ISEB Contracts in the South East

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 185 185
Rank change year-on-year +65 0 0
Contract jobs citing ISEB 32 13 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.06% 0.23% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 0.52% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 26
10th Percentile £300 £356 -
25th Percentile £361 £412 £57
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £441
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -2.49% -4.13%
75th Percentile - £460 £494
90th Percentile £529 £596 £510
England median daily rate £410 £460 £450
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.22% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,217 2,478 2,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.39% 44.65% 37.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,415 1,416
10th Percentile £304 £327 £301
25th Percentile £438 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £737 £706
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 212 146
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.51 £21.50
25th Percentile £26.13 £27.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.32
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +0.05% +27.77%
75th Percentile £70.63 £67.01 £68.44
90th Percentile £78.13 £85.53 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +40.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in the South East

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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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Thames Valley +53 28 £450 +1.13% 4
Berkshire +45 25 £450 -43.75%
West Sussex - 4 £379 -
Buckinghamshire +16 3 £543 +26.16% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.38%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) Azure Stack
1 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (50.00%) ATM
1 16 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 16 (50.00%) Frame Relay
1 16 (50.00%) GPRS
1 16 (50.00%) GSM
1 16 (50.00%) LAN
1 16 (50.00%) LTE
1 16 (50.00%) MPLS
1 16 (50.00%) SAN
1 16 (50.00%) SDH
1 16 (50.00%) UMTS
1 16 (50.00%) VPN
1 16 (50.00%) WAN
1 16 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) JIRA
2 3 (9.38%) Toad
General
1 23 (71.88%) Social Skills
2 22 (68.75%) Telecoms
3 6 (18.75%) Legal
3 6 (18.75%) Marketing
4 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Automotive
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) IP Engineer
2 14 (43.75%) Test Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Senior
4 5 (15.63%) Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Data Protection Officer
4 5 (15.63%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Network Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Test Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
5 3 (9.38%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) SAP Test Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) Network Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (18.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 17 (53.13%) Unix
2 16 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Project Management
2 18 (56.25%) Test Strategy
3 16 (50.00%) Fault Management
3 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (50.00%) Regression Testing
4 6 (18.75%) B2C
4 6 (18.75%) Data Privacy
4 6 (18.75%) Data Protection
4 6 (18.75%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (15.63%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (12.50%) Defect Management
6 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 3 (9.38%) Agile
7 3 (9.38%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (9.38%) Test Scripting
7 3 (9.38%) Validation
8 2 (6.25%) Innovative Thinking
8 2 (6.25%) Product Management
8 2 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 19 (59.38%) Java
2 3 (9.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (68.75%) ISTQB
1 22 (68.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 16 (50.00%) CCNP
2 16 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.75%) Degree
4 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.38%) APMP
5 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 16 (50.00%) Cisco
2 16 (50.00%) Juniper
3 4 (12.50%) SAP
4 3 (9.38%) Oracle
4 3 (9.38%) webMethods
5 1 (3.13%) Snow