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 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 467 497
Rank change year-on-year -18 +30 -16
Contract jobs citing ISEB 27 61 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.097% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.62% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 31 80
10th Percentile £308 £183 £311
25th Percentile £405 £238 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £469 £510 £575
90th Percentile £601 £596 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £495
% change year-on-year +5.88% -14.14% +10.00%

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 8,740 9,801 12,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.45% 29.76% 28.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,560 6,053 7,758
10th Percentile £303 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 574 658
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.20 £16.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% -0.97% +21.18%
75th Percentile £47.80 £69.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.61
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year -49.19% -9.22% +21.18%

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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

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 September 2025.

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 September 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 +4 12 £450 -5.01% 6
London +3 8 £569 +35.82% 4
North West - 5 £410 -
North of England - 5 £410 - 1
East of England +3 1 £313 -13.79%
ISEB
UK

ISEB
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 6 (22.22%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
1 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (7.41%) PaaS
2 1 (3.70%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) ATM
1 10 (37.04%) Ethernet
1 10 (37.04%) Frame Relay
1 10 (37.04%) GPRS
1 10 (37.04%) GSM
1 10 (37.04%) LAN
1 10 (37.04%) LTE
1 10 (37.04%) MPLS
1 10 (37.04%) SAN
1 10 (37.04%) SDH
1 10 (37.04%) UMTS
1 10 (37.04%) VPN
1 10 (37.04%) WAN
1 10 (37.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) MySQL
2 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Postman
2 1 (3.70%) SoapUI
2 1 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Telecoms
3 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (14.81%) Automotive
5 4 (14.81%) Finance
6 2 (7.41%) Banking
6 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.70%) Games
7 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) IP Engineer
3 8 (29.63%) Test Engineer
4 7 (25.93%) Business Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) IP Network Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Network Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Senior
6 3 (11.11%) Test Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Consultant
7 2 (7.41%) IP Consultant
7 2 (7.41%) IP Network Consultant
7 2 (7.41%) Network Consultant
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Data Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) QA Tester
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Test Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) Playwright
2 1 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) SOAP
2 1 (3.70%) XML
2 1 (3.70%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.41%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.70%) NHS
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Linux
1 11 (40.74%) Unix
2 1 (3.70%) Mac OS X
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (48.15%) Project Management
3 12 (44.44%) Test Strategy
4 11 (40.74%) Regression Testing
5 10 (37.04%) Agile
5 10 (37.04%) Fault Management
6 9 (33.33%) Business Analysis
7 7 (25.93%) Waterfall
8 6 (22.22%) Change Management
9 4 (14.81%) Creative Thinking
9 4 (14.81%) Feasibility Study
9 4 (14.81%) Six Sigma
9 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
10 3 (11.11%) Defect Management
10 3 (11.11%) Scrum
10 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
10 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
10 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) ISTQB
1 12 (44.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 10 (37.04%) CCNP
2 10 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (22.22%) Degree
4 5 (18.52%) IIBA
5 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
6 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.41%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) APMP
7 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.70%) CBAP
7 1 (3.70%) CISSP
7 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.70%) PMP
7 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (3.70%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) PSD2
2 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (37.04%) Cisco
2 10 (37.04%) Juniper
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Compaq
4 1 (3.70%) HP
4 1 (3.70%) Terracotta
4 1 (3.70%) webMethods