ISTQB Advanced Certification Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 0.18% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £507 £425
% change year-on-year +8.38% +19.40% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warwickshire

ISTQB Advanced 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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 164 100 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 29.55% 34.60% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 65 40
10th Percentile £309 £383 £266
25th Percentile £363 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £551 £463
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +19.14% -13.95%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £677
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £484 £450
% change year-on-year +0.21% +7.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile £15.80 £19.25 £19.30
25th Percentile £19.25 £22.05 £22.24
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.86% -9.74% -46.97%
75th Percentile £25.39 £35.00 £39.92
90th Percentile £25.62 £38.49 £40.69
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.58 £24.09 £28.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% -15.47% +42.50%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

ISTQB Advanced Certification job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Police
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
ISTQB Advanced Certification jobs