ISEB Contracts

Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISEB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 558 504
Rank change year-on-year +26 -54 -43
Contract jobs citing ISEB 67 133 381
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 0.88% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 100 302
10th Percentile £176 £180 £360
25th Percentile £381 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £484 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £500
90th Percentile £600 £625 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.37
Median hourly rate - - £24.24
75th Percentile - - £26.12
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.24
% change year-on-year - - -48.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISEB is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,955 15,058 19,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.92% 27.03% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 10,026 12,795
10th Percentile £310 £340 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £740 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,108 747 782
10th Percentile £13.86 £14.72 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.18 £21.29 £19.77
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +30.87%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £59.22
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.41 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.90% +50.00% +16.67%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISEB.

Daily rate trend for ISEB in the UK

ISEB
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISEB over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISEB in the UK

ISEB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISEB.

Hourly rate trend for ISEB in the UK

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Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +30 51 £450 -6.74% 24
UK excluding London +17 41 £425 - 21
Work from Home +83 28 £500 +4.44% 9
London +46 20 £525 -6.67% 6
South East -3 16 £430 +8.86% 4
Midlands +19 11 £400 -15.79% 3
Scotland +38 7 £469 +10.29% 2
East Midlands +14 7 £525 +41.89% 2
West Midlands +7 4 £400 -24.71% 1
Wales - 3 £130 - 3
South West +10 2 £617 +37.00% 4
North of England +15 1 - - 5
North West +9 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 £363 - 1

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 2 (2.99%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.43%) Azure
2 7 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (8.96%) SaaS
4 2 (2.99%) IaaS
4 2 (2.99%) PaaS
4 2 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.49%) Boomi
5 1 (1.49%) BrowserStack
5 1 (1.49%) dbt
5 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.49%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.48%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (17.91%) JIRA
2 7 (10.45%) Selenium
3 6 (8.96%) JMeter
4 3 (4.48%) Cypress.io
4 3 (4.48%) Git
4 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 3 (4.48%) SoapUI
4 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (4.48%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.99%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.99%) Subversion
5 2 (2.99%) TeamCity
5 2 (2.99%) WebDriver
5 2 (2.99%) Zephyr
6 1 (1.49%) Appium
6 1 (1.49%) Burp Suite
6 1 (1.49%) Postman
6 1 (1.49%) TestComplete
General
1 22 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.37%) Finance
3 14 (20.90%) Public Sector
4 9 (13.43%) Legal
5 7 (10.45%) Marketing
6 6 (8.96%) Law
7 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (5.97%) Banking
9 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.49%) Local Government
10 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (1.49%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 24 (35.82%) Analyst
2 11 (16.42%) Test Manager
3 9 (13.43%) Business Analyst
3 9 (13.43%) Lead
3 9 (13.43%) Senior
3 9 (13.43%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (11.94%) Test Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) Project Manager
5 7 (10.45%) Test Leader
6 5 (7.46%) Construction Project Manager
7 4 (5.97%) QA Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Functional Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Functional Test Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Performance Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Performance Test Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Test Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Service Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) .NET
1 2 (2.99%) SOAP
1 2 (2.99%) XML
2 1 (1.49%) Middleware
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.43%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.97%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (4.48%) Equities
4 3 (4.48%) NHS
4 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.48%) PACS
5 2 (2.99%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.99%) CMDB
5 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.99%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.49%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
1 2 (2.99%) Unix
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.85%) Agile
1 20 (29.85%) Test Automation
2 18 (26.87%) Project Management
3 17 (25.37%) User Acceptance Testing
4 16 (23.88%) DevOps
5 15 (22.39%) Integration Testing
6 14 (20.90%) Software Testing
7 13 (19.40%) Impact Assessments
7 13 (19.40%) PRINCE2
7 13 (19.40%) Test Management
7 13 (19.40%) Test Strategy
8 11 (16.42%) Data Protection
9 10 (14.93%) Performance Testing
10 9 (13.43%) Defect Management
10 9 (13.43%) Project Delivery
11 8 (11.94%) Data Privacy
11 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (11.94%) System Integration Testing
11 8 (11.94%) Test Scripting
11 8 (11.94%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.91%) SQL
2 7 (10.45%) Java
3 4 (5.97%) C#
4 3 (4.48%) C++
4 3 (4.48%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.99%) Python
5 2 (2.99%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.99%) VBA
5 2 (2.99%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (43.28%) ISTQB
2 22 (32.84%) Security Cleared
3 14 (20.90%) Degree
4 13 (19.40%) SC Cleared
5 8 (11.94%) APMP
6 7 (10.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (10.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 7 (10.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (8.96%) ISEB Practitioner
8 5 (7.46%) DV Cleared
9 4 (5.97%) CBAP
10 3 (4.48%) IIBA
10 3 (4.48%) RIBA
11 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) QA
2 6 (8.96%) GDPR
3 3 (4.48%) HL7
4 2 (2.99%) COBIT
4 2 (2.99%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.99%) PMO
4 2 (2.99%) SLA
5 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) HP ALM
1 2 (2.99%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.43%) Oracle
3 3 (4.48%) NEC
3 3 (4.48%) SAP
4 2 (2.99%) HP
4 2 (2.99%) Workday
5 1 (1.49%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.49%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.49%) Dell
5 1 (1.49%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow