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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 357 385
Rank change year-on-year +44 +28 -72
Contract jobs citing ISEB 46 41 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 0.54% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 42
10th Percentile £308 £154 £77
25th Percentile £362 £341 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £422 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% -0.78% -5.56%
75th Percentile £450 £510 £500
90th Percentile £602 £541 £542
UK median daily rate £411 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -3.24% -15.00% +11.11%

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 4,842 7,610 7,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.22% 36.00% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,877 4,382 4,912
10th Percentile £203 £280 £313
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% +0.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £718
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 974 559
10th Percentile £17.44 £13.99 £13.84
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.62 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.38 £43.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -36.34% -21.19% +55.89%
75th Percentile £62.25 £65.00 £68.56
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £28.53 £40.97 £55.41
% change year-on-year -30.38% -26.06% +24.52%

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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

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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 28 June 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 28 June 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 22 £450 +4.65% 14
Scotland +8 6 £400 -14.67%
Wales +7 6 £394 +196.05% 1
North West +19 4 £410 - 2
North of England +16 4 £410 - 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £588 - 1
South West +40 2 £320 -48.09% 3
West Midlands +2 2 £402 +0.41% 3
Midlands +2 2 £402 +0.41% 4
East of England +27 1 £313 -13.79% 4
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 5 (10.87%) Confluence
2 4 (8.70%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (8.70%) SaaS
3 2 (4.35%) IaaS
3 2 (4.35%) PaaS
3 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (32.61%) ATM
1 15 (32.61%) Ethernet
1 15 (32.61%) Frame Relay
1 15 (32.61%) GPRS
1 15 (32.61%) GSM
1 15 (32.61%) LAN
1 15 (32.61%) LTE
1 15 (32.61%) MPLS
1 15 (32.61%) SAN
1 15 (32.61%) SDH
1 15 (32.61%) UMTS
1 15 (32.61%) VPN
1 15 (32.61%) WAN
1 15 (32.61%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.17%) Internet
2 1 (2.17%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 15 (32.61%) JIRA
2 7 (15.22%) Postman
3 4 (8.70%) Toad
4 3 (6.52%) Selenium
4 3 (6.52%) WebDriver
5 2 (4.35%) Cucumber
5 2 (4.35%) Cypress.io
5 2 (4.35%) Git
5 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
5 2 (4.35%) Subversion
5 2 (4.35%) TeamCity
5 2 (4.35%) Zephyr
6 1 (2.17%) Appium
6 1 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (2.17%) Bitbucket
6 1 (2.17%) CA Gen
6 1 (2.17%) NUnit
6 1 (2.17%) TestComplete
General
1 19 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Telecoms
3 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (21.74%) Finance
4 5 (10.87%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Automotive
5 4 (8.70%) Banking
6 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.17%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (47.83%) Analyst
2 14 (30.43%) IP Engineer
2 14 (30.43%) Test Analyst
2 14 (30.43%) Test Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) Senior
4 5 (10.87%) Business Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Business Test Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) SAP Test Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Payments Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Senior Data Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.35%) IP Consultant
7 2 (4.35%) IP Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.57%) XML
2 5 (10.87%) JSON
2 5 (10.87%) REST
2 5 (10.87%) SOAP
3 3 (6.52%) .NET
4 1 (2.17%) RESTful
4 1 (2.17%) Web Services
4 1 (2.17%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.87%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (10.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (6.52%) Market Risk
3 3 (6.52%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.35%) Client/Server
4 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.35%) EPoS
5 1 (2.17%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.17%) Equities
5 1 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) N-Tier
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (39.13%) Unix
2 15 (32.61%) Linux
3 4 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (52.17%) Project Management
2 23 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 20 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (39.13%) Agile
5 15 (32.61%) Fault Management
5 15 (32.61%) Regression Testing
6 11 (23.91%) Test Automation
6 11 (23.91%) User Acceptance Testing
7 10 (21.74%) Change Management
8 9 (19.57%) Software Testing
9 8 (17.39%) Business Analysis
9 8 (17.39%) Waterfall
10 6 (13.04%) Business Strategy
10 6 (13.04%) Defect Management
10 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (13.04%) Validation
11 5 (10.87%) Computer Science
11 5 (10.87%) Data Protection
11 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2
11 5 (10.87%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 21 (45.65%) Java
2 9 (19.57%) SQL
3 3 (6.52%) C#
4 2 (4.35%) C++
4 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.35%) Python
4 2 (4.35%) Shell Script
4 2 (4.35%) VBA
4 2 (4.35%) VBScript
5 1 (2.17%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 32 (69.57%) ISTQB
2 26 (56.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 15 (32.61%) CCNP
3 15 (32.61%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (26.09%) Degree
5 5 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.70%) IIBA
6 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.52%) APMP
7 3 (6.52%) Master's Degree
7 3 (6.52%) PMI Certification
7 3 (6.52%) PMP
7 3 (6.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) QA
1 5 (10.87%) SEPA
2 3 (6.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 15 (32.61%) Cisco
2 15 (32.61%) Juniper
3 4 (8.70%) Oracle
3 4 (8.70%) SAP
3 4 (8.70%) webMethods
4 1 (2.17%) Snow