ISTQB Contracts in the East of England

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 109 117
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.092% 0.16% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.52% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £404 £431
25th Percentile - £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -12.50% +16.82%
75th Percentile - £484 £663
90th Percentile - £501 £700
England median daily rate £450 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 365 579 679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.52% 30.09% 34.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 214 340
10th Percentile £178 £220 £260
25th Percentile £225 £336 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £600 £675 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 214 161
10th Percentile £15.53 £14.48 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £41.38 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.17% +97.06% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £64.25 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.60 £72.28 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.60 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.71% -22.73% +32.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Hertfordshire +22 1 £600 +37.14% 9
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (100.00%) SAP ERP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAP PI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow