ISEB Job Trends in the North of England

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 286 266
Rank change year-on-year +26 -20 +90
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.009% 0.011% 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.024% 0.029% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £56,475
25th Percentile £40,500 £61,250 £56,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £62,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.40% +5.04% +40.00%
75th Percentile £41,500 £63,750 £66,063
90th Percentile - - £75,175
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

ISEB falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,194 3,444 1,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 39.82% 36.74% 23.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,214 1,215 1,202
10th Percentile £27,325 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,386 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% -4.66% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISEB relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

ISEB job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ISEB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ISEB

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North East - 1 £41,000 - 2
ISEB
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MoSCoW
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) SWOT Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR