ISTQB Foundation Certification Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 588 623
Rank change year-on-year +74 +35 -50
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 36 48 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.096% 0.10% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.37% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 119
10th Percentile £341 £313 £324
25th Percentile £353 £414 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £428
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +22.66% +7.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £500
90th Percentile £610 £644 £640
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £430
% change year-on-year +10.00% +16.28% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +215.15% -
75th Percentile - - £21.88
90th Percentile - - £24.65
UK median hourly rate - £52.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year - +215.15% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in England.

Daily rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in England.

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in England

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +20 23 £550 - 2
London +83 9 £475 +4.40% 1
East of England - 3 £394 -
Midlands +12 1 £355 -11.25% 2
East Midlands +7 1 £355 +29.09% 1
ISTQB Foundation Certification
UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (13.89%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.78%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (2.78%) BrowserStack
2 1 (2.78%) dbt
2 1 (2.78%) GitHub
2 1 (2.78%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (75.00%) TestRail
2 13 (36.11%) JIRA
3 7 (19.44%) Cucumber
3 7 (19.44%) Git
4 5 (13.89%) SpecFlow
5 4 (11.11%) FitNesse
6 3 (8.33%) JMeter
6 3 (8.33%) LoadRunner
7 2 (5.56%) Selenium
8 1 (2.78%) Appium
8 1 (2.78%) Bitbucket
8 1 (2.78%) GitLab
8 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (13.89%) Finance
2 4 (11.11%) Automotive
3 3 (8.33%) Back Office
3 3 (8.33%) Front Office
3 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Banking
5 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Marketing
5 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Analyst
2 21 (58.33%) Test Analyst
3 18 (50.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) QA Tester
4 5 (13.89%) Tester
5 4 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Systems Test Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Test Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior
6 3 (8.33%) Unix Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Unix Systems Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) QA Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Senior QA Tester
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Tester
7 2 (5.56%) Test Manager
8 1 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) SAP Manager
8 1 (2.78%) SAP Test Manager
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) REST
2 3 (8.33%) Playwright
3 2 (5.56%) RESTful
4 1 (2.78%) HTML
4 1 (2.78%) Node.js
4 1 (2.78%) Spring
4 1 (2.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.78%) PMI
2 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Linux
1 5 (13.89%) Unix
2 1 (2.78%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (83.33%) Agile
2 29 (80.56%) Test Automation
3 26 (72.22%) Test Management
4 23 (63.89%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (30.56%) Requirements Analysis
5 11 (30.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 9 (25.00%) TDD
7 8 (22.22%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (19.44%) Defect Management
8 7 (19.44%) Test Strategy
9 6 (16.67%) BDD
9 6 (16.67%) SDLC
9 6 (16.67%) Software Testing
10 5 (13.89%) Scrum
10 5 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (11.11%) API Testing
11 4 (11.11%) Exploratory Testing
11 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (11.11%) Project Planning
11 4 (11.11%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) SQL
2 6 (16.67%) Python
3 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
3 4 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.56%) Java
5 1 (2.78%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 34 (94.44%) ISTQB
2 18 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 18 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (25.00%) Degree
4 4 (11.11%) HNC
4 4 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 3 (8.33%) ISEB
6 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (38.89%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Oracle
2 2 (5.56%) SAP
2 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.78%) Adobe
3 1 (2.78%) Citrix
3 1 (2.78%) Perfecto Mobile
3 1 (2.78%) ScienceLogic