ISTQB Advanced Certification Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 485 603
Rank change year-on-year +94 +118 -151
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 5 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.028% 0.041% 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.19% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile £555 £512 £573
25th Percentile £638 £527 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £575 £675
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -14.81% +42.86%
75th Percentile £825 £850 £994
90th Percentile - - £1,178
England median daily rate £650 £533 £505
% change year-on-year +21.95% +5.54% +1.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,285 5,817 6,716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.06% 21.57% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,894 3,918 4,561
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.87% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 80 151
10th Percentile £14.60 £19.94 £23.00
25th Percentile £20.29 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.25 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.84% +6.74% +23.34%
75th Percentile £43.50 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £82.55 £65.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.75%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in London

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in London

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Advanced Certification in London

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (40.00%) JUnit
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Validation Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Presales
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) BT