The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 48 57 44
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -13
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.231% 0.156% 1.802%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.741% 0.885% 6.780%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
Average daily rate £325 £320 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +77.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £337 £305 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.49% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +90.90%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
135 113 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 31.25% 17.66% 26.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 31 51
Average daily rate £340 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £215 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 29 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £22.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +55.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £16.92 £11.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISTQB across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire ISTQB Hourly Rate Trend

ISTQB
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Development
1 1 (25.00%) XML
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center