ISTQB Contracts in Central London

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 125 119 163
Rank change year-on-year -6 +44 +21
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 4 14 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.57% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 2.79% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £344 £447 £411
25th Percentile £362 £489 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +10.53% +5.44%
75th Percentile £424 £575 £497
90th Percentile £440 £613 £550
London median daily rate £400 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -27.27% +5.77% +10.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 491 502 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.59% 20.52% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 315 451
10th Percentile £368 £366 £325
25th Percentile £456 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £644 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £24.16 £20.22 £18.06
25th Percentile £27.39 £22.60 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -47.57% +13.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £71.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Central London 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
City of London -2 4 £395 -24.76% 2
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London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Test Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Test Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Test Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Workday Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Case Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Concur
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Workday