -1.09% +2.22% +11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £67.50 £22.37
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year - +209.41% -52.70%
75th Percentile - £82.50 £26.12
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £29.62
% change year-on-year - +153.21% -42.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

ISEB is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,560 7,762 8,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.83% 33.02% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,355 5,203 5,219
10th Percentile £269 £286 £254
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 648 525
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.49
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.41
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +59.18% -7.63%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -7 17 £430 -1.71% 3
Midlands +21 11 £400 -5.88% 2
Scotland +46 7 £469 +23.36% 2
East Midlands +22 7 £525 +41.89% 1
West Midlands +13 4 £400 -5.88% 1
North of England +17 2 £425 - 4
South West +17 2 £617 +45.06% 1
North West +15 2 £425 +6.25%
Wales +19 1 £160 - 3
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UK

ISEB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.00%) Azure
2 5 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (10.00%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.00%) IaaS
4 2 (5.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Relational Database
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (7.50%) JMeter
2 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (7.50%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.00%) Cucumber
3 2 (5.00%) Cypress.io
3 2 (5.00%) Git
3 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.00%) Selenium
3 2 (5.00%) Subversion
3 2 (5.00%) TeamCity
3 2 (5.00%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.50%) TestComplete
4 1 (2.50%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Finance
3 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 7 (17.50%) Law
4 7 (17.50%) Legal
5 6 (15.00%) Marketing
6 3 (7.50%) Banking
7 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Analyst
2 11 (27.50%) Business Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Senior
3 6 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 5 (12.50%) Test Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Test Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Construction Project Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Performance Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Performance Test Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) QA Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Test Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Functional Test Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) IT Services Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Lead
7 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Service Transition Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (5.00%) Equities
2 2 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) NHS
3 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Project Management
1 13 (32.50%) Test Automation
2 12 (30.00%) DevOps
3 11 (27.50%) Impact Assessments
3 11 (27.50%) Software Testing
4 10 (25.00%) Agile
5 9 (22.50%) PRINCE2
6 8 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (17.50%) Business Analysis
8 6 (15.00%) B2C
8 6 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (15.00%) Data Management
8 6 (15.00%) Data Privacy
8 6 (15.00%) Data Protection
8 6 (15.00%) Data Sharing
8 6 (15.00%) Information Security
8 6 (15.00%) Integration Testing
8 6 (15.00%) Test Strategy
9 5 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) C#
2 2 (5.00%) C++
2 2 (5.00%) Java
2 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (5.00%) VBA
2 2 (5.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (30.00%) ISTQB
3 8 (20.00%) Degree
4 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (15.00%) APMP
5 6 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (15.00%) DV Cleared
6 5 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (7.50%) CBAP
9 2 (5.00%) IIBA
9 2 (5.00%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (5.00%) RIBA
10 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) GDPR
2 4 (10.00%) QA
3 2 (5.00%) COBIT
3 2 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (5.00%) PMO
4 1 (2.50%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) NEC
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle