ISTQB Advanced Certification Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.093% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 204 51 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 19.07% 13.56% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 37 38
10th Percentile £399 £316 £397
25th Percentile £449 £358 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £447 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% -14.86% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £576
90th Percentile £688 £620 £658
South Yorkshire median daily rate £513 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +13.89% -14.29% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 0
10th Percentile £21.33 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.30% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.50 -
% change year-on-year +39.30% - -

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

ISTQB Advanced Certification job vacancy trend in Sheffield

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA