ISEB Contracts in Reading

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 84 85
Rank change year-on-year +32 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing ISEB 8 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.34% 0.59% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.40% 1.33% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £229 - £288
25th Percentile £258 - £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £800 £328
Median % change year-on-year -61.88% +144.27% -33.84%
75th Percentile £353 - £361
90th Percentile £381 - £377
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £800 £375
% change year-on-year -43.75% +113.33% -24.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 182 528 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 30.49% 44.30% 31.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 271 211
10th Percentile £394 £205 £363
25th Percentile £481 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% +14.00%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £680
90th Percentile - £716 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 44 15
10th Percentile - £44.10 £56.76
25th Percentile - £55.41 £63.14
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.07 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.77% -5.95% +560.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £86.10 £76.99
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in Reading.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Stack
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Legal
2 6 (75.00%) Marketing
2 6 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (37.50%) Law
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Data Protection Officer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Planner
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planner
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) B2C
1 6 (75.00%) Data Privacy
1 6 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (75.00%) Impact Assessments
2 5 (62.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Sharing
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) PMO