ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Poole

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
Dorset > Poole

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Poole with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Poole 14.29% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Dorset median daily rate £350 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Poole

ISTQB Foundation 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 Poole.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Poole 28.57% 40.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £378 £563 -
25th Percentile £419 £581 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £594 £681 £575
90th Percentile £643 £708 -
Dorset median daily rate £525 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -4.55% -15.38% +23.81%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Poole.

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Poole

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole 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%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA