ISTQB Contracts in the UK excluding London

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 303 342 281
Rank change year-on-year +39 -61 +2
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 82 115 242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.49% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 1.48% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 92 186
10th Percentile £342 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £388 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £433
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +9.70% +13.05%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £500
90th Percentile £603 £606 £550
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £43.04
25th Percentile £19.25 £67.50 £45.46
Median hourly rate £20.50 £75.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.67% +51.52% -10.00%
75th Percentile £27.75 £82.50 £51.88
90th Percentile £31.35 - £53.30
UK median hourly rate £20.50 £63.50 £34.98
% change year-on-year -67.72% +81.56% -36.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,560 7,762 8,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.83% 33.02% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,355 5,203 5,219
10th Percentile £269 £286 £254
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 648 525
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.49
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.41
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +59.18% -7.63%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the UK excluding London

ISTQB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the UK excluding London

ISTQB
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the UK excluding London

ISTQB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the UK excluding London

ISTQB
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the UK excluding London 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
South East +21 40 £550 - 8
Midlands +17 15 £400 -5.21% 6
South West +20 11 £450 -30.77% 5
West Midlands +17 9 £400 -5.88% 6
Scotland +43 7 £425 -20.93% 3
East Midlands +16 6 £513 +105.00%
East of England +1 3 £438 -12.50% 3
North of England -1 3 £410 +2.50% 3
North East - 3 £410 -
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
Wales +19 1 £210 -
ISTQB
UK

ISTQB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.88%) Confluence
2 1 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.22%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.85%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (13.41%) Azure
3 4 (4.88%) SaaS
4 2 (2.44%) AWS
4 2 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.44%) IaaS
4 2 (2.44%) PaaS
5 1 (1.22%) OCI
5 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (31.71%) TestRail
2 12 (14.63%) JIRA
3 7 (8.54%) Selenium
4 4 (4.88%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.88%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.66%) JMeter
5 3 (3.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (2.44%) Appium
6 2 (2.44%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.44%) Cypress.io
6 2 (2.44%) Git
6 2 (2.44%) JUnit
6 2 (2.44%) Subversion
6 2 (2.44%) TeamCity
6 2 (2.44%) UI Automator
6 2 (2.44%) WebDriver
6 2 (2.44%) XCUITest
7 1 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (1.22%) TestComplete
7 1 (1.22%) Zephyr
General
1 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (12.20%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.98%) Finance
4 4 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.66%) Banking
5 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Automotive
6 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.44%) German Language
6 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Military
6 2 (2.44%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.22%) Electronics
7 1 (1.22%) Law
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Marketing
7 1 (1.22%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 40 (48.78%) Analyst
2 36 (43.90%) Test Analyst
3 20 (24.39%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 15 (18.29%) Test Manager
5 12 (14.63%) Test Engineer
6 9 (10.98%) Senior
7 6 (7.32%) Architect
7 6 (7.32%) Test Architect
8 5 (6.10%) Senior Architect
8 5 (6.10%) Senior Test Architect
9 4 (4.88%) Functional Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) Functional Test Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) QA Analyst
10 3 (3.66%) Performance Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Performance Test Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Software Analyst
10 3 (3.66%) Software Test Analyst
11 2 (2.44%) SEO Engineer
11 2 (2.44%) Telephony Analyst
11 2 (2.44%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.76%) Web Services
2 3 (3.66%) .NET
3 2 (2.44%) HTML
4 1 (1.22%) CSS
4 1 (1.22%) Flash
4 1 (1.22%) HTML5
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Life Science
2 4 (4.88%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.88%) NHS
3 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.44%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.22%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.22%) Digital TV
4 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.22%) IVR
4 1 (1.22%) PMI
4 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.66%) Linux
1 3 (3.66%) Unix
2 2 (2.44%) Android
2 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.22%) Windows
3 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (63.41%) Test Automation
2 44 (53.66%) Agile
3 38 (46.34%) Test Management
4 30 (36.59%) Software Testing
5 29 (35.37%) Test Strategy
6 21 (25.61%) Continuous Integration
7 15 (18.29%) DevOps
8 14 (17.07%) Defect Management
8 14 (17.07%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 13 (15.85%) Functional Testing
9 13 (15.85%) Requirements Analysis
10 12 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (14.63%) Waterfall
11 10 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (10.98%) Performance Testing
12 9 (10.98%) SDLC
12 9 (10.98%) Test Scripting
12 9 (10.98%) Validation
13 8 (9.76%) Integration Testing
13 8 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.85%) SQL
2 5 (6.10%) C#
2 5 (6.10%) JavaScript
3 4 (4.88%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.66%) Java
4 3 (3.66%) Python
5 2 (2.44%) C++
5 2 (2.44%) Kotlin
5 2 (2.44%) Swift
5 2 (2.44%) VBA
5 2 (2.44%) VBScript
6 1 (1.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (51.22%) Security Cleared
2 33 (40.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 22 (26.83%) DV Cleared
4 18 (21.95%) SC Cleared
5 12 (14.63%) ISEB
6 11 (13.41%) Degree
7 3 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.44%) HNC
8 2 (2.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (2.44%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (30.49%) QA
2 5 (6.10%) HL7
3 2 (2.44%) Def Stans
3 2 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.22%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft
1 5 (6.10%) Oracle
2 2 (2.44%) SAP
2 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.22%) Adobe
3 1 (1.22%) BT
3 1 (1.22%) Genesys
3 1 (1.22%) HP
3 1 (1.22%) ScienceLogic