Hybrid/Remote ISEB Contract Job Trends

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 312 362
Rank change year-on-year +17 +50 +70
Contract jobs citing ISEB 12 25 45
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.78% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 38
10th Percentile £332 £130 £307
25th Percentile £409 £303 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -3.23%
75th Percentile £494 £503 £539
90th Percentile £550 £550 £600
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £495
% change year-on-year +5.88% -14.14% +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,067 3,209 5,097
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 31.17% 25.19% 25.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,045 2,041 3,467
10th Percentile £349 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -2.14% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £724 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 151 196
10th Percentile £15.04 £20.50 £19.99
25th Percentile £27.53 £39.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £47.50 £58.80
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -19.21% -2.41%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.08 £85.00 £77.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year -49.19% -9.22% +21.18%

ISEB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISEB trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ISEB
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing ISEB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing ISEB

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ISEB over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

ISEB daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISEB
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing ISEB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing ISEB

ISEB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (8.33%) IaaS
2 1 (8.33%) PaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) MySQL
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Postman
2 2 (16.67%) JIRA
3 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (8.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (8.33%) Git
3 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (8.33%) Selenium
3 1 (8.33%) Subversion
3 1 (8.33%) TeamCity
3 1 (8.33%) TestComplete
3 1 (8.33%) WebDriver
3 1 (8.33%) Zephyr
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Test Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Business Test Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Payments Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Information Governance Officer
5 1 (8.33%) Information Officer
5 1 (8.33%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Lead
5 1 (8.33%) Lead Tester
5 1 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Operations Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) QA Leader
5 1 (8.33%) QA Tester
5 1 (8.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) REST
2 4 (33.33%) JSON
2 4 (33.33%) SOAP
2 4 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (8.33%) .NET
3 1 (8.33%) Playwright
3 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (8.33%) Client/Server
4 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (8.33%) NHS
4 1 (8.33%) N-Tier
4 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS X
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 6 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 6 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 4 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (25.00%) API Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) Time Management
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) C++
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (8.33%) VBA
2 1 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 6 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 5 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (8.33%) HND
5 1 (8.33%) IIBA
5 1 (8.33%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (8.33%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SEPA
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft