ISEB Contract Job Trends in Central London

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 127 139
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +53
Contract jobs citing ISEB 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.10% 0.041% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.36% 0.16% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 - £625
90th Percentile - - £742
London median daily rate £550 £315 £550
% change year-on-year +74.60% -42.73% +29.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 558 607 594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.13% 25.11% 20.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 358 364
10th Percentile £340 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £684
90th Percentile £738 £746 £788
London median daily rate £526 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.59% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile - £23.10 £16.28
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £42.49
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -23.50% -15.87%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £67.19
90th Percentile £52.16 - £74.88
London median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +6.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISEB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

ISEB job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISEB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISEB

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISEB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISEB

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Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. 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
City of London +4 2 £650 -
ISEB
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CBAP
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree