ISEB Contract Job Trends in London

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 352 388
Rank change year-on-year -10 +36 +104
Contract jobs citing ISEB 17 21 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.53% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 32
10th Percentile £211 £160 £419
25th Percentile £375 £205 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £563
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -28.89% +29.31%
75th Percentile £675 £480 £625
90th Percentile £717 £591 £700
England median daily rate £500 £400 £510
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% +13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,787 3,961 4,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.48% 25.36% 23.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,597 2,522 3,167
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £650 £675
90th Percentile £741 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 55 100
10th Percentile £19.46 £20.20 £18.99
25th Percentile - £31.44 £21.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.99% -21.30% +18.33%
75th Percentile £41.56 £64.13 £69.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.54 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%

ISEB
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISEB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

ISEB job vacancy trend in London

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISEB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISEB

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in London over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISEB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISEB

ISEB
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Central London +5 2 £650 - 9
ISEB
England

ISEB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) PaaS
3 2 (11.76%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Tableau
2 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.88%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) JIRA
2 3 (17.65%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.88%) Toad
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Information Governance Officer
5 2 (11.76%) Information Officer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Agile Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Manager
6 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Oracle Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Risk Data Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Test Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (11.76%) XML
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (11.76%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.88%) PMI
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Business Analysis
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
4 4 (23.53%) DevOps
4 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Project Management
4 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (23.53%) Scrum
4 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
5 3 (17.65%) Business Process Modelling
5 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
5 3 (17.65%) DevSecOps
5 3 (17.65%) Kanban
5 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
5 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
5 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Java
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) CBAP
2 4 (23.53%) ISTQB
3 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) IIBA
4 2 (11.76%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (11.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
5 1 (5.88%) APMP
5 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (5.88%) CITP
5 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.88%) PMP
5 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Certification
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) HP ALM
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) HP
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) webMethods