ISTQB Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 - 46 50
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 0 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 1.742% 1.376%
As % of the Qualifications category - 4.082% 3.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 1
Average daily rate - £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +75.00%
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
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 123 245 295
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 28.81% 42.68% 45.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 113 110
Average daily rate £350 £315 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £105 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £469 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 19
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £14.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.20 £15.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISTQB
UK

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales ISTQB Hourly Rate Trend

ISTQB
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
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