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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 362 369
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +101
Contract jobs citing ISEB 17 19 34
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.49% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 31
10th Percentile £209 £160 £413
25th Percentile £358 £194 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £230 £575
Median % change year-on-year +128.26% -60.00% +26.37%
75th Percentile £675 £450 £638
90th Percentile £717 £540 £700
England median daily rate £518 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +29.38% -23.81% +17.58%

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 4,041 3,913 4,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.33% 25.62% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,817 2,474 3,025
10th Percentile £357 £350 £350
25th Percentile £426 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £768 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 57 89
10th Percentile £19.49 £20.75 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -28.57% +11.70%
75th Percentile £54.06 £60.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +16.67%

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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

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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 14 December 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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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 14 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
Central London +3 2 £650 - 2
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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) PaaS
3 2 (11.76%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.88%) SAP BW
1 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) JIRA
2 3 (17.65%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.88%) NUnit
3 1 (5.88%) Toad
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Information Governance Officer
4 2 (11.76%) Information Officer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Manager
5 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Insurance Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Tester
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.88%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (11.76%) XML
3 1 (5.88%) Playwright
3 1 (5.88%) REST
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (5.88%) SOAP
3 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
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%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) PMI
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Agile
2 6 (35.29%) Business Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Computer Science
3 5 (29.41%) DevOps
3 5 (29.41%) Scrum
3 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) SDLC
4 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
4 4 (23.53%) Test Scripting
4 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
5 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
5 3 (17.65%) DevSecOps
5 3 (17.65%) Kanban
5 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Project Management
6 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 6 (35.29%) ISTQB
3 4 (23.53%) CBAP
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (11.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (5.88%) APMP
6 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.88%) CISSP
6 1 (5.88%) CITP
6 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.88%) IIBA
6 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
6 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Certification
6 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) HP ALM
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) HP
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.88%) webMethods