Bristol ISTQB Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) in IT contracts within the Bristol region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Location Addlestone Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cheshire City of London Docklands, London Doncaster East Midlands East of England England Gloucester Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds London Newport North West Oxfordshire Reading Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£313	£290
% change on same period last year	+7.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£44.33	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	151	162
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.303 %	0.203 %
Daily rates quoted	36	47
Average minimum daily rate	£398	£351
Average daily rate	£419	£358
% change on same period last year	+17.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£364
% change on same period last year	-3.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.63	£27.39
Average hourly rate	£30.86	£28.82
% change on same period last year	+7.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.08	£30.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.27	£27.12
% change on same period last year	+4.26 %
ISTQB South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISTQB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISTQB across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISTQB across the Bristol region.