ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.47% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
South Wales median daily rate £738 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 57 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 24.17% 25.00% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 59
10th Percentile £226 £121 £150
25th Percentile £252 £144 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £273 £425
Median % change year-on-year +52.11% -35.88% -11.37%
75th Percentile £649 £592 £588
90th Percentile £708 £600 £678
South Wales median daily rate £433 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +8.25% -23.81% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.30 £37.50
Median hourly rate £13.08 £21.59 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -46.03% +70.21%
75th Percentile - £22.89 £42.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.84 £25.18 £37.50
% change year-on-year -9.29% -32.85% +87.50%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Cardiff

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) MSTest
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Automation Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker