ISEB Contract Job Trends in England

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 462 508
Rank change year-on-year -127 +46 +24
Contract jobs citing ISEB 31 38 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.069% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.45% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 36
10th Percentile £419 £308 £216
25th Percentile £503 £374 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £410 £444
Median % change year-on-year +34.95% -7.61% -11.25%
75th Percentile £630 £497 £556
90th Percentile £707 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +27.27% -2.94% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,226 8,407 11,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.61% 30.88% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,595 5,311 6,932
10th Percentile £350 £285 £313
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year - -2.28% -2.32%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £717 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -0.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,061 603 934
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% -38.37% -22.17%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.96 £76.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £51.22 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +103.66% -40.82% -24.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ISEB job vacancy trend in England

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISEB

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISEB

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the England region over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. 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
London -53 11 £563 -2.17%
South East -66 11 £553 +22.96%
South West -31 9 £703 +119.69%
Midlands -54 1 - - 3
North West -55 1 £550 +34.15% 1
West Midlands -59 1 - - 3
North of England -83 1 £550 +34.15% 4
ISEB
UK

ISEB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Confluence
2 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (25.81%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Selenium
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.23%) Zephyr
General
1 11 (35.48%) Public Sector
2 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (19.35%) Finance
5 5 (16.13%) Legal
6 3 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (9.68%) Military
7 2 (6.45%) Automotive
7 2 (6.45%) Banking
7 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (6.45%) Police
8 1 (3.23%) Advertising
8 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.23%) Law
8 1 (3.23%) Local Government
8 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.23%) Social Housing
8 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Business Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) Architect
4 7 (22.58%) Enterprise Architect
4 7 (22.58%) Senior
5 6 (19.35%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (19.35%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Lead
6 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Test Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) SDLC Business Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Test Leader
8 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Officer
8 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Integration Tester
8 1 (3.23%) Senior Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Technical Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Tester
8 1 (3.23%) UAT Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) ADO
1 1 (3.23%) ebXML
1 1 (3.23%) RESTful
1 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.23%) Life Science
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Business Analysis
1 13 (41.94%) ITIL
1 13 (41.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (38.71%) Agile
3 10 (32.26%) PRINCE2
3 10 (32.26%) Software Testing
4 9 (29.03%) SDLC
4 9 (29.03%) Waterfall
4 9 (29.03%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (25.81%) Impact Assessments
5 8 (25.81%) IT4IT
5 8 (25.81%) Roadmaps
5 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (25.81%) TOGAF
5 8 (25.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (19.35%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (19.35%) Process Improvement
6 6 (19.35%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (19.35%) Strategic Roadmap
6 6 (19.35%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (58.06%) Security Cleared
2 16 (51.61%) SC Cleared
3 11 (35.48%) ISTQB
4 8 (25.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 6 (19.35%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (16.13%) CBAP
6 5 (16.13%) ISEB Practitioner
6 5 (16.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (12.90%) Degree
7 4 (12.90%) IIBA
8 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (3.23%) APMP
9 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) COBIT
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 2 (6.45%) ISO 15022
2 2 (6.45%) ISO 20022
2 2 (6.45%) QA
3 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) HP ALM
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.23%) Citrix
3 1 (3.23%) HP
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce