ISTQB Contracts with Work from Home Options

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 398 436
Rank change year-on-year +104 +38 -49
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 55 61 195
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.25% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 1.00% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 49 160
10th Percentile £303 £363 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £441
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +1.98% +0.86%
75th Percentile £603 £525 £500
90th Percentile £735 £600 £548
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £20.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -72.67% - -
75th Percentile £21.75 £82.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.50 £63.50 £34.98
% change year-on-year -67.72% +81.56% -27.51%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,834 6,121 8,866
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.18% 25.25% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,485 4,161 6,297
10th Percentile £335 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.75%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 247 220
10th Percentile £15.46 £18.80 £19.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.81 £70.00 £65.66
90th Percentile £84.13 £80.25 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

ISTQB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISTQB trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB.

ISTQB daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISTQB over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

ISTQB daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB.

ISTQB hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (7.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (7.27%) AWS
3 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.45%) SaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Boomi
4 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.82%) GitHub
4 1 (1.82%) IaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Miro
4 1 (1.82%) OCI
4 1 (1.82%) PaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) Internet
1 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.64%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.82%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) JIRA
2 10 (18.18%) TestRail
3 8 (14.55%) JMeter
3 8 (14.55%) Selenium
4 5 (9.09%) Jenkins
5 4 (7.27%) Cucumber
5 4 (7.27%) Git
5 4 (7.27%) JUnit
6 2 (3.64%) FitNesse
6 2 (3.64%) LoadRunner
6 2 (3.64%) REST Assured
6 2 (3.64%) SoapUI
6 2 (3.64%) SpecFlow
6 2 (3.64%) TestNG
7 1 (1.82%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.82%) GitLab
7 1 (1.82%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (1.82%) TeamCity
7 1 (1.82%) WebDriver
7 1 (1.82%) XCUITest
General
1 21 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.82%) Public Sector
3 10 (18.18%) Finance
4 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 4 (7.27%) Electronics
6 4 (7.27%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.27%) Marketing
7 2 (3.64%) Back Office
7 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Front Office
7 2 (3.64%) Military
8 1 (1.82%) Automotive
8 1 (1.82%) Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Legal
8 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Retail
8 1 (1.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Test Manager
2 17 (30.91%) Analyst
3 15 (27.27%) Test Analyst
4 10 (18.18%) Test Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
6 4 (7.27%) Senior
7 3 (5.45%) Functional Analyst
7 3 (5.45%) Functional Test Analyst
7 3 (5.45%) Integration Manager
7 3 (5.45%) Lead
7 3 (5.45%) Performance Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Performance Test Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Test Leader
8 2 (3.64%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) Principal Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) QA Tester
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Test Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) SEO Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) Web Services
2 3 (5.45%) REST
2 3 (5.45%) XML
3 2 (3.64%) Playwright
3 2 (3.64%) SOAP
4 1 (1.82%) .NET
4 1 (1.82%) Node.js
4 1 (1.82%) RESTful
4 1 (1.82%) Spring
4 1 (1.82%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.45%) Life Science
3 2 (3.64%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.64%) NHS
4 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.82%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.82%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.82%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.73%) Linux
2 3 (5.45%) Unix
2 3 (5.45%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) Android
3 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (63.64%) Agile
2 26 (47.27%) Test Automation
3 24 (43.64%) Test Management
4 22 (40.00%) Software Testing
5 21 (38.18%) Test Strategy
6 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (30.91%) Test Scripting
8 15 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
9 14 (25.45%) Integration Testing
10 12 (21.82%) Functional Testing
10 12 (21.82%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (21.82%) Waterfall
11 11 (20.00%) Defect Management
12 10 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (16.36%) System Integration Testing
14 8 (14.55%) DevOps
14 8 (14.55%) Project Management
15 7 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (12.73%) Performance Testing
15 7 (12.73%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) Python
1 7 (12.73%) SQL
2 6 (10.91%) JavaScript
3 5 (9.09%) Java
4 3 (5.45%) C#
5 2 (3.64%) C++
5 2 (3.64%) Kotlin
5 2 (3.64%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.64%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.82%) Swift
6 1 (1.82%) VBA
6 1 (1.82%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 17 (30.91%) ISEB
3 15 (27.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 11 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 10 (18.18%) Degree
6 3 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.64%) PMP
8 1 (1.82%) HNC
8 1 (1.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.45%) QA
2 2 (3.64%) Def Stans
2 2 (3.64%) HL7
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 9 (16.36%) Oracle
2 7 (12.73%) SAP
3 3 (5.45%) HP
4 1 (1.82%) Ariba
4 1 (1.82%) Dell
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.82%) Workday