ISTQB Advanced Certification Contracts in England

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification 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 534 631 709
Rank change year-on-year +97 +78 -127
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 9 27 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.053% 0.097%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.077% 0.19% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 23 55
10th Percentile £439 - £402
25th Percentile £478 £450 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £505
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +3.96% +1.00%
75th Percentile £825 £738 £532
90th Percentile - £850 £588
UK median daily rate £520 £529 £504
% change year-on-year -1.70% +5.01% +0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ISTQB Advanced Certification 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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,704 14,154 15,549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.45% 27.63% 21.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,213 9,475 10,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.36% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 962 773 698
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.00 £36.46
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +42.64% -5.31%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.82 £80.25 £67.08
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year -25.93% +35.92% -0.25%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in England

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in England

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Advanced Certification in England

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in England

ISTQB Advanced 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 Advanced Certification within the England 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
London +101 5 £800 +45.45%
Midlands +35 3 £425 -5.56% 1
West Midlands - 3 £425 - 1
South West +24 1 - -
ISTQB Advanced Certification
UK

ISTQB Advanced 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) Cucumber
2 2 (22.22%) JUnit
2 2 (22.22%) Selenium
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Test Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Validation Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Head of Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Test Assurance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Test Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Test Assurance
3 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (22.22%) Functional Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) BT
1 3 (33.33%) HP
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow