ISTQB Jobs in England

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 697 610 571
Rank change year-on-year -87 -39 -25
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 145 344 707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.37% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 1.14% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 108 221 368
10th Percentile £33,202 £33,750 £32,175
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £52,688 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £66,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,356 30,127 34,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.57% 32.60% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,817 13,653 16,745
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.57% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -

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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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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for ISTQB in England

ISTQB
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +10 47 £42,500 +2.41% 8
South West -39 25 £36,039 -27.92% 4
Midlands -24 24 £49,329 +9.62% 5
North of England -27 21 £42,500 -3.41% 5
London +67 20 £52,500 +5.00% 14
Yorkshire +41 15 £52,500 +23.53% 1
West Midlands 0 12 £56,650 +13.30% 5
East Midlands -22 12 £36,500 -2.67%
East of England +2 8 £40,000 -17.95% 3
North West -14 6 £40,000 -15.79% 3
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UK

ISTQB
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 3 (2.07%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.07%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (23.45%) Azure
2 28 (19.31%) SaaS
3 21 (14.48%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.14%) AWS
4 6 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.76%) Cloud Composer
5 4 (2.76%) Cloud Functions
5 4 (2.76%) dbt
5 4 (2.76%) GCP
5 4 (2.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 4 (2.76%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.07%) Datadog
6 3 (2.07%) GitHub
6 3 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.69%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.07%) Bluetooth
1 3 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (2.07%) ZigBee
2 1 (0.69%) Firewall
2 1 (0.69%) Internet
2 1 (0.69%) Multicast
2 1 (0.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (2.76%) Tableau
3 3 (2.07%) Big Data
4 2 (1.38%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.69%) MySQL
5 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (33.10%) Selenium
2 41 (28.28%) JIRA
3 16 (11.03%) TestRail
4 12 (8.28%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (6.90%) JMeter
6 8 (5.52%) Postman
7 6 (4.14%) Cucumber
7 6 (4.14%) Git
7 6 (4.14%) LoadRunner
7 6 (4.14%) Zephyr
8 5 (3.45%) eggPlant
8 5 (3.45%) HP UFT
8 5 (3.45%) MSTest
8 5 (3.45%) SpecFlow
8 5 (3.45%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.07%) SoapUI
10 2 (1.38%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.38%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.38%) TestComplete
10 2 (1.38%) TestNG
General
1 40 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.48%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.10%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.45%) Finance
6 5 (3.45%) Games
6 5 (3.45%) Retail
7 3 (2.07%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.07%) Electronics
7 3 (2.07%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.38%) Automotive
9 1 (0.69%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (31.72%) Analyst
2 37 (25.52%) Test Analyst
3 29 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 24 (16.55%) Lead
5 19 (13.10%) QA Leader
5 19 (13.10%) Test Leader
6 18 (12.41%) QA Analyst
6 18 (12.41%) Tester
7 16 (11.03%) Senior
8 15 (10.34%) Test Manager
9 12 (8.28%) Software Tester
10 11 (7.59%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (6.90%) QA Automation Analyst
11 10 (6.90%) Software Test Engineer
12 9 (6.21%) QA Test Analyst
13 7 (4.83%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
13 7 (4.83%) QA Engineer
13 7 (4.83%) Senior QA Analyst
13 7 (4.83%) Test Automation Engineer
14 6 (4.14%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.28%) REST
2 5 (3.45%) Playwright
3 4 (2.76%) .NET
4 3 (2.07%) Gherkin
4 3 (2.07%) RESTful
4 3 (2.07%) XML
5 1 (0.69%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.69%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.69%) ADO
5 1 (0.69%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.69%) EDI
5 1 (0.69%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.69%) JSON
5 1 (0.69%) Laravel
5 1 (0.69%) Middleware
5 1 (0.69%) Node.js
5 1 (0.69%) Puppeteer
5 1 (0.69%) SOAP
5 1 (0.69%) Web Services
5 1 (0.69%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.97%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (7.59%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.76%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (2.07%) IoT
5 2 (1.38%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.69%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.69%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.79%) Windows
2 12 (8.28%) Linux
3 2 (1.38%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.69%) CentOS
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (57.24%) Test Automation
2 82 (56.55%) Software Testing
3 77 (53.10%) Agile
4 50 (34.48%) Test Strategy
5 48 (33.10%) Test Scripting
6 41 (28.28%) Regression Testing
7 39 (26.90%) Manual Testing
8 38 (26.21%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (24.83%) Test Management
10 32 (22.07%) DevOps
11 31 (21.38%) Defect Management
12 28 (19.31%) User Acceptance Testing
13 24 (16.55%) Computer Science
14 23 (15.86%) SDLC
15 22 (15.17%) CI/CD
15 22 (15.17%) Test Planning
16 21 (14.48%) E-Commerce
16 21 (14.48%) Functional Testing
17 20 (13.79%) Web Testing
18 18 (12.41%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.17%) Python
2 21 (14.48%) SQL
3 16 (11.03%) C#
4 6 (4.14%) Java
4 6 (4.14%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.76%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.07%) Scala
7 2 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.69%) PHP
8 1 (0.69%) Ruby
8 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (33.79%) ISEB
2 35 (24.14%) Degree
3 22 (15.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 20 (13.79%) Security Cleared
5 14 (9.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (8.28%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (4.14%) SC Cleared
8 5 (3.45%) CAPM
8 5 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (3.45%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.45%) PMP
9 3 (2.07%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (1.38%) HND
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.69%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (52.41%) QA
2 5 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.38%) SLA
4 1 (0.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 36 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.52%) Google
3 5 (3.45%) HP
3 5 (3.45%) Oracle
4 4 (2.76%) Peregrine
5 3 (2.07%) Databricks
6 2 (1.38%) SAP
7 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.69%) Splunk