ISTQB Contracts in West Yorkshire

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 61 - 102
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.18% - 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% - 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +53.85%
75th Percentile - - £559
90th Percentile - - £576
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +45.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 144 191 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 26.28% 19.12% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 118 170
10th Percentile £263 £320 £374
25th Percentile £375 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £669
90th Percentile £725 £650 £738
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -7.77% -6.36% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 1
10th Percentile - £12.53 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £12.64 £61.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £15.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -76.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £28.75 - £63.75
90th Percentile - £15.17 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.00 £15.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year +40.00% -59.18% +106.23%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in West Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in West Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Leeds - 1 £450 - 1
ISTQB
Yorkshire

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Test Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA