ISTQB Contracts in England

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISTQB 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 457 478 431
Rank change year-on-year +21 -47 -1
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 93 158 399
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.34% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 1.23% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 120 298
10th Percentile £346 £339 £356
25th Percentile £400 £410 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +11.46%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £500
90th Percentile £650 £632 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £15.75
25th Percentile - - £18.19
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £34.98
Median % change year-on-year - +48.68% -26.17%
75th Percentile - - £48.74
90th Percentile - - £51.88
UK median hourly rate - £52.00 £34.98
% change year-on-year - +48.68% -26.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in England

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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 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
London +69 37 £550 +4.76% 8
South East +18 31 £550 +4.76% 10
Midlands +13 12 £400 -8.57% 4
West Midlands +16 6 £400 -15.79% 3
East Midlands +7 6 £513 +64.00% 1
North of England -6 5 £410 -0.61% 6
North East - 5 £410 - 1
South West -8 4 £425 -20.93% 4
East of England +2 3 £438 -12.50%
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UK

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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 9 (9.68%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.08%) Appian
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Windchill
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.23%) ENOVIA
1 3 (3.23%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.08%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (8.60%) Azure
3 6 (6.45%) AWS
4 2 (2.15%) SaaS
4 2 (2.15%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.08%) Boomi
5 1 (1.08%) BrowserStack
5 1 (1.08%) dbt
5 1 (1.08%) GitHub
5 1 (1.08%) Miro
5 1 (1.08%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.23%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.15%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.08%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (32.26%) TestRail
2 23 (24.73%) JIRA
3 15 (16.13%) Selenium
4 9 (9.68%) Cucumber
4 9 (9.68%) Git
5 7 (7.53%) JMeter
6 6 (6.45%) JUnit
7 5 (5.38%) Jenkins
7 5 (5.38%) SpecFlow
8 4 (4.30%) FitNesse
9 3 (3.23%) Appium
9 3 (3.23%) LoadRunner
9 3 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (3.23%) Visual Studio
10 2 (2.15%) REST Assured
10 2 (2.15%) TestNG
11 1 (1.08%) Bitbucket
11 1 (1.08%) Postman
11 1 (1.08%) SoapUI
11 1 (1.08%) XCUITest
General
1 29 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 23 (24.73%) Finance
3 12 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.53%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.38%) Marketing
7 4 (4.30%) Automotive
7 4 (4.30%) Electronics
7 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.23%) Back Office
8 3 (3.23%) Front Office
9 2 (2.15%) Banking
9 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Legal
9 2 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.08%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.08%) Law
10 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (39.78%) Analyst
2 31 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 20 (21.51%) Test Manager
4 18 (19.35%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
5 11 (11.83%) Test Engineer
6 9 (9.68%) Tester
7 5 (5.38%) Lead
7 5 (5.38%) QA Analyst
7 5 (5.38%) QA Tester
7 5 (5.38%) Senior
8 4 (4.30%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) QA Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Systems Test Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Functional Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Integration Manager
9 3 (3.23%) Performance Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Test Specialist
9 3 (3.23%) Unix Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Unix Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.60%) Web Services
2 4 (4.30%) REST
3 3 (3.23%) Playwright
4 1 (1.08%) .NET
4 1 (1.08%) HTML
4 1 (1.08%) Middleware
4 1 (1.08%) Node.js
4 1 (1.08%) RESTful
4 1 (1.08%) Spring
4 1 (1.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.53%) Life Science
2 4 (4.30%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.30%) NHS
2 4 (4.30%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.15%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.15%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.15%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.08%) IVR
4 1 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.08%) PMI
4 1 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.83%) Linux
2 7 (7.53%) Unix
3 3 (3.23%) Windows
4 1 (1.08%) Android
4 1 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (63.44%) Agile
2 51 (54.84%) Test Automation
3 46 (49.46%) Test Management
4 40 (43.01%) Software Testing
5 31 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 29 (31.18%) Continuous Integration
7 26 (27.96%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (22.58%) End-to-End Testing
8 21 (22.58%) Test Scripting
9 15 (16.13%) Functional Testing
9 15 (16.13%) Waterfall
10 14 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (15.05%) Defect Management
10 14 (15.05%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (13.98%) SDLC
12 12 (12.90%) Performance Testing
13 11 (11.83%) DevOps
13 11 (11.83%) Integration Testing
13 11 (11.83%) Requirements Analysis
13 11 (11.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.05%) SQL
2 12 (12.90%) Python
3 9 (9.68%) Java
4 7 (7.53%) JavaScript
5 6 (6.45%) C#
6 4 (4.30%) Shell Script
6 4 (4.30%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.15%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.15%) Scala
8 1 (1.08%) C++
8 1 (1.08%) Swift
Qualifications
1 38 (40.86%) Security Cleared
2 34 (36.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 25 (26.88%) DV Cleared
4 20 (21.51%) ISEB
5 18 (19.35%) Degree
6 12 (12.90%) SC Cleared
7 8 (8.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (6.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 4 (4.30%) HNC
9 4 (4.30%) Master's Degree
10 3 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.08%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (36.56%) QA
2 6 (6.45%) HL7
3 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (13.98%) Oracle
2 9 (9.68%) SAP
3 4 (4.30%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.23%) BT
4 3 (3.23%) PTC
4 3 (3.23%) Siemens
5 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.15%) Workday
6 1 (1.08%) Adobe
6 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.08%) Citrix
6 1 (1.08%) Dell
6 1 (1.08%) Genesys
6 1 (1.08%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.08%) Perfecto Mobile
6 1 (1.08%) ScienceLogic