ISTQB Advanced Certification Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.49% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £525 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newcastle upon Tyne

ISTQB Advanced 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 89 52 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 43.84% 35.14% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 35 50
10th Percentile £400 £350 £280
25th Percentile £430 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £597 £575 £709
90th Percentile £670 £680 £723
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £480 £450 £538
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.28% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - £37.20 -
25th Percentile - £50.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £52.00 £70.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +268.42% -
75th Percentile - - £23.63
90th Percentile - - £29.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.00 £70.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -25.71% +268.42% -

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing ISTQB Advanced Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in Newcastle upon Tyne

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing ISTQB Advanced Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing ISTQB Advanced Certification

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA