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 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 443 499
Rank change year-on-year -145 +56 +13
Contract jobs citing ISEB 31 39 50
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.071% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.50% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 37
10th Percentile £356 £308 £223
25th Percentile £423 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £410 £430
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -4.65% -14.00%
75th Percentile £664 £467 £538
90th Percentile £709 £568 £598
UK median daily rate £525 £411 £425
% change year-on-year +27.66% -3.24% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £24.19 - -
75th Percentile £24.60 - -
90th Percentile £24.84 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.19 - -

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 13,702 7,852 11,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.52% 31.07% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,254 4,938 7,003
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £715 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,030 511 1,006
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.19 £20.56
Median hourly rate £53.00 £29.27 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.07% -31.13% -22.73%
75th Percentile £74.00 £64.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £77.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.74 £28.55 £40.94
% change year-on-year +77.73% -30.26% -26.23%

ISEB
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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -66 12 £575 +2.22% 1
South West -29 9 £703 +119.69% 2
South East -74 8 £525 +16.67% 3
East of England -26 2 £278 -11.20%
Midlands -62 1 - - 2
West Midlands -63 1 - -
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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 3 (9.68%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
1 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (32.26%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Public Sector
3 8 (25.81%) Finance
4 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.90%) Legal
6 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
6 3 (9.68%) Military
7 2 (6.45%) Banking
7 2 (6.45%) Digital Health
7 2 (6.45%) Local Government
8 1 (3.23%) Advertising
8 1 (3.23%) Automotive
8 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.23%) Law
8 1 (3.23%) Police
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Analyst
2 9 (29.03%) Business Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) Architect
4 7 (22.58%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (12.90%) Senior
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Test Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Information Governance Officer
7 2 (6.45%) Information Officer
7 2 (6.45%) Integration Tester
7 2 (6.45%) Programme Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Tester
8 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Officer
8 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Governance Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Programme Delivery Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Project Manager
8 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) ADO
1 1 (3.23%) ebXML
1 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (38.71%) Agile
3 10 (32.26%) ITIL
4 9 (29.03%) Roadmaps
5 8 (25.81%) IT4IT
5 8 (25.81%) TOGAF
6 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
6 7 (22.58%) SDLC
6 7 (22.58%) Software Testing
6 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (19.35%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (19.35%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (19.35%) Strategic Roadmap
7 6 (19.35%) Waterfall
8 5 (16.13%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (16.13%) Architectural Design
8 5 (16.13%) Data Protection
8 5 (16.13%) PRINCE2
8 5 (16.13%) User Stories
8 5 (16.13%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Security Cleared
2 14 (45.16%) SC Cleared
3 10 (32.26%) ISTQB
4 8 (25.81%) Degree
5 6 (19.35%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (16.13%) CBAP
6 5 (16.13%) IIBA
6 5 (16.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (12.90%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (6.45%) APMP
8 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
9 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) COBIT
2 5 (16.13%) GDPR
3 4 (12.90%) QA
4 2 (6.45%) ISO 15022
4 2 (6.45%) ISO 20022
5 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) HP ALM
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle
1 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.23%) Citrix
2 1 (3.23%) HP