ISTQB Advanced Certification Contracts in the North East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 37 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.35% 0.41% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.92% 1.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% - -
England median daily rate £533 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +6.50% -13.04% +15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 109 90 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 38.52% 36.59% 31.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 41 57
10th Percentile £188 £345 £280
25th Percentile £419 £383 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £720
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 6
10th Percentile £22.18 £26.45 £18.00
25th Percentile £27.15 £46.18 £18.19
Median hourly rate £35.44 £48.09 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +84.96% -50.48%
75th Percentile £43.72 £70.00 £43.07
90th Percentile £48.69 - £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in the North East

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing ISTQB Advanced Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing ISTQB Advanced Certification

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £525 -
ISTQB Advanced Certification
England

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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