ISEB Contracts in the Thames Valley

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 74 133 121
Rank change year-on-year +59 -12 +3
Contract jobs citing ISEB 28 12 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.85% 0.45% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.12% 1.09% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 25
10th Percentile £300 £412 -
25th Percentile £400 £415 £57
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £438
Median % change year-on-year +1.13% +1.71% -4.89%
75th Percentile - £460 £500
90th Percentile £539 £630 £510
South East median daily rate £450 £430 £441
% change year-on-year +4.65% -2.49% -4.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +49 25 £450 -43.75%
Buckinghamshire +14 3 £543 +26.16% 3
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) Azure Stack
1 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) ATM
1 16 (57.14%) Ethernet
1 16 (57.14%) Frame Relay
1 16 (57.14%) GPRS
1 16 (57.14%) GSM
1 16 (57.14%) LAN
1 16 (57.14%) LTE
1 16 (57.14%) MPLS
1 16 (57.14%) SAN
1 16 (57.14%) SDH
1 16 (57.14%) UMTS
1 16 (57.14%) VPN
1 16 (57.14%) WAN
1 16 (57.14%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 23 (82.14%) Social Skills
2 22 (78.57%) Telecoms
3 6 (21.43%) Legal
3 6 (21.43%) Marketing
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Automotive
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) IP Engineer
2 14 (50.00%) Test Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Data Protection Officer
3 5 (17.86%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Network Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) IP Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Network Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) PMO Manager
6 1 (3.57%) PMO Planner
6 1 (3.57%) Project Planner
6 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (21.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
1 16 (57.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) Project Management
2 16 (57.14%) Fault Management
2 16 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (57.14%) Regression Testing
2 16 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 6 (21.43%) B2C
3 6 (21.43%) Data Privacy
3 6 (21.43%) Data Protection
3 6 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (17.86%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (17.86%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.14%) Agile
6 2 (7.14%) Change Management
6 2 (7.14%) Contract Management
6 2 (7.14%) Product Management
6 2 (7.14%) Resource Management
6 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (64.29%) ISTQB
1 18 (64.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 16 (57.14%) CCNP
2 16 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (21.43%) Degree
4 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 3 (10.71%) APMP
5 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) GDPR
1 1 (3.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Cisco
1 16 (57.14%) Juniper
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Snow