ISTQB Contracts in Hampshire

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 83 79
Rank change year-on-year +25 -4 +41
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 14 22 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.85% 1.35% 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.32% 2.05% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 19
10th Percentile £359 - £493
25th Percentile £493 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +7.48%
75th Percentile £575 £610 £597
90th Percentile - - £621
South East median daily rate £450 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 422 1,074 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 55.75% 65.93% 56.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 629 477
10th Percentile £375 £425 £248
25th Percentile £483 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £626
90th Percentile £651 £744 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £524
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.01% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 75 55
10th Percentile £20.07 £22.21 £20.47
25th Percentile £24.66 £53.40 £51.25
Median hourly rate £61.50 £57.35 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -7.50% +30.53%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.01 £73.11
90th Percentile - £82.67 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £59.45
% change year-on-year -1.05% -3.54% +33.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Hampshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in Hampshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Southampton - 3 £348 - 1
Winchester - 1 £500 - 1
Farnborough - 1 £475 -
Hook - 1 £500 -
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (14.29%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) TestRail
2 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
1 9 (64.29%) Test Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Test Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) QA Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Senior QA Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Test Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Testing Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Agile
1 10 (71.43%) Test Management
2 7 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (21.43%) Manual Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Line Management
5 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 2 (14.29%) User Stories
6 1 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 1 (7.14%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) Data Collection
6 1 (7.14%) Defect Management
6 1 (7.14%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.14%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) DV Cleared
1 10 (71.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA