ISEB Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 358 380
Rank change year-on-year +76 +22 -40
Contract jobs citing ISEB 52 36 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.17% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.14% 0.47% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 24 56
10th Percentile £308 £298 £57
25th Percentile £362 £397 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +1.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £481
90th Percentile £517 £605 £528
UK median daily rate £410 £455 £460
% change year-on-year -9.89% -1.09% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +153.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,548 7,661 7,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.60% 37.01% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,780 4,410 5,340
10th Percentile £210 £269 £280
25th Percentile £390 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £531 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +0.19% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 412 936 667
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.96
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.09 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in the UK excluding London

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +55 32 £450 +4.65% 9
Scotland +11 7 £400 -14.67%
North of England +15 6 £410 -3.53% 4
North West +14 6 £410 -3.53% 3
South West +31 3 £325 -47.28% 4
West Midlands +12 3 £455 +13.64% 1
Midlands +10 3 £455 +13.64% 2
Wales +7 1 £375 +134.38% 2
ISEB
UK

ISEB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (11.54%) Confluence
2 4 (7.69%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.46%) Azure
2 5 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (9.62%) SaaS
3 3 (5.77%) IaaS
3 3 (5.77%) PaaS
3 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.77%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (30.77%) ATM
1 16 (30.77%) Ethernet
1 16 (30.77%) Frame Relay
1 16 (30.77%) GPRS
1 16 (30.77%) GSM
1 16 (30.77%) LAN
1 16 (30.77%) LTE
1 16 (30.77%) MPLS
1 16 (30.77%) SAN
1 16 (30.77%) SDH
1 16 (30.77%) UMTS
1 16 (30.77%) VPN
1 16 (30.77%) WAN
1 16 (30.77%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) IDMS
2 1 (1.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 15 (28.85%) JIRA
2 4 (7.69%) Cucumber
2 4 (7.69%) Selenium
2 4 (7.69%) Toad
2 4 (7.69%) WebDriver
3 3 (5.77%) Cypress.io
3 3 (5.77%) Git
3 3 (5.77%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.77%) Postman
3 3 (5.77%) Subversion
3 3 (5.77%) TeamCity
4 2 (3.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (3.85%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.85%) CA Gen
5 1 (1.92%) Appium
5 1 (1.92%) NUnit
5 1 (1.92%) TestComplete
5 1 (1.92%) Zephyr
General
1 29 (55.77%) Social Skills
2 22 (42.31%) Telecoms
3 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.46%) Legal
4 6 (11.54%) Finance
4 6 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Marketing
5 5 (9.62%) Automotive
5 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.69%) Law
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Analyst
1 15 (28.85%) IP Engineer
1 15 (28.85%) Test Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Senior
2 9 (17.31%) Test Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Business Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Data Protection Officer
4 5 (9.62%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) Network Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) SAP Test Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Lead
6 3 (5.77%) QA Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Network Consultant
7 2 (3.85%) Release Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) .NET
1 4 (7.69%) XML
2 1 (1.92%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (7.69%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.77%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.85%) EPoS
6 1 (1.92%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 20 (38.46%) Unix
2 16 (30.77%) Linux
3 4 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (44.23%) Project Management
2 21 (40.38%) Test Strategy
3 18 (34.62%) Agile
3 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (30.77%) Fault Management
4 16 (30.77%) Regression Testing
5 11 (21.15%) Waterfall
6 8 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 8 (15.38%) Validation
7 7 (13.46%) Business Analysis
7 7 (13.46%) Change Management
7 7 (13.46%) PRINCE2
8 6 (11.54%) B2C
8 6 (11.54%) Data Privacy
8 6 (11.54%) Data Protection
8 6 (11.54%) Defect Management
8 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (9.62%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (9.62%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 23 (44.23%) Java
2 10 (19.23%) SQL
3 4 (7.69%) C#
4 3 (5.77%) C++
4 3 (5.77%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.77%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.77%) VBA
4 3 (5.77%) VBScript
5 2 (3.85%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 32 (61.54%) ISTQB
2 29 (55.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 16 (30.77%) CCNP
3 16 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (15.38%) Degree
5 5 (9.62%) IIBA
6 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
7 3 (5.77%) APMP
7 3 (5.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (3.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (1.92%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) QA
2 2 (3.85%) GDPR
2 2 (3.85%) PMO
3 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 19 (36.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.77%) Cisco
2 16 (30.77%) Juniper
3 5 (9.62%) SAP
4 4 (7.69%) Oracle
4 4 (7.69%) webMethods
5 1 (1.92%) Snow