ISTQB Contracts in Berkshire

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 118 110
Rank change year-on-year +43 -8 +14
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 18 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.53% 0.30% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.26% 0.67% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £300 £449 £305
25th Percentile £400 £486 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £519 £395
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% +31.33% -18.97%
75th Percentile - £538 £460
90th Percentile - £560 £528
South East median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +9.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 423 893 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.06% 45.01% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 431 341
10th Percentile £313 £206 £349
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 82 39
10th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £20.70
25th Percentile £59.44 £52.90 £50.45
Median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%
75th Percentile £79.30 £75.24 £75.38
90th Percentile £88.73 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Slough +6 16 £450 - 2
Reading +29 1 £400 -25.58% 1
Bracknell - 1 £300 -
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure Stack
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (88.89%) ATM
1 16 (88.89%) Ethernet
1 16 (88.89%) Frame Relay
1 16 (88.89%) GPRS
1 16 (88.89%) GSM
1 16 (88.89%) LAN
1 16 (88.89%) LTE
1 16 (88.89%) MPLS
1 16 (88.89%) SAN
1 16 (88.89%) SDH
1 16 (88.89%) UMTS
1 16 (88.89%) VPN
1 16 (88.89%) WAN
1 16 (88.89%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 17 (94.44%) Social Skills
2 16 (88.89%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) IP Engineer
2 14 (77.78%) Test Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IP Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Network Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Linux
1 16 (88.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Fault Management
1 16 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (88.89%) Project Management
1 16 (88.89%) Regression Testing
1 16 (88.89%) Test Strategy
2 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.56%) CI/CD
3 1 (5.56%) Integration Testing
3 1 (5.56%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) ISEB
1 18 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 16 (88.89%) CCNP
2 16 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
1 16 (88.89%) Juniper
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft