ISTQB Contracts in England

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 464 433
Rank change year-on-year +43 -31 +7
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 114 202 373
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.40% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.98% 1.44% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 154 269
10th Percentile £350 £304 £350
25th Percentile £413 £394 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.86% +9.72% +11.80%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £518
90th Percentile £696 £623 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £498 £450
% change year-on-year +0.50% +10.56% +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £53.55 £19.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £55.88 £25.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £63.50 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -58.27% +44.48% -20.09%
75th Percentile £39.06 £74.88 £49.50
90th Percentile £48.63 £79.45 £52.35
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £63.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -58.27% +44.48% -20.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,579 14,027 15,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.75% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,398 10,082
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £637
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 756 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62.48 £68.33 £55.72
90th Percentile £77.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ISTQB in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ISTQB in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +74 41 £550 +5.77% 15
South East +30 36 £550 +4.76% 10
Midlands +9 18 £400 -4.76% 4
West Midlands +24 11 £400 -5.88% 4
South West +21 11 £450 -18.18% 4
East Midlands +12 7 £500 +110.53%
North of England +5 4 £415 +3.75% 4
East of England +11 3 £438 -12.50% 2
North East - 3 £410 -
Yorkshire +14 1 £675 +22.73% 1
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UK

ISTQB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (7.89%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.88%) Appian
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Windchill
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) ENOVIA
1 3 (2.63%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.88%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.53%) Azure
1 12 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (7.02%) AWS
3 1 (0.88%) Boomi
3 1 (0.88%) BrowserStack
3 1 (0.88%) dbt
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.88%) Miro
3 1 (0.88%) OCI
3 1 (0.88%) SaaS
3 1 (0.88%) Sauce Labs
3 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.88%) Firewall
2 1 (0.88%) Internet
2 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.88%) WAN
2 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.77%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.63%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.75%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 33 (28.95%) TestRail
2 26 (22.81%) JIRA
3 16 (14.04%) Selenium
4 9 (7.89%) Cucumber
4 9 (7.89%) JUnit
5 8 (7.02%) Jenkins
6 7 (6.14%) Git
6 7 (6.14%) JMeter
7 6 (5.26%) TestNG
8 5 (4.39%) REST Assured
8 5 (4.39%) SpecFlow
9 4 (3.51%) Appium
9 4 (3.51%) FitNesse
10 3 (2.63%) LoadRunner
10 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (2.63%) Visual Studio
11 2 (1.75%) UI Automator
11 2 (1.75%) XCUITest
12 1 (0.88%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.88%) Postman
General
1 33 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.93%) Finance
3 14 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.40%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.02%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.39%) Electronics
6 5 (4.39%) Marketing
7 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.63%) Back Office
8 3 (2.63%) Banking
8 3 (2.63%) Front Office
8 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Automotive
9 2 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.75%) German Language
9 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Legal
9 2 (1.75%) Military
9 2 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (39.47%) Analyst
2 39 (34.21%) Test Analyst
3 22 (19.30%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 18 (15.79%) Test Manager
5 15 (13.16%) Test Engineer
6 12 (10.53%) Tester
7 10 (8.77%) Senior
8 6 (5.26%) Architect
8 6 (5.26%) Lead
8 6 (5.26%) QA Analyst
8 6 (5.26%) Test Architect
9 5 (4.39%) QA Tester
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Architect
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Test Architect
10 4 (3.51%) Test Automation Engineer
10 4 (3.51%) Test Leader
10 4 (3.51%) Test Specialist
11 3 (2.63%) Automation Engineer
11 3 (2.63%) Performance Test Engineer
11 3 (2.63%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) REST
2 3 (2.63%) Playwright
3 2 (1.75%) HTML
3 2 (1.75%) Web Services
4 1 (0.88%) .NET
4 1 (0.88%) CSS
4 1 (0.88%) Flash
4 1 (0.88%) HTML5
4 1 (0.88%) JSON
4 1 (0.88%) Middleware
4 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.63%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.75%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.88%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.88%) Digital TV
4 1 (0.88%) DTCC
4 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.88%) IVR
4 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.88%) Life Science
4 1 (0.88%) NHS
4 1 (0.88%) PMI
4 1 (0.88%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.65%) Linux
2 7 (6.14%) Unix
3 4 (3.51%) Windows
4 2 (1.75%) Android
4 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (53.51%) Test Automation
2 60 (52.63%) Agile
3 45 (39.47%) Test Management
4 42 (36.84%) Software Testing
5 35 (30.70%) Test Strategy
6 32 (28.07%) Continuous Integration
7 26 (22.81%) Test Scripting
8 25 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (20.18%) End-to-End Testing
10 19 (16.67%) Defect Management
11 18 (15.79%) Functional Testing
12 16 (14.04%) DevOps
13 15 (13.16%) Integration Testing
13 15 (13.16%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 14 (12.28%) User Acceptance Testing
15 13 (11.40%) CI/CD
15 13 (11.40%) Performance Testing
15 13 (11.40%) Project Management
15 13 (11.40%) Requirements Analysis
16 12 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.91%) Python
2 13 (11.40%) SQL
3 10 (8.77%) C#
3 10 (8.77%) Java
4 8 (7.02%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.51%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.75%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.75%) Swift
7 1 (0.88%) C++
Qualifications
1 55 (48.25%) Security Cleared
2 40 (35.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 30 (26.32%) DV Cleared
4 23 (20.18%) SC Cleared
5 20 (17.54%) ISEB
6 17 (14.91%) Degree
7 9 (7.89%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.75%) HNC
10 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.75%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (39.47%) QA
2 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.75%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.88%) HL7
4 1 (0.88%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.88%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.63%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (11.40%) Oracle
2 8 (7.02%) SAP
3 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.51%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.63%) BT
5 3 (2.63%) HP
5 3 (2.63%) PTC
5 3 (2.63%) Siemens
6 1 (0.88%) Adobe
6 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.88%) Citrix
6 1 (0.88%) Dell
6 1 (0.88%) Genesys
6 1 (0.88%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.88%) Perfecto Mobile
6 1 (0.88%) ScienceLogic
6 1 (0.88%) Workday