ISEB Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 493 538
Rank change year-on-year +41 +45 -41
Contract jobs citing ISEB 40 52 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.46% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 39 85
10th Percentile £308 £237 £288
25th Percentile £374 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -14.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £497 £538 £575
90th Percentile £588 £597 £623
UK median daily rate £413 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -2.94% -15.00% +11.11%

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 8,202 11,364 13,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.93% 30.49% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,173 7,050 8,689
10th Percentile £281 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.81% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 986 641
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +34.38%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.38 £77.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.53 £40.97 £55.25
% change year-on-year -32.80% -25.85% +24.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in England.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in England.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in England

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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 5 July 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
South East +40 23 £450 +4.65% 17
London +32 7 £575 +12.75% 26
North of England +8 4 £410 - 7
North West +7 4 £410 - 1
South West +37 2 £320 -48.09% 5
East of England +24 1 £313 -13.79% 2
West Midlands +4 1 £402 +0.41% 2
Midlands +1 1 £402 +0.41% 4
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) Confluence
1 4 (10.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.50%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
1 1 (2.50%) Endur
1 1 (2.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) SaaS
3 2 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) Collibra
4 1 (2.50%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (37.50%) LTE
2 14 (35.00%) ATM
2 14 (35.00%) Ethernet
2 14 (35.00%) Frame Relay
2 14 (35.00%) GPRS
2 14 (35.00%) GSM
2 14 (35.00%) LAN
2 14 (35.00%) MPLS
2 14 (35.00%) SAN
2 14 (35.00%) SDH
2 14 (35.00%) UMTS
2 14 (35.00%) VPN
2 14 (35.00%) WAN
2 14 (35.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.50%) 3G
3 1 (2.50%) 4G
3 1 (2.50%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.00%) Tableau
2 1 (2.50%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.50%) OLAP
2 1 (2.50%) OLTP
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle OLAP
2 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (25.00%) JIRA
2 4 (10.00%) Toad
3 1 (2.50%) ERwin
3 1 (2.50%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (2.50%) SoapUI
General
1 20 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.50%) Finance
5 4 (10.00%) Automotive
5 4 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Back Office
7 1 (2.50%) Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.50%) Games
7 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Analyst
2 13 (32.50%) IP Engineer
3 12 (30.00%) Test Engineer
4 11 (27.50%) Test Analyst
5 9 (22.50%) Senior
6 7 (17.50%) Business Analyst
7 5 (12.50%) IP Network Engineer
7 5 (12.50%) Network Engineer
8 4 (10.00%) Project Manager
8 4 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
8 4 (10.00%) SAP Test Analyst
8 4 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (10.00%) Senior Manager
8 4 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
9 3 (7.50%) Senior Test Analyst
10 2 (5.00%) Consultant
10 2 (5.00%) IP Network Consultant
10 2 (5.00%) IT Manager
10 2 (5.00%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (2.50%) RESTful
2 1 (2.50%) SOAP
2 1 (2.50%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.00%) EPoS
3 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.50%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (42.50%) Unix
2 14 (35.00%) Linux
3 4 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Project Management
2 18 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (42.50%) Test Strategy
4 16 (40.00%) Regression Testing
5 14 (35.00%) Agile
5 14 (35.00%) Fault Management
6 8 (20.00%) Business Analysis
7 7 (17.50%) Change Management
7 7 (17.50%) Defect Management
8 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (15.00%) Test Scripting
8 6 (15.00%) Validation
8 6 (15.00%) Waterfall
9 5 (12.50%) PRINCE2
9 5 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (10.00%) ITIL
10 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
10 4 (10.00%) Six Sigma
10 4 (10.00%) Software Testing
10 4 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (45.00%) Java
2 6 (15.00%) SQL
3 1 (2.50%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.50%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (60.00%) ISTQB
1 24 (60.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 14 (35.00%) CCNP
2 14 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (20.00%) Degree
4 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
5 6 (15.00%) IIBA
5 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (10.00%) APMP
6 4 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.50%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) GDPR
2 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (37.50%) Cisco
2 15 (37.50%) Juniper
3 5 (12.50%) Oracle
3 5 (12.50%) webMethods
4 4 (10.00%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Arista
5 1 (2.50%) Compaq
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.50%) HP
5 1 (2.50%) Informatica
5 1 (2.50%) Mavenir
5 1 (2.50%) Nokia
5 1 (2.50%) OpenLink
5 1 (2.50%) Snow
5 1 (2.50%) Sparx
5 1 (2.50%) Terracotta
5 1 (2.50%) Trayport
5 1 (2.50%) VMware