The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 46 56 49
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -7
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 4 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.775% 0.957% 0.155%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.390% 4.938% 0.885%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 1
Average daily rate £278 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.61% +62.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-12.69% +90.90%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
118 162 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 22.87% 19.38% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 93 61
Average daily rate £350 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 10
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.00 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% +16.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £11.00 £7.66
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £38.40 £44.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISTQB
South West

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing ISTQB also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISTQB.

1 16 (94.12%) Finance
2 14 (82.35%) ISEB
3 13 (76.47%) SAP
3 13 (76.47%) Mainframe
4 7 (41.18%) Change Management
4 7 (41.18%) Banking
5 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
7 1 (5.882%) QA
7 1 (5.882%) Selenium
7 1 (5.882%) Degree
7 1 (5.882%) Investment Banking
7 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.882%) Replication
7 1 (5.882%) Clustering
7 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (5.882%) SQL
7 1 (5.882%) J2EE
7 1 (5.882%) UNIX
7 1 (5.882%) Windows
7 1 (5.882%) Linux
7 1 (5.882%) CRM
7 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
7 1 (5.882%) HP
7 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (5.882%) Internet
7 1 (5.882%) Project Management

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing ISTQB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Selenium
1 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 16 (94.12%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Analyst
1 10 (58.82%) Test Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) SAP Test Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Business Test Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Test Manager
4 2 (11.76%) SAP Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Business Manager
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.882%) Replication
2 1 (5.882%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) UNIX
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
1 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Change Management
2 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
3 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.882%) CRM
3 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.882%) Project Management
3 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) ISEB
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) SAP
2 1 (5.882%) HP