ISTQB Contracts in Cheshire

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 57 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.22% - 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% - 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile - - £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £406
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.27%
75th Percentile - - £462
90th Percentile - - £491
North West median daily rate £475 - £363
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £83.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 123 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 28.73% 24.40% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 83 96
10th Percentile £230 £132 £283
25th Percentile £325 £344 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% -10.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £522 £538 £575
90th Percentile £582 £672 £665
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £28.43 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £36.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -65.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £85.63 £26.66 £65.75
90th Percentile £86.00 - £66.50
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Cheshire 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
Crewe - 1 - -
ISTQB
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP