ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 406 388
Rank change year-on-year +55 -18 -13
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 34 40 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.17% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.53% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 33 88
10th Percentile £350 £384 £314
25th Percentile £389 £425 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £411
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +27.81% +7.53%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £454
90th Percentile £610 £619 £500
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £428
% change year-on-year +10.00% +16.82% +12.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,432 7,526 8,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.57% 32.76% 26.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,312 5,033 5,208
10th Percentile £270 £286 £260
25th Percentile £425 £421 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £705 £675
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 605 527
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.78 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.33 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +42.86% +1.33%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.06
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.31% +23.50% +17.20%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK excluding London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK excluding London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK excluding London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK excluding London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +22 25 £550 -2.22%
Scotland +43 3 £400 -0.62% 1
Midlands +22 2 £353 -17.35% 6
East of England - 2 £475 -
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
West Midlands +16 1 £350 -17.94% 6
East Midlands - 1 £355 -
ISTQB Foundation Certification
UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (8.82%) Confluence
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
1 4 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.88%) IaaS
2 2 (5.88%) PaaS
2 2 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
Development Applications
1 24 (70.59%) TestRail
2 8 (23.53%) JIRA
3 2 (5.88%) Cucumber
3 2 (5.88%) Cypress.io
3 2 (5.88%) Git
3 2 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.88%) Selenium
3 2 (5.88%) Subversion
3 2 (5.88%) TeamCity
3 2 (5.88%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.94%) TestComplete
4 1 (2.94%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Automotive
3 2 (5.88%) Finance
3 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Marketing
4 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (76.47%) Analyst
2 25 (73.53%) Test Analyst
3 20 (58.82%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Systems Test Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Test Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Test Leader
5 2 (5.88%) Automation Test Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Functional Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Functional Test Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Test Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Unix Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Unix Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) QA Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) SAP Manager
6 1 (2.94%) SAP Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Client/Server
1 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.94%) PMI
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
1 3 (8.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (88.24%) Test Automation
2 27 (79.41%) Agile
3 25 (73.53%) Test Management
4 21 (61.76%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (41.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 13 (38.24%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (14.71%) DevOps
7 5 (14.71%) TDD
7 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
8 4 (11.76%) Defect Management
8 4 (11.76%) Functional Testing
8 4 (11.76%) Scrum
8 4 (11.76%) SDLC
9 3 (8.82%) Coaching
9 3 (8.82%) Exploratory Testing
9 3 (8.82%) Project Planning
9 3 (8.82%) Software Testing
9 3 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (8.82%) V-Model
9 3 (8.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) Shell Script
3 3 (8.82%) Java
4 2 (5.88%) C#
4 2 (5.88%) C++
4 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.88%) VBA
4 2 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (97.06%) ISTQB
2 21 (61.76%) DV Cleared
2 21 (61.76%) Security Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) Degree
4 4 (11.76%) ISEB
5 3 (8.82%) HNC
5 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) Adobe
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.94%) SAP
1 1 (2.94%) ScienceLogic
1 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow