ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in London

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 385 479 556
Rank change year-on-year +94 +77 -101
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 9 16 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.051% 0.059% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.27% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 36
10th Percentile £315 £363 £381
25th Percentile £338 £390 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £454 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.39% -9.20% +19.05%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £650
90th Percentile £553 £650 £681
England median daily rate £550 £494 £428
% change year-on-year +11.39% +15.36% +8.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +215.15% -
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £52.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year -37.50% +144.71% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,827 6,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,938 4,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 81 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £20.00 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the London 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
Central London +40 3 £500 -
ISTQB Foundation Certification
England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) BrowserStack
2 1 (11.11%) dbt
2 1 (11.11%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) JIRA
2 6 (66.67%) Cucumber
2 6 (66.67%) Git
3 5 (55.56%) SpecFlow
3 5 (55.56%) TestRail
4 4 (44.44%) FitNesse
5 3 (33.33%) JMeter
5 3 (33.33%) LoadRunner
6 1 (11.11%) Appium
6 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
6 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Back Office
2 3 (33.33%) Front Office
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) QA Tester
1 5 (55.56%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) QA Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior QA Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Strategy Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Playwright
1 3 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) BDD
1 6 (66.67%) Test Management
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
2 5 (55.56%) TDD
2 5 (55.56%) Test Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Defect Management
3 4 (44.44%) Dependency Management
3 4 (44.44%) End-to-End Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
4 3 (33.33%) API Testing
4 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 3 (33.33%) Load Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 3 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
4 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) TypeScript
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) Perfecto Mobile