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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 422 479
Rank change year-on-year -110 +57 +45
Contract jobs citing ISEB 63 50 61
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.66% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 30 52
10th Percentile £356 £300 £356
25th Percentile £372 £325 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £410 £525
Median % change year-on-year +31.10% -21.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £705 £506 £601
90th Percentile £841 £551 £695
UK median daily rate £518 £402 £500
% change year-on-year +28.85% -19.67% +11.11%
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 13,026 7,633 11,741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.30% 31.34% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,722 4,903 7,278
10th Percentile £340 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 994 424 933
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £13.99
25th Percentile £20.75 £24.66 £17.75
Median hourly rate £41.94 £50.75 £38.95
Median % change year-on-year -17.36% +30.30% -24.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.39 £82.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £39.92
% change year-on-year -12.22% +12.73% -23.96%

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

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in England over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in England

ISEB
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

ISEB
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 9 April 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
South West -7 21 £705 +116.77% 1
London -45 19 £483 +1.58%
South East -62 18 £510 +27.50% 1
West Midlands -59 3 £359 -20.97% 2
Midlands -63 3 £359 -20.97% 2
East of England -34 2 £278 -11.20% 2
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 6 (9.52%) Confluence
2 3 (4.76%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.59%) CMS
3 1 (1.59%) IIS
3 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Tricentis Tosca
2 4 (6.35%) Azure
3 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.17%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) AWS
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (1.59%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.59%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
1 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.59%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (28.57%) JIRA
2 4 (6.35%) Toad
3 1 (1.59%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.59%) NUnit
3 1 (1.59%) Postman
3 1 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (38.10%) Public Sector
2 14 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 12 (19.05%) Legal
4 11 (17.46%) Finance
5 5 (7.94%) Military
6 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.17%) Digital Health
8 2 (3.17%) Local Government
9 1 (1.59%) Automotive
9 1 (1.59%) Banking
9 1 (1.59%) Law
9 1 (1.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (49.21%) Architect
2 27 (42.86%) Enterprise Architect
3 18 (28.57%) Analyst
4 12 (19.05%) Lead
5 11 (17.46%) Business Analyst
6 10 (15.87%) Lead Architect
7 9 (14.29%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 6 (9.52%) Test Analyst
9 5 (7.94%) Senior
10 4 (6.35%) Senior Architect
10 4 (6.35%) Tester
11 3 (4.76%) Digital Architect
11 3 (4.76%) Information Governance Officer
11 3 (4.76%) Information Officer
11 3 (4.76%) SAP Analyst
11 3 (4.76%) SAP Test Analyst
12 2 (3.17%) Integration Tester
12 2 (3.17%) Programme Manager
12 2 (3.17%) Senior Technical Architect
12 2 (3.17%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) XML
2 2 (3.17%) Playwright
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) ADO
3 1 (1.59%) CSS
3 1 (1.59%) Django
3 1 (1.59%) ebXML
3 1 (1.59%) Gherkin
3 1 (1.59%) pytest
3 1 (1.59%) REST
3 1 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.59%) SOAP
3 1 (1.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (3.17%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (3.17%) NHS
2 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.59%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (52.38%) ITIL
2 31 (49.21%) IT4IT
3 22 (34.92%) Roadmaps
4 20 (31.75%) TOGAF
5 17 (26.98%) Agile
6 16 (25.40%) Enterprise Architecture
6 16 (25.40%) Strategic Roadmap
7 13 (20.63%) Customer Requirements
8 12 (19.05%) Architectural Design
8 12 (19.05%) Conflict Resolution
8 12 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (15.87%) Digital Strategy
10 9 (14.29%) Test Scripting
11 8 (12.70%) Business Analysis
11 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (12.70%) Test Automation
11 8 (12.70%) Workshop Facilitation
12 7 (11.11%) Decision-Making
12 7 (11.11%) SDLC
12 7 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) SQL
2 4 (6.35%) Java
3 1 (1.59%) C#
3 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.59%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (58.73%) Security Cleared
2 29 (46.03%) SC Cleared
3 24 (38.10%) ITIL Certification
4 14 (22.22%) ISTQB
5 13 (20.63%) Degree
6 7 (11.11%) CBAP
6 7 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (7.94%) IIBA
8 4 (6.35%) ISEB Practitioner
9 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (1.59%) APMP
11 1 (1.59%) CEH
11 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.59%) CISM
11 1 (1.59%) CISSP
11 1 (1.59%) CITP
11 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
11 1 (1.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (49.21%) COBIT
2 7 (11.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 7 (11.11%) JSP 440
2 7 (11.11%) QA
3 5 (7.94%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Docker
1 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) HP ALM
1 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (7.94%) Oracle
1 5 (7.94%) SAP
2 4 (6.35%) webMethods
3 2 (3.17%) HP
3 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.59%) Citrix
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.59%) TOWER Software