ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in England

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 510 599
Rank change year-on-year +59 +89 +37
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 41 35 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.094% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.31% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 28 39
10th Percentile £309 £337 £313
25th Percentile £356 £352 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.68% +4.76% +22.09%
75th Percentile £503 £582 £584
90th Percentile £538 £610 £638
UK median daily rate £418 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -20.33% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.43
Median hourly rate - - £23.86
75th Percentile - - £38.14
90th Percentile - - £46.46
UK median hourly rate - - £23.86
% change year-on-year - - +44.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,202 11,364 13,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.93% 30.49% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,173 7,050 8,689
10th Percentile £281 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.81% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 986 641
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +34.38%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.38 £77.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.53 £40.97 £55.25
% change year-on-year -32.80% -25.85% +24.16%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in England.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in England.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East +41 28 £450 -18.18% 12
London +41 5 £411 -13.37% 11
South West - 5 £325 - 7
Midlands +10 2 £382 +7.62% 8
West Midlands - 2 £382 - 6
East of England +24 1 £313 -20.63% 5
ISTQB Foundation Certification
UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Stack
3 2 (4.88%) SaaS
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Functions
4 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) LAN
1 15 (36.59%) WAN
2 14 (34.15%) ATM
2 14 (34.15%) Ethernet
2 14 (34.15%) Frame Relay
2 14 (34.15%) GPRS
2 14 (34.15%) GSM
2 14 (34.15%) LTE
2 14 (34.15%) MPLS
2 14 (34.15%) SAN
2 14 (34.15%) SDH
2 14 (34.15%) UMTS
2 14 (34.15%) VPN
2 14 (34.15%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.44%) Firewall
3 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.44%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) TestRail
2 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 4 (9.76%) Toad
3 2 (4.88%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.44%) ClearCase
4 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.44%) Git
4 1 (2.44%) GitLab
4 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.44%) JUnit
4 1 (2.44%) Selenium
4 1 (2.44%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.44%) SpecFlow
General
1 19 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 15 (36.59%) Telecoms
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Analyst
1 19 (46.34%) Test Analyst
2 18 (43.90%) Test Engineer
3 13 (31.71%) IP Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Network Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
5 4 (9.76%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) SAP Test Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Tester
6 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) IP Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) IP Network Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Manual Tester
7 2 (4.88%) Network Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) XML
2 1 (2.44%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) RESTful
2 1 (2.44%) SOAP
2 1 (2.44%) Web Services
2 1 (2.44%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (34.15%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.88%) EPoS
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (43.90%) Unix
2 15 (36.59%) Linux
3 4 (9.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (53.66%) Test Strategy
2 16 (39.02%) Agile
2 16 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (39.02%) Regression Testing
3 14 (34.15%) Fault Management
3 14 (34.15%) Project Management
4 10 (24.39%) Test Automation
5 9 (21.95%) Test Management
5 9 (21.95%) Test Scripting
6 8 (19.51%) Software Testing
6 8 (19.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (17.07%) Defect Management
7 7 (17.07%) Requirements Analysis
8 6 (14.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 6 (14.63%) System Integration Testing
9 5 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (12.20%) Integration Testing
9 5 (12.20%) Validation
10 4 (9.76%) CI/CD
10 4 (9.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (48.78%) Java
2 6 (14.63%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 39 (95.12%) ISTQB
2 24 (58.54%) ISEB
3 17 (41.46%) Security Cleared
4 14 (34.15%) CCNP
4 14 (34.15%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
6 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
7 3 (7.32%) Degree
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.44%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (36.59%) Cisco
3 14 (34.15%) Juniper
4 5 (12.20%) webMethods
5 4 (9.76%) Oracle
5 4 (9.76%) SAP
6 2 (4.88%) IBM
7 1 (2.44%) Compaq
7 1 (2.44%) Genesys
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) Mitel
7 1 (2.44%) Terracotta