Peterborough ISTQB Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) in IT contracts within the Peterborough region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Lancashire Leeds London Newport North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Telford UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£277
% change on same period last year	+6.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.63	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications Peterborough
Matching contract IT job ads	17	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.027 %	0.011 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£117	£500
Average daily rate	£122	£500
% change on same period last year	-75.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£127	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.44	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£13.83	£31.50
% change on same period last year	-56.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.22	£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+1.72 %
ISTQB Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISTQB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISTQB across the Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.