ISTQB Contracts in the East Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 66 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 7 14 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.92% 1.35% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.65% 4.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 0
10th Percentile £278 - -
25th Percentile £344 £231 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £238 -
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% - -
75th Percentile £538 £274 -
90th Percentile - £419 -
England median daily rate £525 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +12.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 264 325 272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 34.55% 31.43% 18.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 220 162
10th Percentile £167 £225 £178
25th Percentile £254 £350 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £376 £480 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +20.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £563 £625 £525
90th Percentile £659 £700 £588
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 50 20
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.95 £12.86
25th Percentile £14.72 £16.25 £17.68
Median hourly rate £20.00 £16.83 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.84% -21.72% +2.38%
75th Percentile £33.25 £25.61 £28.96
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £38.42
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.00 £36.46
% change year-on-year -23.08% +42.64% -5.31%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Leicestershire - 5 £525 -
Northamptonshire 0 1 £500 +110.53%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JMeter
2 2 (28.57%) Selenium
2 2 (28.57%) TestRail
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Test Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
4 3 (42.86%) Data Design
4 3 (42.86%) DevOps
4 3 (42.86%) Performance Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Matrix Management
6 1 (14.29%) Migration
6 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (14.29%) System Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) V-Model
6 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle