ISTQB Contract Job Trends in the Channel Islands

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > Channel Islands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Channel Islands with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Channel Islands 22.22% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £440 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -7.37% -5.00% +5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Channel Islands

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 the Channel Islands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Channel Islands 33.33% 25.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £416 -
25th Percentile £425 £422 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -
75th Percentile £475 £447 -
90th Percentile - £449 -
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in the Channel Islands

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in the Channel Islands

ISTQB
Contract Job Locations in the Channel Islands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Channel Islands region over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. 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
Guernsey - 2 £450 -
Jersey - 2 £450 -
ISTQB
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Channel Islands 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Test Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB