ISTQB Advanced Certification Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.037% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £463 £520 £800
% change year-on-year -11.06% -35.00% +50.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 532 268 293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 19.86% 23.82% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 171 176
10th Percentile £325 £283 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £551
90th Percentile £684 £618 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 11 26
10th Percentile £21.33 £18.51 £12.53
25th Percentile £21.33 £19.76 £13.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.08 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +66.22% -42.54%
75th Percentile - £25.15 £25.83
90th Percentile £68.75 £28.75 £63.75
England median hourly rate £48.61 £32.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year +51.91% -20.57% -26.75%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

ISTQB Advanced Certification job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing ISTQB Advanced Certification

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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
South Yorkshire - 1 - -
ISTQB Advanced Certification
England

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA