ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Luton

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton 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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.73% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £72 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 25 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 29.48% 28.74% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 30
10th Percentile £70 - £363
25th Percentile £463 £121 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £584 - £569
90th Percentile £600 - £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 1
10th Percentile £60.50 £51.65 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £68.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £68.21 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +45.45% -26.67%
75th Percentile £73.46 £88.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.69 £90.70 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £66.61 £41.50 £31.80
% change year-on-year +60.49% +30.50% -51.82%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Luton

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
ISTQB Foundation Certification jobs