ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Winchester

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
Hampshire > Winchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Winchester with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Winchester 5.26% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £605 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile £615 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Winchester

ISTQB Foundation 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 Winchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14 5 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Winchester 73.68% 25.00% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 32
10th Percentile £263 £426 £357
25th Percentile £303 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £500 £522
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% -4.12% +22.71%
75th Percentile £438 £614 £600
90th Percentile £583 £617 £634
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £550 £597
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.83% +13.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.32
Median hourly rate - - £18.97
75th Percentile - - £19.62
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +118.69% -56.15% -8.24%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Winchester

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Winchester

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Winchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Winchester citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Winchester citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Winchester 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
ISTQB Foundation Certification jobs