ISTQB Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Farnborough with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.50% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 113 41 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 55.94% 50.62% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 35 61
10th Percentile £414 £445 £300
25th Percentile £470 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% +18.23%
75th Percentile £606 £634 £667
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £554 £592
% change year-on-year -0.77% -6.34% +7.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £77.63 -
25th Percentile - £77.81 £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £81.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% +170.83% -50.00%
75th Percentile - £85.31 £32.50
90th Percentile - £85.88 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.64% -41.67% -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISTQB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Farnborough

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing ISTQB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy