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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 474 509
Rank change year-on-year -31 +35 -24
Contract jobs citing ISEB 23 58 73
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.081% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.61% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 32 65
10th Percentile £323 £185 £288
25th Percentile £403 £253 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -17.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £614 £510 £600
90th Percentile £680 £550 £650
UK median daily rate £488 £400 £498
% change year-on-year +21.88% -19.60% +10.56%

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 9,204 9,433 11,758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.40% 29.70% 29.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,883 5,759 7,599
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 766 464 693
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.46 £17.03
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.67
Median % change year-on-year -52.10% -2.17% +19.26%
75th Percentile £42.81 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.25 £75.00 £79.78
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.49% +19.26%

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 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
London +6 14 £588 +86.51% 13
South East -11 5 £450 -3.87% 13
North of England - 2 £394 - 3
East of England -9 1 £313 -
Yorkshire - 1 £463 - 3
North West - 1 £325 -
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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
1 5 (21.74%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.70%) PaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) ATM
1 2 (8.70%) Ethernet
1 2 (8.70%) Frame Relay
1 2 (8.70%) GPRS
1 2 (8.70%) GSM
1 2 (8.70%) LAN
1 2 (8.70%) LTE
1 2 (8.70%) MPLS
1 2 (8.70%) SAN
1 2 (8.70%) SDH
1 2 (8.70%) UMTS
1 2 (8.70%) VPN
1 2 (8.70%) WAN
1 2 (8.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) MySQL
2 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) JIRA
2 3 (13.04%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.35%) Postman
3 1 (4.35%) SoapUI
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.70%) Banking
6 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (4.35%) Games
7 1 (4.35%) Legal
7 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Business Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Test Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) IP Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) IP Network Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Network Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Operations Business Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Information Governance Officer
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Tester
6 1 (4.35%) Operational Security Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) QA Leader
6 1 (4.35%) Risk Data Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (4.35%) Playwright
3 1 (4.35%) REST
3 1 (4.35%) RESTful
3 1 (4.35%) SOAP
3 1 (4.35%) XML
3 1 (4.35%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Market Risk
3 1 (4.35%) NHS
3 1 (4.35%) PMI
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
1 3 (13.04%) Unix
2 1 (4.35%) Mac OS X
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Business Analysis
2 10 (43.48%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (30.43%) Project Management
4 6 (26.09%) Scrum
5 5 (21.74%) DevOps
5 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (21.74%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Business Process Modelling
6 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (17.39%) Kanban
6 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
6 4 (17.39%) Test Strategy
6 4 (17.39%) Use Case
6 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
7 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
7 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Java
2 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 3 (13.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) CBAP
2 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (17.39%) ISTQB
2 4 (17.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) CCNP
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.70%) IIBA
3 2 (8.70%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (8.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) APMP
4 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.35%) CISSP
4 1 (4.35%) CITP
4 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.35%) PMP
4 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) PSD2
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco
2 2 (8.70%) Juniper
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Compaq
3 1 (4.35%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) Terracotta
3 1 (4.35%) webMethods