ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in London

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 382 477
Rank change year-on-year +34 +95 +74
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 5 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.050% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 11
10th Percentile £340 £315 £363
25th Percentile £381 £338 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £425 £454
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -6.39% -9.20%
75th Percentile £450 £519 £538
90th Percentile £488 £553 £650
England median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +16.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £52.00
England median hourly rate - £32.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year - -37.50% +144.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in London.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +2 1 £450 -10.00% 2
ISTQB Foundation Certification
England

ISTQB Foundation 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Genesys
1 1 (20.00%) Mitel