ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Salisbury

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Salisbury 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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Salisbury 1.23% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £375 £315 -
% change year-on-year +19.05% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 73 61 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Salisbury 90.12% 88.41% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 32 34
10th Percentile £253 £216 £300
25th Percentile £425 £322 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 £473 £538
Median % change year-on-year +37.98% -11.95% -0.19%
75th Percentile £706 £575 £620
90th Percentile £975 £601 £714
Wiltshire median daily rate £570 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +3.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 - -
Median hourly rate £17.12 - -
75th Percentile £18.69 - -
90th Percentile £19.64 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £20.51 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -65.83% +14.29% -19.85%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Salisbury

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Salisbury

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Salisbury citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Salisbury citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM