ISTQB Contract Job Trends 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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -34 - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.63% 1.11% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 1.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £358 - -
25th Percentile £359 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £507 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.21% - -
75th Percentile £360 - -
90th Percentile £360 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £359 £507 -
% change year-on-year -29.21% - -

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 187 54 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 58.99% 60.00% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 46 5
10th Percentile £427 £314 £340
25th Percentile £481 £434 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £487 £410
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% +18.78% -21.46%
75th Percentile £538 £527 £450
90th Percentile £562 £540 -
Shropshire median daily rate £515 £484 £410
% change year-on-year +6.40% +18.05% -21.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £23.20 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £25.15 £23.60 -
% change year-on-year +6.57% - -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Telford

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing ISTQB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) webMethods