ISTQB Contract Job Trends in Leeds

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - 79
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.15% - 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% - 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile - - £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £568
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.12%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 - £568
% change year-on-year - - +35.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 208 170 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 30.54% 24.71% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 132 144
10th Percentile £350 £289 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -17.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £650
90th Percentile £650 £600 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £530
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.09% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Leeds

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Test Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA