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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 456 487
Rank change year-on-year -30 +31 +20
Contract jobs citing ISEB 51 55 74
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.60% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 26 69
10th Percentile £350 £183 £373
25th Percentile £369 £234 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £344 £510
Median % change year-on-year +52.73% -32.60% +13.59%
75th Percentile £705 £498 £600
90th Percentile £844 £550 £660
UK median daily rate £550 £313 £500
% change year-on-year +76.00% -37.50% +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 10,364 9,109 11,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.54% 29.92% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,759 5,573 7,258
10th Percentile £306 £310 £305
25th Percentile £413 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 898 425 695
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.56 £26.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% -7.50% +16.67%
75th Percentile £53.46 £68.00 £68.32
90th Percentile £75.24 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.38 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.23% -22.65% +18.89%

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 3 December 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 3 December 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 -12 18 £538 +133.70% 5
South East -14 15 £475 +10.14% 8
South West - 12 £838 - 3
Midlands -25 2 £359 -8.18% 1
West Midlands -26 2 £359 -8.18% 1
North of England - 2 £394 - 2
North West - 1 £325 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £463 - 1
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 3 (5.88%) Confluence
1 3 (5.88%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.96%) CMS
2 1 (1.96%) IIS
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (9.80%) Tricentis Tosca
3 2 (3.92%) PaaS
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (1.96%) Figma
4 1 (1.96%) GCP
4 1 (1.96%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.92%) Tableau
2 1 (1.96%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.96%) MySQL
2 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.96%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 14 (27.45%) JIRA
2 4 (7.84%) Toad
3 3 (5.88%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.92%) Postman
5 1 (1.96%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.96%) NUnit
5 1 (1.96%) SoapUI
General
1 19 (37.25%) Public Sector
2 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Finance
4 8 (15.69%) Legal
5 7 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (9.80%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.88%) Banking
8 2 (3.92%) Military
9 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (45.10%) Architect
2 20 (39.22%) Enterprise Architect
3 16 (31.37%) Analyst
4 12 (23.53%) Lead
5 10 (19.61%) Lead Architect
6 9 (17.65%) Lead Enterprise Architect
7 7 (13.73%) Business Analyst
7 7 (13.73%) Senior
8 5 (9.80%) Test Analyst
9 4 (7.84%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (7.84%) Tester
10 3 (5.88%) Digital Architect
10 3 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
10 3 (5.88%) SAP Test Analyst
10 3 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (5.88%) Senior Architect
10 3 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
11 2 (3.92%) Information Governance Officer
11 2 (3.92%) Information Officer
11 2 (3.92%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) XML
2 4 (7.84%) .NET
3 3 (5.88%) Playwright
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (3.92%) REST
4 2 (3.92%) SOAP
5 1 (1.96%) CSS
5 1 (1.96%) Django
5 1 (1.96%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.96%) pytest
5 1 (1.96%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (1.96%) Web Services
5 1 (1.96%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.92%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.92%) NHS
2 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.92%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.96%) PMI
3 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Linux
2 1 (1.96%) Mac OS X
2 1 (1.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) ITIL
2 23 (45.10%) IT4IT
3 14 (27.45%) Agile
4 13 (25.49%) Customer Requirements
5 12 (23.53%) TOGAF
6 11 (21.57%) Roadmaps
7 10 (19.61%) Business Analysis
7 10 (19.61%) Digital Strategy
7 10 (19.61%) Enterprise Architecture
7 10 (19.61%) Strategic Roadmap
7 10 (19.61%) Test Automation
7 10 (19.61%) Test Scripting
8 8 (15.69%) Conflict Resolution
8 8 (15.69%) Scrum
9 7 (13.73%) Architectural Design
9 7 (13.73%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (11.76%) Defect Management
10 6 (11.76%) DevOps
10 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) SQL
2 7 (13.73%) Java
3 4 (7.84%) Python
4 1 (1.96%) C#
4 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 19 (37.25%) SC Cleared
3 18 (35.29%) ITIL Certification
4 12 (23.53%) Degree
5 10 (19.61%) ISTQB
6 6 (11.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (7.84%) CBAP
9 3 (5.88%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (3.92%) CISSP
10 2 (3.92%) PMI Certification
11 1 (1.96%) APMP
11 1 (1.96%) CEH
11 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.96%) CISM
11 1 (1.96%) CITP
11 1 (1.96%) IIBA
11 1 (1.96%) PMP
11 1 (1.96%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (45.10%) COBIT
2 7 (13.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 7 (13.73%) JSP 440
3 5 (9.80%) QA
4 4 (7.84%) GDPR
5 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.96%) PSD2
5 1 (1.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Oracle
2 5 (9.80%) SAP
2 5 (9.80%) webMethods
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.92%) HP
5 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.96%) Compaq
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.96%) Terracotta