ISEB Job Trends in the North West

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 - 232
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 2 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.026% - 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.069% - 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £53,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 - £56,850
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.48%
75th Percentile £51,750 - £62,625
90th Percentile - - £65,550
England median annual salary £51,500 £65,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year -20.77% +18.83% -3.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,889 1,921 1,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 38.13% 43.96% 24.12%
Number of salaries quoted 768 857 1,196
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,748 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,813 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

ISEB
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

ISEB job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISEB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISEB

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
Manchester - 1 - -
Cumbria - 1 £51,500 - 2
ISEB
England

ISEB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MoSCoW
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint