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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 677 791 595
Rank change year-on-year +114 -196 +88
Permanent jobs citing ISEB 34 113 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.10% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.39% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 29 93 254
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,750 £40,250
25th Percentile £51,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £70,600
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -29.18% +42.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £75,500 £72,500 £72,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £70,600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -32.72% +56.89%

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 26,221 28,735 31,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.85% 26.15% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,745 17,299 14,299
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,734 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,555 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -10.74% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.14%

ISEB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISEB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISEB in the UK

ISEB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISEB.

Salary trend for ISEB in the UK

ISEB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISEB over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for ISEB in the UK

ISEB
Top 14 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 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +93 28 £62,500 +19.05% 34
UK excluding London +130 16 £55,000 +15.79% 33
Work from Home +118 13 £62,500 +28.21% 27
London +83 10 £65,000 +18.18% 9
South East +79 5 £43,750 -7.89% 13
Midlands +64 5 £55,000 +0.55% 5
South West +106 3 £62,500 +28.21% 6
West Midlands +52 3 £55,000 -13.45% 4
East Midlands +44 2 £70,000 +91.78% 1
Scotland +111 1 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North of England +63 1 £95,000 +73.67% 1
Yorkshire +59 1 £95,000 +80.95%
East of England +36 1 £52,500 +31.25% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 -

ISEB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Magento
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (11.76%) AWS
4 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.94%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.94%) BlazeMeter
5 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.94%) Miro
5 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (38.24%) Selenium
2 5 (14.71%) Postman
3 4 (11.76%) Appium
3 4 (11.76%) Jenkins
3 4 (11.76%) TeamCity
4 2 (5.88%) Cypress.io
4 2 (5.88%) JIRA
5 1 (2.94%) Bugzilla
5 1 (2.94%) Git
5 1 (2.94%) git-flow
5 1 (2.94%) JUnit
5 1 (2.94%) NUnit
5 1 (2.94%) SpecFlow
General
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Legal
4 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Law
5 6 (17.65%) Banking
6 4 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Games
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Military
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) Lead
3 6 (17.65%) Business Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) QA Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) QA Leader
4 5 (14.71%) Test Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Data Governance Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Data Governance Manager
5 4 (11.76%) Data Manager
5 4 (11.76%) Data Protection Manager
5 4 (11.76%) Governance Manager
5 4 (11.76%) Information Governance Manager
5 4 (11.76%) Information Manager
6 3 (8.82%) Head of Project Management
6 3 (8.82%) Senior
7 2 (5.88%) Lead Business Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Software QA Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Tester
8 1 (2.94%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Head of Business Transformation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) Playwright
1 4 (11.76%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) Gherkin
2 1 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
2 4 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (11.76%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (11.76%) Freedom of Information Act
3 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Agile
2 14 (41.18%) Test Automation
3 10 (29.41%) DevOps
3 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (23.53%) Regression Testing
4 8 (23.53%) Scrum
4 8 (23.53%) Software Testing
5 7 (20.59%) CI/CD
5 7 (20.59%) Manual Testing
5 7 (20.59%) Project Management
6 6 (17.65%) Business Analysis
6 6 (17.65%) PRINCE2
6 6 (17.65%) SDLC
6 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (17.65%) Test Management
7 5 (14.71%) API Testing
7 5 (14.71%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (14.71%) Software Delivery
7 5 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) ISTQB
2 5 (14.71%) Degree
3 3 (8.82%) CBAP
3 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.94%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (2.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (2.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (44.12%) QA
2 5 (14.71%) GDPR
3 4 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (8.82%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (2.94%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.94%) Cognos
3 1 (2.94%) Concur
3 1 (2.94%) IBM
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) Sitecore