ISTQB Contracts in the North of England

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 180 215
Rank change year-on-year -1 +35 -49
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 3 33 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.064% 0.58% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 2.29% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 24 26
10th Percentile £387 £300 £281
25th Percentile £394 £340 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £364
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +9.97% -5.52%
75th Percentile £418 £531 £439
90th Percentile £419 £568 £488
England median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,226 1,442 1,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.12% 25.26% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 1,019 989
10th Percentile £306 £322 £200
25th Percentile £415 £431 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £588
90th Percentile £724 £700 £673
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 68 81
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.35 £25.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.29 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.14% +29.96% +16.98%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.34 £50.78
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.90 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North East - 3 £410 -
ISTQB
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Test Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Telephony Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA