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 citing ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	446	354	362
Rank change year-on-year	-92	+8	+27
Contract jobs citing ISEB	21	17	20
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.10%	0.12%	0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.35%	0.45%	0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	11	13	14
10^th Percentile	£463	£211	£160
25^th Percentile	£488	£375	£205
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£315
Median % change year-on-year	-	+74.60%	-44.00%
75^th Percentile	£611	£675	£450
90^th Percentile	£644	£717	£598
England median daily rate	£525	£513	£363
% change year-on-year	+2.44%	+41.38%	-28.92%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	6,084	3,785	3,935
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	29.91%	27.53%	25.36%
Number of daily rates quoted	4,417	2,604	2,510
10^th Percentile	£363	£353	£350
25^th Percentile	£456	£438	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£540	£545
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-0.92%	-0.91%
75^th Percentile	£650	£660	£650
90^th Percentile	£738	£750	£763
England median daily rate	£538	£525	£529
% change year-on-year	+2.38%	-0.76%	-3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted	128	94	54
10^th Percentile	£19.36	£19.40	£20.15
25^th Percentile	£24.38	-	£31.34
Median hourly rate	£52.50	£25.15	£40.71
Median % change year-on-year	+108.75%	-38.21%	-23.56%
75^th Percentile	£78.75	£42.53	£63.00
90^th Percentile	£155.00	£65.40	£77.76
England median hourly rate	£48.00	£25.15	£50.00
% change year-on-year	+90.85%	-49.70%	-4.76%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 10 November 2026.

ISEB Hourly Rate Trend in London

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 10 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Central London	-22	3	£638	-1.92%
North London	-	1	-	-
West London	-	1	-	-
ISEB England

ISEB Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ISEB also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing ISEB.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	61.9%	13
2	Agile	57.1%	12
2	Stakeholder Management	57.1%	12
4	SC Cleared	52.4%	11
5	ISTQB	47.6%	10
5	SQL	47.6%	10
5	Test Automation	47.6%	10
8	Azure	42.9%	9
8	SDLC	42.9%	9
10	Azure DevOps	38.1%	8
10	Degree	38.1%	8
10	DevOps	38.1%	8
13	Business Analysis	33.3%	7
13	Kafka	33.3%	7
13	Test Strategy	33.3%	7
13	Waterfall	33.3%	7
17	Acceptance Criteria	28.6%	6
17	Java	28.6%	6
17	JIRA	28.6%	6
17	Process Improvement	28.6%	6
17	Requirements Gathering	28.6%	6
17	Selenium	28.6%	6
17	Stakeholder Engagement	28.6%	6
17	Unix	28.6%	6
17	Workshop Facilitation	28.6%	6
26	Confluence	23.8%	5
26	Defect Management	23.8%	5
26	ITIL	23.8%	5
26	JMeter	23.8%	5
26	Postman	23.8%	5

ISEB Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	61.9%	13
2	SC Cleared	52.4%	11
3	ISTQB	47.6%	10
4	Degree	38.1%	8
5	IIBA	19.0%	4
5	ISTQB Foundation Certification	19.0%	4
7	DV Cleared	14.3%	3
8	AWS Certification	9.5%	2
8	CBAP	9.5%	2
10	APMP	4.8%	1
10	BPSS Clearance	4.8%	1
10	ISEB Practitioner	4.8%	1
10	ITIL Certification	4.8%	1
10	PRINCE2 Certification	4.8%	1
10	PRINCE2 Practitioner	4.8%	1