ISEB Practitioner Contract Job Trends in the South East

ISEB Practitioner
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ISEB Practitioner qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISEB Practitioner 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.027% - 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% - 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £567
25th Percentile - - £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £590
75th Percentile - - £601
90th Percentile - - £603
England median daily rate £183 £438 £575
% change year-on-year -58.29% -23.91% +9.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

ISEB Practitioner 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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,513 1,692 2,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.21% 40.57% 41.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 1,093 1,351
10th Percentile £219 £280 £217
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 101 139
10th Percentile - £22.50 £24.15
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £49.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%
75th Percentile £39.00 £71.25 £72.11
90th Percentile £81.00 £92.37 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% - +16.67%

ISEB Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

ISEB Practitioner job vacancy trend in the South East

ISEB Practitioner
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISEB Practitioner.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISEB Practitioner

ISEB Practitioner
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISEB Practitioner.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISEB Practitioner

ISEB Practitioner
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB Practitioner within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £350 -
Thames Valley - 1 £350 -
ISEB Practitioner
England

ISEB Practitioner
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Compaq
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Terracotta
1 1 (100.00%) webMethods