ISTQB Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tower Hamlets with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 1.79% - 1.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.09% - 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - £495
East London median daily rate £445 - £495

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11 26 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 19.64% 41.27% 18.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 24
10th Percentile £397 £250 £495
25th Percentile £560 £292 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £528 £630
Median % change year-on-year +27.96% -16.27% +10.77%
75th Percentile £750 £593 £663
90th Percentile £880 £645 £744
East London median daily rate £675 £474 £600
% change year-on-year +42.56% -21.08% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55.75 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - -
75th Percentile £60.63 - -
90th Percentile £61.75 - -
East London median hourly rate £58.75 - -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing ISTQB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Canary Wharf - 1 £445 -
ISTQB
East London

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Automation Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA