The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wiltshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank - 51 50
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 0 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire - 0.517% 0.651%
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.493% 2.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £220 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -39.31%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £303 £344
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-20.63% +90.90%
All Qualifications
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
176 201 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 34.58% 34.66% 24.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 90 69
Average daily rate £420 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.93% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £199 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 16
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.00 £17.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.70 £31.63 £30.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
ISTQB
South West

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Chippenham - - - -
Corsham - - - -
Swindon - - - -
ISTQB
South West

ISTQB
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) AppFabric

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft