The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.476% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £337 £305 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.49% -6.15%
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
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
25 33 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 11.90% 15.49% 10.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 5
Average daily rate £331 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.39% +21.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 6
Average hourly rate £15.50 £10.13 £20.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.08% -49.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISTQB
East Midlands

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Testing

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Development Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree