ISTQB Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
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 qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 27 24
Rank change year-on-year -15 -3 +36
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.75% 1.16% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.94% 2.78% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £368 £334 -
25th Percentile £394 £346 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £368 £363
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +1.38% -3.33%
75th Percentile £481 £389 £369
90th Percentile £508 £402 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £368 £363
% change year-on-year +19.05% +1.38% -3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 72 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 38.87% 41.86% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 41 30
10th Percentile £170 £313 £368
25th Percentile £400 £350 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -23.64% -3.51%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £720
90th Percentile £705 £720 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £474 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +11.47% -22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile £46.53 £37.20 -
25th Percentile £49.56 £50.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £70.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +268.42% -
75th Percentile £54.06 - £23.63
90th Percentile £54.63 - £29.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.50 £70.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +268.42% -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISTQB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

ISTQB
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in Newcastle upon Tyne

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) Gatling
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) TestRail
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) QA Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SFIA
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) QA