ISEB Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 92 110
Rank change year-on-year -56 +18 +22
Contract jobs citing ISEB 3 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.10% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.95% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £358 £290 -
25th Percentile £359 £332 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £402 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +0.41% -5.55%
75th Percentile £360 £455 £447
90th Percentile £360 £486 £531
England median daily rate £550 £402 £525
% change year-on-year +36.94% -23.50% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £24.19 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,035 423 620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 35.73% 32.02% 31.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 290 393
10th Percentile £315 £150 £263
25th Percentile £408 £320 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £484 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% +7.44% -14.29%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £663
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 17 37
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £18.50 £22.33
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.18 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.28% -1.12% +42.50%
75th Percentile £65.25 £35.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.48 £39.14 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.85 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -26.30% +33.33% -25.00%

ISEB
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISEB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

ISEB job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISEB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISEB

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISEB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISEB

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 March 2026. 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
Shropshire -47 2 £359 -20.97% 1
Solihull - 1 - -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) WebLogic
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Toad
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) UAT Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) UAT Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) webMethods
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft