ISEB Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 134 137
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 +60
Contract jobs citing ISEB 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.068% 0.037% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.13% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £358 - £478
25th Percentile £359 £263 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £275 £525
Median % change year-on-year +30.64% -47.62% +17.98%
75th Percentile £360 £288 £550
90th Percentile £360 - £573
England median daily rate £500 £400 £510
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% +13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,025 791 759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.85% 29.55% 27.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 645 483 486
10th Percentile £245 £310 £286
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +5.05%
75th Percentile £575 £618 £600
90th Percentile £658 £715 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 32 40
10th Percentile £17.76 £17.00 £17.69
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.45 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.13% +16.96%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £40.31 £52.25 £68.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.95% -0.30% +16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

ISEB job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ISEB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ISEB

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ISEB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ISEB

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands -29 2 £359 +30.64% 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) webMethods