ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Solihull

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Solihull 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 6 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 2.38% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £550 £338
% change year-on-year -18.18% +62.96% -20.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12 11 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 28.57% 50.00% 48.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 9
10th Percentile £253 £242 £342
25th Percentile £366 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -11.11% +59.29%
75th Percentile £609 £438 £813
90th Percentile £629 £468 -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £26.13 £31.50
% change year-on-year -27.77% -17.06% +61.54%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Solihull

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) UAT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) UAT Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft