ISTQB Contracts in South Wales

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 45 61
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 +5
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.81% 1.26% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 3.14% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile - £139 £566
25th Percentile - £152 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £162 £160 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.53% -73.33% +118.18%
75th Percentile £166 £200 £628
90th Percentile £168 £201 £634
Wales median daily rate £162 £165 £600
% change year-on-year -1.55% -72.50% +118.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 135 159 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 36.29% 40.15% 39.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 132 196
10th Percentile £129 £183 £293
25th Percentile £190 £391 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% -1.09% +10.55%
75th Percentile £569 £638 £616
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
Wales median daily rate £425 £500 £530
% change year-on-year -15.00% -5.66% +6.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 7
10th Percentile £15.20 £13.33 £14.03
25th Percentile £20.12 £26.25 £17.36
Median hourly rate £25.18 £37.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.85% +87.50% -13.72%
75th Percentile £48.75 £53.88 £24.63
90th Percentile £53.75 £55.25 £25.00
Wales median hourly rate £25.27 £35.50 £19.96
% change year-on-year -28.82% +77.90% +3.07%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in South Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in South Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in South Wales

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Cardiff +2 3 £162 +1.53%
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Wales

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Welsh Language
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (66.67%) Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) Principal Analyst Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Black-Box Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) RUP
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Postgraduate
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft