ISTQB Contracts in Telford

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 26 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 3 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 2.78% - 6.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.67% - 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £412 - £416
25th Percentile £428 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 - £422
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.31%
75th Percentile £481 - £427
90th Percentile £497 - £430
Shropshire median daily rate £455 - £422
% change year-on-year - - -2.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 87 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 41.67% 74.36% 53.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 68 65
10th Percentile £360 £350 £420
25th Percentile £450 £360 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £501 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% -7.27% +8.00%
75th Percentile £537 £536 -
90th Percentile £552 £538 £558
Shropshire median daily rate £512 £501 £540
% change year-on-year +2.25% -7.27% +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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Telford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Telford

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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 (66.67%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (66.67%) Bitbucket
2 2 (66.67%) CA Gen
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) Toad
General
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) QA Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) COBOL
3 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) webMethods