ISTQB Contracts in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 161 176
Rank change year-on-year +48 +15 -23
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 11 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.51% 0.25% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.51% 1.29% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 7
10th Percentile £444 £438 £400
25th Percentile £478 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -1.04% -6.34%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £507
90th Percentile £625 £560 £540
Central London median daily rate £525 £475 £465
% change year-on-year +10.53% +2.10% -9.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 439 696 797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.26% 19.60% 18.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 407 522
10th Percentile £368 £370 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £718 £649
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 18
10th Percentile - £18.06 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £28.56
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +15.73% +71.15%
75th Percentile £24.20 £53.75 £57.88
90th Percentile £25.88 £71.75 £67.55
Central London median hourly rate £25.99 £51.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -49.54% +15.73% +122.50%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the City of London

ISTQB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the City of London

ISTQB
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Boomi
1 1 (9.09%) BrowserStack
1 1 (9.09%) Miro
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
1 1 (9.09%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
1 5 (45.45%) Selenium
2 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (18.18%) Appium
3 2 (18.18%) JUnit
3 2 (18.18%) REST Assured
3 2 (18.18%) TestNG
4 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
4 1 (9.09%) Burp Suite
4 1 (9.09%) Cucumber
4 1 (9.09%) Git
4 1 (9.09%) Postman
4 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Test Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) QA Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) QA Leader
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Manual Tester
4 1 (9.09%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Strategy Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) JSON
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) DTCC
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Unix
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Test Scripting
3 4 (36.36%) Integration Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) Functional Testing
4 3 (27.27%) SDLC
4 3 (27.27%) Test Assurance
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Defect Management
5 2 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Logistics
5 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Test Management
5 2 (18.18%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Java
1 5 (45.45%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) C#
4 1 (9.09%) C++
4 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) ISEB
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) MiFID
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Citrix
2 1 (9.09%) Dell
2 1 (9.09%) Perfecto Mobile