ISEB Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 319 391 462
Rank change year-on-year +72 +71 -78
Contract jobs citing ISEB 28 76 158
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.30% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 1.19% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 59 128
10th Percentile £319 £380 £366
25th Percentile £408 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £460 £466
Median % change year-on-year +4.34% -1.18% +9.53%
75th Percentile £538 £515 £538
90th Percentile £617 £588 £595
UK median daily rate £455 £460 £450
% change year-on-year -1.09% +2.22% +11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £23.63
25th Percentile - £67.50 £25.52
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £29.62
Median % change year-on-year - +153.21% -
75th Percentile - £82.50 £32.78
90th Percentile - - £34.11
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £29.62
% change year-on-year - +153.21% -42.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,106 6,392 8,786
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.44% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,588 4,298 6,173
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 280 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.25 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +33.22% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.81 £65.44
90th Percentile £82.84 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

ISEB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISEB trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISEB.

ISEB daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISEB over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

ISEB daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISEB.

ISEB hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) SaaS
2 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Boomi
3 1 (3.57%) IaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Miro
3 1 (3.57%) PaaS
3 1 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) JMeter
2 4 (14.29%) JIRA
2 4 (14.29%) Selenium
3 2 (7.14%) Cucumber
3 2 (7.14%) Cypress.io
3 2 (7.14%) Git
3 2 (7.14%) SoapUI
3 2 (7.14%) Subversion
4 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.57%) TeamCity
4 1 (3.57%) TestComplete
4 1 (3.57%) TestNG
4 1 (3.57%) WebDriver
4 1 (3.57%) Zephyr
General
1 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Analyst
2 7 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Business Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Test Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Lead
5 3 (10.71%) Performance Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Performance Test Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Test Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Test Leader
6 2 (7.14%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Functional Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Functional Test Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.14%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (7.14%) QA Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Service Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Service Transition Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) XML
2 2 (7.14%) SOAP
2 2 (7.14%) Web Services
3 1 (3.57%) .NET
3 1 (3.57%) JSON
3 1 (3.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Client/Server
1 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.57%) DTCC
1 1 (3.57%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
1 3 (10.71%) Unix
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Agile
2 9 (32.14%) Test Automation
3 7 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 7 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (21.43%) DevOps
4 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (21.43%) Scrum
4 6 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Data Analysis
5 5 (17.86%) Functional Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Test Strategy
6 4 (14.29%) ITIL
6 4 (14.29%) Performance Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Project Management
6 4 (14.29%) Test Management
6 4 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 4 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 4 (14.29%) Web Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Change Management
7 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 4 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (7.14%) C#
3 2 (7.14%) C++
3 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (3.57%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.57%) VBA
4 1 (3.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (67.86%) ISTQB
2 14 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (39.29%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (14.29%) Degree
4 4 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (7.14%) APMP
5 2 (7.14%) CBAP
5 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 2 (7.14%) IIBA
6 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) COBIT
3 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.14%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.57%) Dell
4 1 (3.57%) SAP
4 1 (3.57%) Workday