Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 719 626 785
Rank change year-on-year -93 +159 -187
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 18 33 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.075% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.19% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11 29 95
10th Percentile £40,500 £33,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,875 £51,500 £41,089
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% +25.00% -29.18%
75th Percentile £74,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% +15.79% -32.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,294 17,464 26,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.82% 39.47% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,390 7,318 17,227
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,772
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.28% -10.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% +1.93% -4.76%

ISEB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ISEB job vacancy trend in the UK

ISEB
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISEB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISEB

ISEB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISEB over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for ISEB in the UK

ISEB
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England -73 15 £51,500 -17.60% 9
UK excluding London -52 14 £51,500 -6.36% 6
West Midlands -19 7 £73,000 +32.73%
Midlands -35 7 £73,000 +32.73% 1
North of England -29 6 £41,500 -56.32% 1
North East - 4 £41,250 -
Work from Home -5 2 £51,500 -17.60% 8
North West - 2 £51,500 - 1
East of England -19 1 £32,500 -38.10%
London -26 1 - - 2

ISEB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (27.78%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.11%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Cypress.io
2 1 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 7 (38.89%) Banking
2 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Law
3 5 (27.78%) Legal
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Lead
4 3 (16.67%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) QA Automation Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) QA Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Portfolio Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Portfolio Test Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Test Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.56%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Playwright
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.56%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Agile
2 14 (77.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (61.11%) Mentoring
3 11 (61.11%) Test Automation
4 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
5 9 (50.00%) DevOps
5 9 (50.00%) Software Testing
6 8 (44.44%) CI/CD
6 8 (44.44%) Waterfall
7 7 (38.89%) Analytics
7 7 (38.89%) Internal Audit
7 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (38.89%) Risk Management
7 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (38.89%) Test Strategy
8 6 (33.33%) Business Analysis
8 6 (33.33%) Validation
9 5 (27.78%) SWOT Analysis
9 5 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (27.78%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C#
1 3 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) ISTQB
2 10 (55.56%) Degree
3 7 (38.89%) Master's Degree
4 6 (33.33%) PMI Certification
5 5 (27.78%) PMP
6 2 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) GDPR
2 2 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint