ISTQB Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	156	116	-
Rank change year-on-year	-40	-	-
Contract jobs citing ISTQB	7	10	0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	0.24%	0.60%	-
As % of the Qualifications category	1.13%	2.40%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	3	10	0
10^th Percentile	£328	£316	-
25^th Percentile	£351	£323	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£390	£378	-
Median % change year-on-year	+3.11%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£533	£469	-
90^th Percentile	£618	£532	-
England median daily rate	£405	£438	£500
% change year-on-year	-7.43%	-12.50%	+1.01%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Yorkshire.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	618	417	307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	21.51%	24.94%	21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	396	287	208
10^th Percentile	£334	£300	£220
25^th Percentile	£420	£400	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£490	£500	£475
Median % change year-on-year	-2.00%	+5.26%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£566	£575	£574
90^th Percentile	£688	£680	£650
England median daily rate	£536	£525	£529
% change year-on-year	+2.00%	-0.76%	-3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted	70	19	10
10^th Percentile	£17.00	£17.86	£15.35
25^th Percentile	£21.33	£23.16	£23.04
Median hourly rate	£23.76	£25.15	£40.00
Median % change year-on-year	-5.53%	-37.13%	+33.33%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	-	£54.38
90^th Percentile	£43.96	-	£63.75
England median hourly rate	£47.77	£25.15	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+89.94%	-52.10%	-1.87%

ISTQB Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

ISTQB Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

ISTQB Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in Yorkshire

ISTQB 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 within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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	-29	3	£675	+78.45%	3
West Yorkshire	-	3	£390	-	1
ISTQB England

ISTQB Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ISTQB also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for ISTQB.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	71.4%	5
1	Defect Management	71.4%	5
1	JIRA	71.4%	5
1	Stakeholder Management	71.4%	5
5	Continuous Improvement	57.1%	4
5	ISTQB Advanced Certification	57.1%	4
5	ISTQB Foundation Certification	57.1%	4
5	QA	57.1%	4
5	Test Strategy	57.1%	4
10	CI/CD	42.9%	3
10	Confluence	42.9%	3
10	DevSecOps	42.9%	3
10	Git	42.9%	3
10	Roadmaps	42.9%	3
10	Test Automation	42.9%	3
10	User Acceptance Testing	42.9%	3
17	Accessibility	28.6%	2
17	Azure	28.6%	2
17	Azure DevOps	28.6%	2
17	Cybersecurity	28.6%	2
17	DevOps	28.6%	2
17	Manual Testing	28.6%	2
17	Objectives and Key Results	28.6%	2
17	Performance Testing	28.6%	2
17	Regression Testing	28.6%	2
17	Remediation Plan	28.6%	2
17	SC Cleared	28.6%	2
17	Security Cleared	28.6%	2
17	System Integration Testing	28.6%	2
17	System Testing	28.6%	2

ISTQB Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISTQB Advanced Certification	57.1%	4
1	ISTQB Foundation Certification	57.1%	4
3	SC Cleared	28.6%	2
3	Security Cleared	28.6%	2
5	Degree	14.3%	1