ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in the South East

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 199 237
Rank change year-on-year +23 +38 -41
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 25 19 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.46% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 0.90% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 22
10th Percentile £385 £489 £331
25th Percentile £525 £513 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £403
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +39.75% -2.42%
75th Percentile £603 £602 £497
90th Percentile £610 £621 £552
England median daily rate £550 £525 £428
% change year-on-year +4.76% +22.66% +7.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

ISTQB Foundation Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,437 2,100 2,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.44% 36.89% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,411 1,371 1,568
10th Percentile £329 £300 £313
25th Percentile £445 £422 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £620 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 142 83
10th Percentile £17.13 £20.47 £18.55
25th Percentile £26.39 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.55 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +33.21% +9.19%
75th Percentile £67.01 £68.75 £53.88
90th Percentile £85.65 £75.00 £67.11
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the South East

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the South East

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the South East

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the South East

ISTQB Foundation Certification
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 Foundation Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Hampshire +1 20 £550 -2.22%
Surrey - 3 £350 - 1
Thames Valley - 2 £550 -
Berkshire - 2 £550 -
ISTQB Foundation Certification
England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
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 (12.00%) Confluence
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 24 (96.00%) TestRail
2 4 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (12.00%) Automotive
2 1 (4.00%) Marketing
2 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (88.00%) Analyst
2 21 (84.00%) Test Analyst
3 20 (80.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Systems Test Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Unix Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Unix Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) JIRA Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) QA Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Agile
1 25 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 21 (84.00%) Continuous Integration
2 21 (84.00%) Test Management
3 14 (56.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 13 (52.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Scrum
5 4 (16.00%) SDLC
6 3 (12.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Exploratory Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Functional Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
6 3 (12.00%) TDD
7 1 (4.00%) Agile Testing
7 1 (4.00%) Black-Box Testing
7 1 (4.00%) Compatibility Testing
7 1 (4.00%) Software Testing
7 1 (4.00%) Test Planning
7 1 (4.00%) User Experience
7 1 (4.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) Shell Script
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 21 (84.00%) DV Cleared
2 21 (84.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) HNC
3 3 (12.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe