ISTQB Contracts in Buckinghamshire

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 77 78
Rank change year-on-year +27 +1 -14
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.42% 0.12% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 0.26% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +62.71%
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £480
% change year-on-year - +14.58% +26.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

ISTQB 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 advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 185 379 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 38.46% 44.02% 36.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 313 258
10th Percentile £355 £282 £237
25th Percentile £415 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £470 £480
Median % change year-on-year +8.72% -2.08% -4.95%
75th Percentile £608 £550 £579
90th Percentile £763 £628 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 9
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.18 £13.93
25th Percentile £18.00 £11.19 £18.76
Median hourly rate £22.50 £13.75 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -43.77% -33.46%
75th Percentile £27.50 £16.69 £27.00
90th Percentile - £17.93 £60.35
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.73
% change year-on-year -0.71% +29.14% +11.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Buckinghamshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Buckinghamshire

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Milton Keynes +28 2 - - 1
ISTQB
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared