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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 457 504
Rank change year-on-year -24 +47 +3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 51 54 75
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.58% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 26 70
10th Percentile £353 £183 £374
25th Percentile £394 £234 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £381 £510
Median % change year-on-year +44.26% -25.25% +13.84%
75th Percentile £705 £498 £602
90th Percentile £844 £550 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £319 £510
% change year-on-year +72.55% -37.50% +13.33%

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 10,275 9,281 11,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.50% 29.91% 29.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,667 5,645 7,401
10th Percentile £306 £313 £306
25th Percentile £416 £425 £438
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 £737 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 894 445 703
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.19 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.06 £27.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.67
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -6.83% +19.26%
75th Percentile £52.42 £68.18 £69.19
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.91 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% -16.43% +19.67%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 -1 18 £550 +74.60% 4
South East -16 15 £475 +2.70% 5
South West - 12 £838 - 3
West Midlands -20 2 £359 -8.18% 1
Midlands -30 2 £359 -8.18% 1
North of England - 2 £394 - 1
North West - 1 £325 -
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 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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 6 (11.76%) 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%) 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%) 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%) 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 2 (3.92%) Banking
7 2 (3.92%) Military
8 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 23 (45.10%) Architect
2 20 (39.22%) Enterprise Architect
3 17 (33.33%) Analyst
4 12 (23.53%) Lead
5 10 (19.61%) Lead Architect
6 9 (17.65%) Lead Enterprise Architect
7 8 (15.69%) Business Analyst
8 7 (13.73%) Senior
9 5 (9.80%) Test Analyst
10 4 (7.84%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (7.84%) Tester
11 3 (5.88%) Digital Architect
11 3 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
11 3 (5.88%) SAP Test Analyst
11 3 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (5.88%) Senior Architect
11 3 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
12 2 (3.92%) Information Governance Officer
12 2 (3.92%) Information Officer
12 2 (3.92%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) XML
2 3 (5.88%) .NET
3 2 (3.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.92%) Playwright
4 1 (1.96%) CSS
4 1 (1.96%) Django
4 1 (1.96%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.96%) pytest
4 1 (1.96%) REST
4 1 (1.96%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.96%) SOAP
4 1 (1.96%) Web Services
4 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 13 (25.49%) Agile
3 13 (25.49%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (23.53%) TOGAF
5 11 (21.57%) Business Analysis
5 11 (21.57%) Roadmaps
6 10 (19.61%) Digital Strategy
6 10 (19.61%) Enterprise Architecture
6 10 (19.61%) Strategic Roadmap
7 9 (17.65%) Test Automation
7 9 (17.65%) Test Scripting
8 8 (15.69%) Conflict Resolution
9 7 (13.73%) Architectural Design
9 7 (13.73%) Defect Management
9 7 (13.73%) Scrum
10 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) SQL
2 7 (13.73%) Java
3 4 (7.84%) Python
4 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 19 (37.25%) SC Cleared
3 18 (35.29%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (21.57%) Degree
5 9 (17.65%) ISTQB
6 6 (11.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (7.84%) CBAP
7 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (5.88%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (3.92%) CISSP
9 2 (3.92%) IIBA
9 2 (3.92%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.96%) APMP
10 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.96%) PMP
10 1 (1.96%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (45.10%) COBIT
2 7 (13.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 7 (13.73%) JSP 440
3 4 (7.84%) GDPR
3 4 (7.84%) QA
4 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.96%) PSD2
4 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 4 (7.84%) 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