ISTQB Contracts in the South East

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 174 188
Rank change year-on-year +40 +14 -9
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 29 30 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.88% 0.53% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.20% 1.19% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 24
10th Percentile £361 £350 £376
25th Percentile £438 £458 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £583
90th Percentile £575 £610 £617
England median daily rate £450 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +1.25% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

ISTQB 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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,318 2,531 2,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.09% 44.56% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1,475 1,352
10th Percentile £263 £350 £300
25th Percentile £409 £450 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £648 £623
90th Percentile £663 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 225 131
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.80 £19.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £26.73 £42.50
Median hourly rate £46.90 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.22% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.69 £71.26
90th Percentile £80.50 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Thames Valley +33 16 £450 -12.20% 12
Berkshire +34 15 £450 -13.25% 4
Hampshire +26 10 £525 -4.55% 6
West Sussex - 3 £373 - 2
Buckinghamshire +9 1 - - 5
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Azure Stack
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (48.28%) ATM
1 14 (48.28%) Ethernet
1 14 (48.28%) Frame Relay
1 14 (48.28%) GPRS
1 14 (48.28%) GSM
1 14 (48.28%) LAN
1 14 (48.28%) LTE
1 14 (48.28%) MPLS
1 14 (48.28%) SAN
1 14 (48.28%) SDH
1 14 (48.28%) UMTS
1 14 (48.28%) VPN
1 14 (48.28%) WAN
1 14 (48.28%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) TestRail
2 5 (17.24%) JIRA
3 3 (10.34%) Toad
General
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 14 (48.28%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Test Engineer
2 13 (44.83%) IP Engineer
3 12 (41.38%) Analyst
3 12 (41.38%) Test Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) SAP Test Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) IP Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Network Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Coordinator
7 1 (3.45%) Test Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (48.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Unix
2 14 (48.28%) Linux
3 3 (10.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Test Strategy
2 16 (55.17%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (48.28%) Fault Management
3 14 (48.28%) Project Management
3 14 (48.28%) Regression Testing
4 9 (31.03%) Agile
4 9 (31.03%) Test Management
5 6 (20.69%) Requirements Analysis
5 6 (20.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (13.79%) Test Automation
6 4 (13.79%) Test Scripting
7 3 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (10.34%) Defect Management
7 3 (10.34%) Validation
8 2 (6.90%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (6.90%) End-to-End Testing
8 2 (6.90%) System Integration Testing
8 2 (6.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (3.45%) Integration Testing
9 1 (3.45%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Java
2 4 (13.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (93.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 18 (62.07%) ISEB
3 14 (48.28%) CCNP
3 14 (48.28%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
5 9 (31.03%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) Cisco
2 14 (48.28%) Juniper
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
3 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) webMethods