ISTQB Contracts in Surrey

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 0.34% 1.19% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.97% 3.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 -
South East median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £20.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £20.50 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 189 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 34.56% 32.20% 26.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 136 105
10th Percentile £231 £294 £307
25th Percentile £403 £448 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +11.22%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £700
90th Percentile £666 £700 £750
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 24 29
10th Percentile £24.18 - £38.43
25th Percentile £25.15 £11.71 £42.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.80 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.30% -60.44% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £23.00 £58.77
90th Percentile £62.50 £55.25 £62.79
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Surrey

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Surrey

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Staines -1 1 - -
ISTQB
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) QA Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance