ISTQB Contracts in Wales

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 40 - 65
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.24% - 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% - 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £313
25th Percentile - - £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.92%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £632
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 97 249 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 23.66% 42.71% 35.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 192 242
10th Percentile £136 £185 £293
25th Percentile £220 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% -4.55% +21.68%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £601
90th Percentile £689 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 11
10th Percentile £11.02 - £19.91
25th Percentile £16.65 £16.98 £20.75
Median hourly rate £22.83 £18.14 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -60.78% +138.89%
75th Percentile £82.19 £20.10 £47.14
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 £47.40
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for ISTQB in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for ISTQB in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales 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 Wales - 1 £210 -
ISTQB
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Health Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft