ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in Telford

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 1.74% - 6.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.26% - 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £361 - £415
25th Percentile £368 - £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 - £427
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.31%
75th Percentile £393 - £456
90th Percentile £398 - £497
Shropshire median daily rate £382 - £427
% change year-on-year - - +5.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Telford

ISTQB Foundation 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 Telford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 90 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 40.87% 70.87% 53.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 71 40
10th Percentile £317 £350 £425
25th Percentile £439 £365 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £510 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% -5.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £537 £536 £543
90th Percentile £552 £538 £573
Shropshire median daily rate £512 £510 £540
% change year-on-year +0.39% -5.56% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -74.55% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate - £14.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -74.55% +323.08%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in Telford

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in Telford.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in Telford

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) webMethods