ISTQB Contracts in the West Midlands

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 100 121 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 -31 -4
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 8 13 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.42% 0.57% 2.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.31% 2.15% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 72
10th Percentile £289 £400 £369
25th Percentile £339 £422 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £439 £433
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% +1.39% +13.95%
75th Percentile £413 £500 £510
90th Percentile £450 £530 £524
England median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 611 606 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.33% 26.78% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 366 495
10th Percentile £275 £300 £279
25th Percentile £360 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £536 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +12.74% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £574
90th Percentile £692 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 11
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.80 £11.25
25th Percentile £21.44 £13.31 £13.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +43.42% +9.95% +8.00%
75th Percentile £43.44 £28.75 £20.26
90th Percentile £58.75 £59.20 £20.51
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 the West Midlands

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +14 3 £313 -30.56% 2
Coventry +15 2 £450 - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (37.50%) Visual Studio
2 2 (25.00%) Appium
2 2 (25.00%) UI Automator
2 2 (25.00%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) QA Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) UAT Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) UAT Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Android
1 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) DevOps
1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
4 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
5 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
5 1 (12.50%) System Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Kotlin
2 2 (25.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) SAP