ISTQB Contracts in the South East

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 191 209
Rank change year-on-year +28 +18 -34
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 36 33 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.65% 0.57% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.45% 1.50% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 31 44
10th Percentile £485 £408 £262
25th Percentile £525 £463 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £603 £588 £551
90th Percentile £610 £615 £621
England median daily rate £538 £494 £450
% change year-on-year +8.86% +9.72% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.75 - -
90th Percentile £31.35 - -
England median hourly rate £26.50 £63.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -58.27% +44.48% -20.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,484 2,196 2,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.76% 37.63% 31.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,403 1,449 1,582
10th Percentile £313 £300 £290
25th Percentile £439 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.50%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £616
90th Percentile £735 £712 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 145 87
10th Percentile £17.54 £21.40 £19.22
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.73
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +29.14% +11.81%
75th Percentile £67.01 £68.75 £57.00
90th Percentile £85.17 £75.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -2.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Hampshire +4 24 £550 - 3
Thames Valley +12 6 £500 +15.61% 4
Surrey - 6 £325 - 2
Berkshire -8 4 £500 +26.58% 3
Buckinghamshire +31 2 - - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 25 (69.44%) TestRail
2 5 (13.89%) JIRA
General
1 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.56%) Automotive
2 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (5.56%) German Language
2 2 (5.56%) Military
2 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.56%) Spanish Language
2 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.78%) Banking
3 1 (2.78%) Electronics
3 1 (2.78%) Finance
3 1 (2.78%) Legal
3 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Analyst
2 23 (63.89%) Test Analyst
3 22 (61.11%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Test Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Test Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Principal Test Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Systems Test Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Integration Manager
7 1 (2.78%) JIRA Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Principal Test Manager
7 1 (2.78%) QA Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Software Tester
7 1 (2.78%) Telecoms Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Test Automation Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Test Automation Specialist
7 1 (2.78%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.78%) CSS
2 1 (2.78%) Flash
2 1 (2.78%) HTML5
2 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.78%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.78%) Digital TV
2 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.78%) Life Science
2 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Linux
1 3 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (91.67%) Agile
2 31 (86.11%) Test Automation
3 25 (69.44%) Test Management
4 23 (63.89%) Continuous Integration
5 15 (41.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 13 (36.11%) Requirements Analysis
7 8 (22.22%) Software Testing
8 6 (16.67%) Functional Testing
9 5 (13.89%) Waterfall
10 4 (11.11%) Defect Management
10 4 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
10 4 (11.11%) SDLC
10 4 (11.11%) Test Planning
10 4 (11.11%) User Experience
11 3 (8.33%) Scrum
11 3 (8.33%) Test Strategy
12 2 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
12 2 (5.56%) Business Development
12 2 (5.56%) Project Planning
12 2 (5.56%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Shell Script
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (75.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 27 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (63.89%) DV Cleared
3 6 (16.67%) Degree
4 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.56%) HNC
5 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.78%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Adobe
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle