The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 21 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 West Sussex 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 40 50 50
Rank change year-on-year
+10 0
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.262% 0.929% 0.455%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.351% 6.593% 2.597%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £294 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -34.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £304 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.64% -6.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £33.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +90.90%
All Qualifications
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
74 91 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 19.42% 14.09% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 47 27
Average daily rate £400 £320 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -14.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £140 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £439 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 22
Average hourly rate £36.50 £15.30 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.56% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.27 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £33.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Release Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB