ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in the City of London

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 176 187
Rank change year-on-year +52 +11 -33
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.055% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 0.28% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £302
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.27%
75th Percentile - - £480
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £500 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +2.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 448 703 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.39% 19.30% 18.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 409 526
10th Percentile £382 £375 £364
25th Percentile £450 £475 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £639
90th Percentile £775 £821 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 17
10th Percentile - £18.06 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £36.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +13.19% +75.00%
75th Percentile £24.20 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £25.88 £71.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £51.50 £45.50
% change year-on-year -47.57% +13.19% +127.50%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the City of London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the City of London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the City of London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) BrowserStack
1 1 (33.33%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Appium
2 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Strategy Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Conversational AI
2 1 (33.33%) Conversational UI
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) QA Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Test Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Transition Management
2 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Perfecto Mobile