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 with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 359 390
Rank change year-on-year +34 +31 +105
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 57 22 36
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.42% 0.55% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 14 27
10th Percentile £331 £211 £410
25th Percentile £356 £277 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £495
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -6.57% +7.61%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £555
90th Percentile £705 £693 £610
England median daily rate £429 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -14.25% +1.01% +15.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +305.56%

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,021 4,017 4,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.99% 25.56% 23.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,807 2,556 3,049
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £666
90th Percentile £745 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 53 94
10th Percentile £19.38 £20.25 £19.33
25th Percentile - £27.00 £23.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.75 £65.59
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.20 £85.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.19% -5.71% +16.67%

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 job vacancy trend in London

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in London

ISTQB
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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 6 December 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 - 7 £543 - 3
East London - 2 £445 - 1
North London - 1 - -
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (12.28%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Algo Collateral
2 2 (3.51%) Aladdin
2 2 (3.51%) Eagle PACE
2 2 (3.51%) Markit EDM
2 2 (3.51%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.75%) Cerner Millennium
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.75%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.09%) Azure
2 13 (22.81%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (12.28%) AWS
4 6 (10.53%) GitHub
5 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.26%) Tricentis Tosca
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.51%) PaaS
7 2 (3.51%) SaaS
7 2 (3.51%) Serverless
7 2 (3.51%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (1.75%) BrowserStack
8 1 (1.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.75%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.75%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (56.14%) JIRA
2 21 (36.84%) Selenium
3 9 (15.79%) TestRail
4 7 (12.28%) JMeter
5 6 (10.53%) Cucumber
5 6 (10.53%) Jenkins
6 5 (8.77%) JUnit
6 5 (8.77%) Zephyr
7 3 (5.26%) Appium
7 3 (5.26%) Cypress.io
7 3 (5.26%) Locust
7 3 (5.26%) MSTest
7 3 (5.26%) NUnit
7 3 (5.26%) Postman
7 3 (5.26%) WebDriver
8 2 (3.51%) Git
8 2 (3.51%) SpecFlow
8 2 (3.51%) TestNG
9 1 (1.75%) GitLab
9 1 (1.75%) TestComplete
General
1 27 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 20 (35.09%) Finance
3 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.28%) Banking
5 6 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 5 (8.77%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Front Office
7 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Billing
8 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.75%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.75%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) Tester
2 11 (19.30%) Senior
3 9 (15.79%) Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Lead
3 9 (15.79%) Test Leader
3 9 (15.79%) Test Manager
4 8 (14.04%) Test Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Automation Tester
5 7 (12.28%) QA Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Test Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) QA Tester
7 5 (8.77%) Senior Automation Tester
7 5 (8.77%) Senior Tester
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Test Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Integration Tester
9 2 (3.51%) QA Automation Tester
9 2 (3.51%) Salesforce Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Salesforce Tester
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.79%) REST
2 8 (14.04%) SOAP
3 6 (10.53%) XML
4 4 (7.02%) JSON
4 4 (7.02%) Web Services
5 3 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (5.26%) Playwright
6 2 (3.51%) Gherkin
6 2 (3.51%) OpenAPI
6 2 (3.51%) RESTful
6 2 (3.51%) Swagger
7 1 (1.75%) .NET
7 1 (1.75%) ADO
7 1 (1.75%) EDI
7 1 (1.75%) FHIR
7 1 (1.75%) React Native
7 1 (1.75%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.77%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.51%) Derivative
4 2 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.51%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.75%) AS400
5 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.75%) iSeries
5 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.75%) NHS
5 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Tandem
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Android
1 4 (7.02%) Apple iOS
1 4 (7.02%) Linux
1 4 (7.02%) Unix
2 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (59.65%) Agile
1 34 (59.65%) Test Automation
2 26 (45.61%) DevOps
3 20 (35.09%) Test Strategy
4 18 (31.58%) User Acceptance Testing
5 17 (29.82%) Test Management
6 16 (28.07%) End-to-End Testing
7 14 (24.56%) CI/CD
7 14 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (24.56%) Validation
8 13 (22.81%) Defect Management
8 13 (22.81%) Test Scripting
9 12 (21.05%) Regression Testing
9 12 (21.05%) Software Testing
10 11 (19.30%) System Integration Testing
10 11 (19.30%) Test Planning
11 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (15.79%) Integration Testing
12 9 (15.79%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.84%) SQL
2 7 (12.28%) Java
3 6 (10.53%) C#
3 6 (10.53%) Python
4 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.51%) Ruby
6 1 (1.75%) C
6 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (24.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 9 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
4 7 (12.28%) Degree
5 6 (10.53%) ISEB
6 2 (3.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.75%) CBAP
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.75%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (45.61%) QA
2 3 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.51%) GDPR
3 2 (3.51%) SLA
4 1 (1.75%) HL7
4 1 (1.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.75%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (15.79%) HP
2 6 (10.53%) Oracle
3 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.77%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.26%) SmartStream
5 2 (3.51%) GoldenSource
5 2 (3.51%) IBM
5 2 (3.51%) SAP
5 2 (3.51%) Workday
6 1 (1.75%) Apple
6 1 (1.75%) Cerner
6 1 (1.75%) Duck Creek
6 1 (1.75%) Google
6 1 (1.75%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.75%) webMethods