ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in the Thames Valley

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 145 153
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -36
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 2 1 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.074% 0.034% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.098% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 15
10th Percentile - - £256
25th Percentile £525 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £280 £350
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -20.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £575 - £463
90th Percentile - - £575
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £407
% change year-on-year +4.76% +28.99% +0.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

ISTQB Foundation Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,117 1,020 979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.34% 34.82% 28.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 695 671
10th Percentile £213 £317 £256
25th Percentile £413 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 45 29
10th Percentile £18.40 £20.10 £17.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £27.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.24% -
75th Percentile £70.50 £74.79 £43.75
90th Percentile £87.09 £80.25 £70.08
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.32 £44.73
% change year-on-year +0.05% +28.17% +11.81%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the Thames Valley

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the Thames Valley

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the Thames Valley

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -12 2 £550 +96.43%
ISTQB Foundation Certification
South East

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) V-Model
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe