ISTQB Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.86% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - £625 £438
% change year-on-year - +42.86% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.81 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £60.81 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 111 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 29.60% 52.86% 51.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 35 54
10th Percentile £373 £500 £336
25th Percentile £425 £525 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +18.28%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £723 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £507 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 58 73
10th Percentile £32.19 £22.18 £38.40
25th Percentile £48.84 £33.87 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% - -31.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.63 £85.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £60.81 £42.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +43.08% -1.16% -28.33%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Stevenage

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Testing Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
ISTQB jobs