ISTQB Contracts in the Midlands

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 144 110
Rank change year-on-year +21 -34 +5
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 15 24 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.55% 0.71% 1.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.71% 2.55% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 74
10th Percentile £295 £231 £372
25th Percentile £375 £251 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £433
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.85% +15.47%
75th Percentile £475 £450 £510
90th Percentile £538 £500 £528
England median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

ISTQB 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 878 941 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.33% 28.02% 19.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 598 662
10th Percentile £230 £255 £201
25th Percentile £325 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £550
90th Percentile £681 £699 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 67 35
10th Percentile £13.20 £10.94 £11.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.51 £13.74
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.74% -5.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £42.50 £27.94 £24.63
90th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +4.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the Midlands

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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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 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 +13 9 £400 -8.88% 5
East Midlands +19 6 £513 +105.00% 1
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (40.00%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JMeter
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (13.33%) Appium
2 2 (13.33%) Selenium
2 2 (13.33%) TestRail
2 2 (13.33%) UI Automator
2 2 (13.33%) XCUITest
3 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Test Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) QA Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Software Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Software Test Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Test Assurance Manager
5 1 (6.67%) UAT Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) UAT Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Android
1 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) DevOps
1 10 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 10 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Data Design
4 3 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (13.33%) Defect Management
5 2 (13.33%) Defect Tracking
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (13.33%) System Testing
5 2 (13.33%) User Experience
6 1 (6.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) Kotlin
2 2 (13.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) ISEB
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow