ISTQB Contracts in London

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 429 493
Rank change year-on-year +76 +64 -86
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 37 64 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.89% 1.14% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 45 79
10th Percentile £408 £370 £363
25th Percentile £453 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £466
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +12.66% +8.37%
75th Percentile £675 £619 £563
90th Percentile £738 £656 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +215.15% -
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.50 £63.50 £34.98
% change year-on-year -67.72% +81.56% -31.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

ISTQB is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,151 5,617 6,716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.78% 21.71% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,821 3,812 4,594
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 78 149
10th Percentile £14.19 £19.82 £24.35
25th Percentile £19.98 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £45.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.75% +1.69% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £64.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £84.88 £65.93
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in London.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Central London +38 11 £525 +10.53% 1
West London +21 1 £567 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Windchill
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) ENOVIA
1 3 (8.11%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
2 3 (8.11%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.41%) SaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Boomi
4 1 (2.70%) BrowserStack
4 1 (2.70%) dbt
4 1 (2.70%) Miro
4 1 (2.70%) Sauce Labs
4 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (43.24%) JIRA
2 9 (24.32%) Cucumber
3 8 (21.62%) Selenium
4 7 (18.92%) Git
5 5 (13.51%) SpecFlow
5 5 (13.51%) TestRail
6 4 (10.81%) FitNesse
6 4 (10.81%) JMeter
6 4 (10.81%) JUnit
7 3 (8.11%) Jenkins
7 3 (8.11%) LoadRunner
7 3 (8.11%) TestNG
8 2 (5.41%) Appium
8 2 (5.41%) REST Assured
9 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
9 1 (2.70%) Burp Suite
9 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
9 1 (2.70%) Postman
9 1 (2.70%) SoapUI
9 1 (2.70%) Zephyr
General
1 19 (51.35%) Finance
2 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Electronics
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.81%) Marketing
5 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
6 3 (8.11%) Back Office
6 3 (8.11%) Front Office
7 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Banking
8 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Tester
2 9 (24.32%) Test Manager
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Lead
4 5 (13.51%) QA Tester
4 5 (13.51%) Test Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Senior
5 3 (8.11%) Test Leader
6 2 (5.41%) Head of Testing
6 2 (5.41%) Integration Manager
6 2 (5.41%) QA Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) QA Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) QA Leader
6 2 (5.41%) Senior QA Tester
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Tester
6 2 (5.41%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Test Specialist
6 2 (5.41%) Validation Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) REST
2 3 (8.11%) Playwright
3 2 (5.41%) Web Services
4 1 (2.70%) JSON
4 1 (2.70%) Middleware
4 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.11%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.41%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.70%) DTCC
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.70%) Life Science
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Unix
2 4 (10.81%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Agile
2 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (43.24%) Software Testing
2 16 (43.24%) Test Management
3 15 (40.54%) End-to-End Testing
4 14 (37.84%) Test Strategy
5 13 (35.14%) Test Automation
6 11 (29.73%) Test Scripting
7 10 (27.03%) CI/CD
8 9 (24.32%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (24.32%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (21.62%) Defect Management
10 7 (18.92%) BDD
10 7 (18.92%) Integration Testing
10 7 (18.92%) Waterfall
11 6 (16.22%) Functional Testing
11 6 (16.22%) TDD
11 6 (16.22%) Test Planning
12 5 (13.51%) Project Management
12 5 (13.51%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) Python
2 6 (16.22%) Java
3 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
3 5 (13.51%) SQL
4 4 (10.81%) C#
4 4 (10.81%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) ISEB
2 10 (27.03%) Degree
3 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
4 8 (21.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
6 5 (13.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 4 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (48.65%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) HL7
3 1 (2.70%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Oracle
2 6 (16.22%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) PTC
3 3 (8.11%) Siemens
4 2 (5.41%) BT
5 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.70%) Citrix
5 1 (2.70%) Dell
5 1 (2.70%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.70%) Perfecto Mobile
5 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.70%) Workday