ISEB Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 64 67
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +40
Contract jobs citing ISEB 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.47% 0.33% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.50% 1.72% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £413 £411 -
25th Percentile £413 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.08% +8.82% -10.53%
75th Percentile £432 £503 £500
90th Percentile £435 £524 £535
Scotland median daily rate £421 £358 £425
% change year-on-year +17.54% -15.82% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 120 116 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 18.75% 18.92% 19.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 74 92
10th Percentile £171 £206 £152
25th Percentile £408 £378 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.94% -12.82% +8.33%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £601 £645
Scotland median daily rate £449 £443 £500
% change year-on-year +1.41% -11.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 19
10th Percentile £30.34 £21.00 £15.66
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.92 £16.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.59 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.15% +31.06% -65.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.59 £52.50
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.38 £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £22.94 £40.94
% change year-on-year +117.98% -43.97% +92.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

ISEB job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ISEB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ISEB

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ISEB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ISEB

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Life and Pensions Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Pensions Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) QA Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) BPMN
2 1 (33.33%) Build Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Epics
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 1 (33.33%) Practice Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CBAP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) QA