ISEB Contracts in Cardiff

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing ISEB 6 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 3.57% 1.70% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.00% 8.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £367 £128 -
25th Percentile £373 £129 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £133 -
Median % change year-on-year +196.05% - -
75th Percentile £411 £143 -
90th Percentile £416 £155 -
South Wales median daily rate £394 £133 -
% change year-on-year +196.05% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

ISEB falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 60 48 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 35.71% 20.43% 26.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 39 52
10th Percentile £244 £126 £191
25th Percentile £305 £186 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £549
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -18.03% +9.80%
75th Percentile £478 £526 £603
90th Percentile £650 £639 £625
South Wales median daily rate £375 £503 £549
% change year-on-year -25.37% -8.47% -0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.03 £16.22
Median hourly rate £13.08 £11.64 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% -29.22% -31.48%
75th Percentile - £12.25 £16.67
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £37.50 £22.83 £18.14
% change year-on-year +64.29% +25.83% -24.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RTP
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) Appium
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) NUnit
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
2 1 (16.67%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Test Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) JSON
1 5 (83.33%) REST
1 5 (83.33%) SOAP
1 5 (83.33%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (83.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Business Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 5 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (50.00%) API Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) SEPA