ISEB Contracts 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 109 120
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +30
Contract jobs citing ISEB 2 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.19% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.58% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £295 £483
25th Percentile - £363 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £400 £531
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% -24.71% +30.77%
75th Percentile - - £595
90th Percentile - - £598
England median daily rate £410 £430 £500
% change year-on-year -4.65% -14.00% +11.11%

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 476 689 582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.05% 33.58% 26.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 428 361
10th Percentile £150 £289 £313
25th Percentile £325 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +13.68%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £695 £712 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 18
10th Percentile £18.65 £14.00 £11.70
25th Percentile £25.15 £21.81 £12.80
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.50 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +40.03% +40.36%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.88 £33.50
90th Percentile £51.50 £58.75 £60.05
England median hourly rate £28.60 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.71% -22.73% +32.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in the West Midlands

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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 30 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
Shropshire - 2 £402 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) CA Gen
2 1 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) QA Leader
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) COBOL
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) webMethods