ISTQB Contracts in the West Midlands

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 124 87
Rank change year-on-year +26 -37 -3
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 11 17 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.57% 0.70% 2.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.74% 2.56% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 71
10th Percentile £295 £411 £365
25th Percentile £350 £420 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £432
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.62% +20.00%
75th Percentile £438 £442 £505
90th Percentile £450 £500 £524
England median daily rate £538 £494 £450
% change year-on-year +8.86% +9.72% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £26.50 £63.50 £46.73
% change year-on-year -58.27% +35.90% -15.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 633 663 724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.80% 27.49% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 412 502
10th Percentile £263 £305 £296
25th Percentile £358 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £464
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.21% +14.51%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £649
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 27 17
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.30 £11.05
25th Percentile £22.16 £13.51 £13.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +9.95% +9.23%
75th Percentile £49.38 £26.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.90 £21.21
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
Birmingham +16 6 £331 -26.39%
Coventry +14 2 £450 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Relational Database
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 2 (18.18%) Appium
2 2 (18.18%) UI Automator
2 2 (18.18%) XCUITest
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) QA Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Test Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Test Assurance Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.09%) UAT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) UAT Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) DevOps
1 9 (81.82%) Test Automation
2 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Defect Management
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Test Assurance
3 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
4 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (18.18%) Defect Tracking
4 2 (18.18%) Integration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
5 1 (9.09%) Manual Testing
5 1 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Kotlin
2 2 (18.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ISEB
2 3 (27.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) HP
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) SAP