ISTQB Contracts 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 - 114
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.079% - 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% - 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £510
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.50%
75th Percentile - - £569
90th Percentile - - £580
England median daily rate £450 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% +11.11%

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 299 313 327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.73% 18.13% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 196 228
10th Percentile £285 £313 £213
25th Percentile £386 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £551 £650
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 24 4
10th Percentile £18.51 £12.60 £14.45
25th Percentile £21.07 £13.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £15.09 £26.26
Median % change year-on-year +66.72% -42.54% +42.88%
75th Percentile - £26.12 £38.44
90th Percentile £27.67 £61.50 £53.63
England median hourly rate £28.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.76% -22.73% +32.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Yorkshire

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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 2 July 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
West Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 6
ISTQB
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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