ISTQB Advanced Certification Contracts in the Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 173 167
Rank change year-on-year +39 -6 -18
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 3 3 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.085% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.30% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 29
10th Percentile - £434 £395
25th Percentile £413 £440 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +0.30%
75th Percentile £438 - £524
90th Percentile - - £537
England median daily rate £650 £525 £505
% change year-on-year +23.81% +3.96% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 888 1,010 1,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.40% 28.51% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 633 689
10th Percentile £217 £250 £205
25th Percentile £325 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £562
90th Percentile £675 £686 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 78 37
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.00 £11.05
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.09 £13.73
Median hourly rate £24.65 £18.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.47% -6.25% +15.94%
75th Percentile £42.50 £26.45 £24.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £39.92 £52.00 £35.10
% change year-on-year -23.23% +48.15% -9.82%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in the Midlands

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in the Midlands

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
West Midlands - 3 £425 - 1
ISTQB Advanced Certification
England

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow