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 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 431 491
Rank change year-on-year -55 +60 +47
Contract jobs citing ISEB 66 51 63
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.65% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 25 60
10th Percentile £356 £216 £399
25th Percentile £372 £300 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £697 £507 £608
90th Percentile £828 £548 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £400 £505
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.79% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £24.19 - -
75th Percentile £24.60 - -
90th Percentile £24.84 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.19 - -

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 11,900 7,794 11,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.21% 30.15% 31.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,900 4,784 7,269
10th Percentile £325 £294 £294
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 381 893
10th Percentile £16.01 £20.12 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +11.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.63 £82.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.52% -10.56% -5.26%

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 February 2026.

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 February 2026. 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 -18 24 £513 +122.83% 2
South West -7 17 £772 +54.35% 2
South East -43 17 £510 +27.50% 1
Midlands -51 3 £359 -10.55% 3
West Midlands -61 3 £359 -10.55% 3
East of England -24 2 £278 -11.20% 1
North of England -63 1 £463 -2.63% 5
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 7 (10.61%) Confluence
2 3 (4.55%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.52%) CMS
4 1 (1.52%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.61%) Azure
2 5 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (7.58%) Tricentis Tosca
3 2 (3.03%) GCP
3 2 (3.03%) PaaS
4 1 (1.52%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (1.52%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.52%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.52%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.52%) MySQL
2 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.52%) Power BI
2 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.52%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (34.85%) JIRA
2 4 (6.06%) Toad
3 3 (4.55%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.03%) Postman
5 1 (1.52%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.52%) NUnit
General
1 24 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 17 (25.76%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.18%) Finance
4 10 (15.15%) Legal
5 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.58%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (6.06%) Military
7 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.03%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.52%) Automotive
9 1 (1.52%) Banking
9 1 (1.52%) Law
9 1 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (42.42%) Architect
2 24 (36.36%) Enterprise Architect
3 21 (31.82%) Analyst
4 13 (19.70%) Lead
5 12 (18.18%) Business Analyst
6 10 (15.15%) Lead Architect
7 9 (13.64%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 7 (10.61%) Test Analyst
9 6 (9.09%) Senior
10 5 (7.58%) Tester
11 4 (6.06%) Information Governance Officer
11 4 (6.06%) Information Officer
11 4 (6.06%) Senior Architect
12 3 (4.55%) Digital Architect
12 3 (4.55%) SAP Analyst
12 3 (4.55%) SAP Test Analyst
12 3 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
13 2 (3.03%) QA Tester
13 2 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
13 2 (3.03%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) XML
2 3 (4.55%) .NET
2 3 (4.55%) Playwright
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.03%) REST
4 1 (1.52%) ADO
4 1 (1.52%) CSS
4 1 (1.52%) Django
4 1 (1.52%) ebXML
4 1 (1.52%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.52%) pytest
4 1 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.52%) SOAP
4 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (4.55%) NHS
1 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.03%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.52%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (46.97%) ITIL
2 28 (42.42%) IT4IT
3 21 (31.82%) Agile
4 19 (28.79%) Roadmaps
5 17 (25.76%) TOGAF
6 13 (19.70%) Customer Requirements
6 13 (19.70%) Enterprise Architecture
6 13 (19.70%) Strategic Roadmap
7 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (18.18%) Test Scripting
8 10 (15.15%) Architectural Design
8 10 (15.15%) Business Analysis
8 10 (15.15%) Conflict Resolution
8 10 (15.15%) Digital Strategy
8 10 (15.15%) Test Automation
9 9 (13.64%) Scrum
9 9 (13.64%) SDLC
9 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (12.12%) DevOps
10 8 (12.12%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) SQL
2 6 (9.09%) Java
3 3 (4.55%) Python
4 1 (1.52%) C#
4 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 28 (42.42%) SC Cleared
3 22 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 16 (24.24%) Degree
4 16 (24.24%) ISTQB
5 9 (13.64%) CBAP
6 7 (10.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (9.09%) IIBA
8 5 (7.58%) ISEB Practitioner
9 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (1.52%) CEH
12 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (1.52%) CISM
12 1 (1.52%) CISSP
12 1 (1.52%) CITP
12 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
12 1 (1.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (42.42%) COBIT
2 8 (12.12%) QA
3 7 (10.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 7 (10.61%) JSP 440
4 5 (7.58%) GDPR
5 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Docker
1 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) HP ALM
1 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (10.61%) Oracle
2 5 (7.58%) SAP
3 4 (6.06%) webMethods
4 2 (3.03%) HP
4 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.52%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.52%) Citrix
5 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.52%) TOWER Software