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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 172 189
Rank change year-on-year +28 +17 -37
Contract jobs citing ISEB 20 16 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.57% 0.32% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 0.72% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 16
10th Percentile £356 £380 £57
25th Percentile £380 £425 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £468 £445
Median % change year-on-year -3.87% +5.31% -1.22%
75th Percentile £456 £510 £503
90th Percentile £531 - £540
England median daily rate £410 £456 £500
% change year-on-year -10.14% -8.75% +11.11%

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 1,423 2,218 2,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.67% 44.89% 37.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 930 1,378 1,301
10th Percentile £250 £350 £300
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £664 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 184 123
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.86 £20.05
25th Percentile £20.66 £33.10 £49.87
Median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £68.79 £70.39 £73.05
90th Percentile £82.00 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.36% -16.31% +23.60%

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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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +14 16 £450 -5.01% 2
Berkshire +16 12 £450 -
Buckinghamshire +4 4 £528 +11.35% 2
West Sussex - 4 £379 -
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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 (15.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) ATM
1 11 (55.00%) Ethernet
1 11 (55.00%) Frame Relay
1 11 (55.00%) GPRS
1 11 (55.00%) GSM
1 11 (55.00%) LAN
1 11 (55.00%) LTE
1 11 (55.00%) MPLS
1 11 (55.00%) SAN
1 11 (55.00%) SDH
1 11 (55.00%) UMTS
1 11 (55.00%) VPN
1 11 (55.00%) WAN
1 11 (55.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
1 3 (15.00%) Toad
2 1 (5.00%) SoapUI
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) IP Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Test Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Senior
4 5 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Network Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Test Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Test Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Manager
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Network Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (5.00%) SOAP
2 1 (5.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Unix
2 11 (55.00%) Linux
3 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Project Management
2 13 (65.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (65.00%) Test Strategy
3 12 (60.00%) Regression Testing
4 11 (55.00%) Fault Management
5 4 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 4 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.00%) Agile
6 3 (15.00%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (15.00%) Validation
7 2 (10.00%) Cost Management
7 2 (10.00%) ITIL
7 2 (10.00%) Product Management
7 2 (10.00%) Resource Management
7 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) Java
2 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 15 (75.00%) ISTQB
3 11 (55.00%) CCNP
3 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (25.00%) Degree
4 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (15.00%) APMP
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Juniper
3 4 (20.00%) webMethods
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 3 (15.00%) SAP
5 1 (5.00%) Compaq
5 1 (5.00%) HP
5 1 (5.00%) Snow
5 1 (5.00%) Terracotta