ISEB Contracts in England

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 504 524
Rank change year-on-year +14 +20 -82
Contract jobs citing ISEB 48 151 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 1.08% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 110 194
10th Percentile £265 £278 £360
25th Percentile £400 £388 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £596 £584 £536
90th Percentile £670 £619 £623
UK median daily rate £460 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +1.09% +1.11% +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £67.50 £22.37
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year - +209.41% -52.70%
75th Percentile - £82.50 £26.12
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £29.62
% change year-on-year - +153.21% -42.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ISEB is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,584 14,001 15,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.74% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,375 10,071
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 748 693
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.15 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.04 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.73%

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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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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 +58 19 £550 +4.76% 5
South East 0 13 £430 -2.49% 4
Midlands +16 11 £400 -5.55% 2
East Midlands +21 7 £525 +31.25%
West Midlands +18 4 £400 -5.88% 2
South West +14 3 £617 +45.06% 1
North of England +21 2 £425 +3.03% 1
North West +15 2 £425 +6.25%
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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 2 (4.17%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 5 (10.42%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.08%) AWS
3 1 (2.08%) Boomi
3 1 (2.08%) BrowserStack
3 1 (2.08%) dbt
3 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.08%) Miro
3 1 (2.08%) SaaS
3 1 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) JIRA
2 4 (8.33%) JMeter
2 4 (8.33%) Selenium
3 3 (6.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (6.25%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.17%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.17%) Git
5 1 (2.08%) Appium
5 1 (2.08%) Burp Suite
5 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.08%) Postman
5 1 (2.08%) SoapUI
5 1 (2.08%) Subversion
5 1 (2.08%) TestNG
5 1 (2.08%) Zephyr
General
1 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (16.67%) Legal
4 7 (14.58%) Law
5 6 (12.50%) Marketing
5 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.25%) Banking
6 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Investment Banking
7 2 (4.17%) Prime Brokerage
7 2 (4.17%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
7 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (43.75%) Analyst
2 12 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) Lead
4 5 (10.42%) QA Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Senior
4 5 (10.42%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Test Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Test Leader
5 4 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Test Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Performance Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Performance Test Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Service Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Service Transition Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Test Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Transition Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) QA Leader
7 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) JSON
1 1 (2.08%) Middleware
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.08%) REST
1 1 (2.08%) Web Services
1 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.25%) NHS
2 3 (6.25%) PACS
3 2 (4.17%) Equities
3 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.08%) DTCC
4 1 (2.08%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.08%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.25%) Linux
1 3 (6.25%) Unix
1 3 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Test Automation
2 16 (33.33%) Agile
3 12 (25.00%) DevOps
4 11 (22.92%) Impact Assessments
5 10 (20.83%) Software Testing
5 10 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (18.75%) Integration Testing
6 9 (18.75%) Performance Testing
6 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (16.67%) Business Analysis
7 8 (16.67%) Project Management
8 7 (14.58%) Test Strategy
9 6 (12.50%) B2C
9 6 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (12.50%) Data Management
9 6 (12.50%) Data Privacy
9 6 (12.50%) Data Sharing
9 6 (12.50%) Information Security
9 6 (12.50%) Scrum
9 6 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) SQL
2 6 (12.50%) Java
3 3 (6.25%) C#
3 3 (6.25%) Python
4 1 (2.08%) C++
4 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (41.67%) ISTQB
2 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
3 10 (20.83%) Degree
4 9 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (6.25%) CBAP
6 3 (6.25%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.17%) IIBA
7 2 (4.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (2.08%) APMP
8 1 (2.08%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) QA
2 7 (14.58%) GDPR
3 3 (6.25%) COBIT
3 3 (6.25%) HL7
4 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.08%) ISO 9000
5 1 (2.08%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.08%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) Oracle
3 2 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.08%) Dell
4 1 (2.08%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.08%) Workday