The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 23 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 Halifax 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 15 29 23
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -6
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 5 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 4.386% 0.885% 0.806%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.71% 18.18% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
Average daily rate £280 £276 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -38.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £301 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.54% -7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +90.90%
All Qualifications
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
14 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 12.28% 4.867% 4.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 5
Average daily rate £280 £275 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -38.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISTQB
West Yorkshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 6 (100.00%) ISEB
1 6 (100.00%) Banking
1 6 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (83.33%) Retail
2 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Retail Banking
2 5 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 4 (66.67%) FATCA
4 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Law
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) NFC
5 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (16.67%) MS Project

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) NFC
General
1 6 (100.00%) Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Retail
2 5 (83.33%) Retail Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) UAT Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) UAT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
1 5 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) HP Quality Center