ISTQB Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -10 -9 +2
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.35% 3.65% 7.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 4.55% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £405 £525
25th Percentile £399 £449 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £494 £585
Median % change year-on-year -19.09% -15.60% +6.36%
75th Percentile £400 £575 £615
90th Percentile - £583 £623
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Basingstoke

ISTQB falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 248 176 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 87.32% 80.37% 80.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 146 41
10th Percentile £475 £407 £394
25th Percentile £500 £481 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £612
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £647 £649
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £556
% change year-on-year - -1.12% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £24.18
25th Percentile - £34.00 £26.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.00% -
75th Percentile - £36.00 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £51.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.04 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.18% -41.67% -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISTQB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing ISTQB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing ISTQB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared