ISTQB Contract Job Trends 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 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.12% - 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.44% - 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile - - £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £568
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.12%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £384 - £568
% change year-on-year - - +35.12%

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 226 190 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 26.90% 23.49% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 143 176
10th Percentile £328 £288 £345
25th Percentile £410 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £530
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -15.09% +6.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £621
90th Percentile £675 £600 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £23.95 £27.42
25th Percentile - £36.25 £28.39
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -
75th Percentile - £42.50 £30.04
90th Percentile - £50.75 £30.06
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% +33.33% +60.00%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing ISTQB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing ISTQB

ISTQB
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 14 October 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

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

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