The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 22 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 North Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.649% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.125% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £243 - -
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
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
32 48 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 20.78% 26.82% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 14
Average daily rate £413 £325 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.92% -12.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £400 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
Average hourly rate £175.00 £16.50 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+960.60% +40.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISTQB
Yorkshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Harrogate - 1 £243 -
ISTQB
Yorkshire

ISTQB
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB