ISTQB Contract Job Trends in London

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London citing ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	412	327	354
Rank change year-on-year	-85	+27	+33
Contract jobs citing ISTQB	57	54	23
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.28%	0.39%	0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.93%	1.40%	0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted	37	38	16
10^th Percentile	£343	£325	£215
25^th Percentile	£363	£356	£380
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£488	£435	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+12.07%	-8.42%	-4.04%
75^th Percentile	£550	£584	£575
90^th Percentile	£617	£708	£688
England median daily rate	£402	£425	£500
% change year-on-year	-5.41%	-15.00%	+1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£45.00	-
England median hourly rate	£60.00	£45.00	-
% change year-on-year	+33.33%	-	-

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	6,105	3,853	3,989
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	30.22%	27.63%	25.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	4,422	2,664	2,540
10^th Percentile	£363	£353	£350
25^th Percentile	£456	£435	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£538	£540
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-0.46%	-1.82%
75^th Percentile	£650	£654	£650
90^th Percentile	£738	£750	£756
England median daily rate	£538	£525	£530
% change year-on-year	+2.38%	-0.94%	-3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted	130	99	57
10^th Percentile	£19.45	£19.44	£20.30
25^th Percentile	£24.38	-	£30.00
Median hourly rate	£52.50	£25.15	£39.00
Median % change year-on-year	+108.75%	-35.51%	-27.78%
75^th Percentile	£78.75	£42.31	£60.75
90^th Percentile	£155.00	£66.46	£77.11
England median hourly rate	£48.51	£25.15	£51.72
% change year-on-year	+92.88%	-51.37%	-1.49%

ISTQB Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ISTQB Daily Rate Trend in London

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

ISTQB Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in London over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in London

ISTQB Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISTQB.

ISTQB 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 within the London region over the 6 months to 15 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-20	8	£575	-	2
West London	-	2	£355	-	1
East London	-1	1	£400	-10.11%
North London	-2	1	£525	-
ISTQB England

ISTQB Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ISTQB also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing ISTQB.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Test Automation	71.9%	41
2	Test Strategy	63.2%	36
3	QA	56.1%	32
4	Stakeholder Management	50.9%	29
5	Agile	47.4%	27
5	Defect Management	47.4%	27
5	Selenium	47.4%	27
8	End-to-End Testing	45.6%	26
9	User Acceptance Testing	43.9%	25
10	Azure	42.1%	24
10	DevOps	42.1%	24
12	SQL	36.8%	21
13	Security Cleared	35.1%	20
14	CI/CD	33.3%	19
15	Azure DevOps	31.6%	18
16	JIRA	29.8%	17
16	Regression Testing	29.8%	17
16	SC Cleared	29.8%	17
16	Software Testing	29.8%	17
16	Test Management	29.8%	17
21	Java	28.1%	16
22	Continuous Improvement	26.3%	15
22	Degree	26.3%	15
22	Python	26.3%	15
25	Integration Testing	24.6%	14
26	Non-Functional Testing	22.8%	13
26	Performance Testing	22.8%	13
26	Postman	22.8%	13
26	Test Planning	22.8%	13
30	API Testing	21.1%	12

ISTQB Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	35.1%	20
2	SC Cleared	29.8%	17
3	Degree	26.3%	15
4	ISTQB Foundation Certification	21.1%	12
5	ISEB	17.5%	10
6	AWS Certification	10.5%	6
6	ISTQB Advanced Certification	10.5%	6
8	DV Cleared	8.8%	5
9	Computer Science Degree	7.0%	4
10	Azure Certification	3.5%	2
11	BPSS Clearance	1.8%	1
11	CCNA	1.8%	1
11	CFA	1.8%	1
11	Cisco Certification	1.8%	1
11	ITIL Certification	1.8%	1
11	PRINCE2 Certification	1.8%	1