ISTQB Advanced Certification Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 100 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.085% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 219 66 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.67% 15.10% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 41 41
10th Percentile £401 £306 £375
25th Percentile £450 £358 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £576
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 0
10th Percentile £21.33 - -
25th Percentile £21.55 - -
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.30% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £25.08 £15.09
% change year-on-year +2.77% +66.22% -42.54%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

ISTQB Advanced Certification job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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
Sheffield - 1 - -
ISTQB Advanced Certification
Yorkshire

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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