ISTQB Advanced Certification Contracts with Work from Home Options

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 457 589
Rank change year-on-year +117 +132 -136
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 11 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.044% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.024% 0.17% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 25
10th Percentile - £450 £389
25th Percentile - £506 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £700 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +40.00% -
75th Percentile - £850 £548
90th Percentile - - £629
UK median daily rate £650 £533 £504
% change year-on-year +21.95% +5.81% +0.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

ISTQB Advanced Certification 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,100 6,366 8,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.37% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 4,286 6,114
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 275 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.13 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.68 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% +32.56% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.44
90th Percentile £83.20 £83.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB Advanced Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISTQB Advanced Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB Advanced Certification.

ISTQB Advanced Certification daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB