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 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.23% 0.45% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 1.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £363 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £350 £363 -
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -

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 170 91 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 39.53% 40.81% 34.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 68 25
10th Percentile £313 £305 £395
25th Percentile £400 £361 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -12.73% -2.65%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £625 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £470 £525
% change year-on-year -4.26% -10.48% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 7
10th Percentile £51.13 - £16.40
25th Percentile £55.00 £46.25 £21.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile - - £60.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £65.00 £11.64 £20.00
% change year-on-year +458.42% -41.80% -

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
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 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
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 Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SFIA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
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