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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 362 400
Rank change year-on-year +8 +38 +105
Contract jobs citing ISEB 8 26 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.060% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.66% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 40
10th Percentile £343 £170 £362
25th Percentile £522 £205 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £419 £510
Median % change year-on-year +35.82% -17.89% +12.09%
75th Percentile £630 £501 £600
90th Percentile £683 £606 £628
England median daily rate £450 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +11.11%

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 3,543 3,934 5,046
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.38% 24.36% 23.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,385 2,571 3,485
10th Percentile £355 £350 £355
25th Percentile £436 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £760 £785
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 57 87
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £19.06
25th Percentile - £22.00 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -40.20% +21.20%
75th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £65.05
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.20 £78.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.44
% change year-on-year -53.43% -0.81% +20.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in London

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in London over the 6 months to 17 September 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

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) PaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Manager
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Governance Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Insurance Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Market Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Tableau Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Market Risk
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) BDD
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Identification
3 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (12.50%) APMP
3 1 (12.50%) CBAP
3 1 (12.50%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) IIBA
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft