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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 466 421
Rank change year-on-year +42 -45 -4
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 109 183 390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.38% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.97% 1.36% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 137 285
10th Percentile £350 £334 £358
25th Percentile £413 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £516
90th Percentile £685 £622 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - £53.55 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £55.88 £18.19
Median hourly rate £20.50 £63.50 £34.98
Median % change year-on-year -67.72% +81.56% -31.76%
75th Percentile £21.75 £74.88 £48.74
90th Percentile - £79.45 £51.88
UK median hourly rate £20.50 £63.50 £34.98
% change year-on-year -67.72% +81.56% -31.76%

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 11,274 13,419 15,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.92% 27.53% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,955 8,985 10,132
10th Percentile £313 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 978 701 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +2.92%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.57
% change year-on-year -25.93% +23.94% +14.66%

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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 14 May 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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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 14 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
South East +32 39 £550 - 10
London +57 37 £550 +4.76% 7
Midlands +16 15 £400 -5.88% 8
South West +10 11 £450 -18.18% 5
West Midlands +18 9 £400 -8.88% 7
East Midlands +15 6 £513 +105.00% 1
East of England +11 3 £438 -12.50% 3
North of England -4 3 £410 +2.50% 5
North East - 3 £410 -
ISTQB
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 10 (9.17%) Confluence
2 1 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.92%) Appian
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Windchill
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.75%) ENOVIA
1 3 (2.75%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.92%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.17%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (8.26%) Azure
3 7 (6.42%) AWS
4 2 (1.83%) SaaS
5 1 (0.92%) Boomi
5 1 (0.92%) BrowserStack
5 1 (0.92%) dbt
5 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.92%) Miro
5 1 (0.92%) Sauce Labs
5 1 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.75%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (29.36%) TestRail
2 25 (22.94%) JIRA
3 13 (11.93%) Selenium
4 9 (8.26%) Cucumber
5 7 (6.42%) Git
5 7 (6.42%) JMeter
6 6 (5.50%) JUnit
7 5 (4.59%) Jenkins
7 5 (4.59%) SpecFlow
8 4 (3.67%) Appium
8 4 (3.67%) FitNesse
9 3 (2.75%) LoadRunner
9 3 (2.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (2.75%) TestNG
9 3 (2.75%) Visual Studio
10 2 (1.83%) REST Assured
10 2 (1.83%) UI Automator
10 2 (1.83%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.92%) Postman
11 1 (0.92%) Zephyr
General
1 35 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.10%) Finance
3 14 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.09%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.34%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.59%) Electronics
6 5 (4.59%) Marketing
7 4 (3.67%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.75%) Automotive
8 3 (2.75%) Back Office
8 3 (2.75%) Front Office
8 3 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Banking
9 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) German Language
9 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Military
9 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (38.53%) Analyst
2 36 (33.03%) Test Analyst
3 21 (19.27%) Test Manager
4 20 (18.35%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
5 14 (12.84%) Test Engineer
6 11 (10.09%) Tester
7 10 (9.17%) Senior
8 6 (5.50%) Architect
8 6 (5.50%) QA Analyst
8 6 (5.50%) Test Architect
9 5 (4.59%) Lead
9 5 (4.59%) QA Tester
9 5 (4.59%) Senior Architect
9 5 (4.59%) Senior Test Architect
10 4 (3.67%) Test Specialist
11 3 (2.75%) Functional Analyst
11 3 (2.75%) Integration Manager
11 3 (2.75%) Performance Engineer
11 3 (2.75%) Software Test Analyst
11 3 (2.75%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.26%) Web Services
2 4 (3.67%) REST
3 3 (2.75%) Playwright
4 1 (0.92%) .NET
4 1 (0.92%) HTML
4 1 (0.92%) JSON
4 1 (0.92%) Middleware
4 1 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Life Science
2 5 (4.59%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.67%) NHS
4 3 (2.75%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.83%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.83%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.83%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.83%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.92%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.92%) DTCC
6 1 (0.92%) IVR
6 1 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.92%) PMI
6 1 (0.92%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.09%) Linux
2 7 (6.42%) Unix
3 4 (3.67%) Windows
4 2 (1.83%) Android
4 2 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (58.72%) Agile
2 60 (55.05%) Test Automation
3 48 (44.04%) Test Management
4 43 (39.45%) Software Testing
5 37 (33.94%) Test Strategy
6 30 (27.52%) Continuous Integration
7 27 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (20.18%) End-to-End Testing
9 20 (18.35%) Test Scripting
10 19 (17.43%) Functional Testing
11 17 (15.60%) Defect Management
11 17 (15.60%) Waterfall
12 14 (12.84%) Requirements Analysis
12 14 (12.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 13 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (11.93%) DevOps
13 13 (11.93%) Performance Testing
13 13 (11.93%) SDLC
13 13 (11.93%) User Acceptance Testing
14 12 (11.01%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.84%) SQL
2 13 (11.93%) Python
3 7 (6.42%) C#
3 7 (6.42%) Java
3 7 (6.42%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.67%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.75%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.83%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.83%) Swift
7 1 (0.92%) C++
Qualifications
1 51 (46.79%) Security Cleared
2 36 (33.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 28 (25.69%) DV Cleared
4 22 (20.18%) SC Cleared
5 21 (19.27%) ISEB
6 19 (17.43%) Degree
7 7 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (6.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.75%) HNC
8 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (40.37%) QA
2 6 (5.50%) HL7
3 3 (2.75%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.83%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.92%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.92%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 12 (11.01%) Oracle
2 8 (7.34%) SAP
3 4 (3.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.75%) BT
4 3 (2.75%) PTC
4 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.75%) Siemens
5 1 (0.92%) Adobe
5 1 (0.92%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.92%) Citrix
5 1 (0.92%) Dell
5 1 (0.92%) Genesys
5 1 (0.92%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.92%) HP
5 1 (0.92%) Perfecto Mobile
5 1 (0.92%) ScienceLogic
5 1 (0.92%) Workday