ISTQB Contracts in Central London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 171 181
Rank change year-on-year +48 +10 -29
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 14 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.57% 0.23% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.75% 1.17% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 10
10th Percentile £447 £411 £352
25th Percentile £489 £432 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +2.10% -9.22%
75th Percentile £575 £497 £491
90th Percentile £613 £550 £535
London median daily rate £550 £520 £470
% change year-on-year +5.77% +10.64% +6.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

ISTQB 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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 510 769 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.73% 19.85% 18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 454 558
10th Percentile £369 £325 £363
25th Percentile £444 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +4.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £648 £700 £638
90th Percentile £775 £820 £722
London median daily rate £540 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 17
10th Percentile £19.96 £18.06 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £36.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.57% +13.19% +127.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.75 £71.75 £68.15
London median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%

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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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +51 14 £525 +10.53% 1
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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Boomi
2 1 (7.14%) BrowserStack
2 1 (7.14%) Miro
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Selenium
2 5 (35.71%) JIRA
3 4 (28.57%) Jenkins
4 3 (21.43%) JUnit
4 3 (21.43%) REST Assured
4 3 (21.43%) TestNG
5 2 (14.29%) Appium
6 1 (7.14%) Bitbucket
6 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
6 1 (7.14%) Cucumber
6 1 (7.14%) Git
6 1 (7.14%) Postman
6 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Test Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Test Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) QA Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) QA Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Manual Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Migration Manager
4 1 (7.14%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Strategy Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) JSON
1 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) DTCC
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Unix
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 7 (50.00%) Migration
3 6 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 6 (42.86%) Test Strategy
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) Integration Testing
5 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 4 (28.57%) CRM
5 4 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Defect Management
6 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Logistics
6 3 (21.43%) SDET
6 3 (21.43%) SDLC
6 3 (21.43%) Test Assurance
7 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Java
1 6 (42.86%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) C#
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) C++
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (21.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) MiFID
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix
2 1 (7.14%) Dell
2 1 (7.14%) Perfecto Mobile