ISTQB Jobs in the Thames Valley

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 241 247
Rank change year-on-year +15 +6 -59
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 13 21 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.82% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 13
10th Percentile £40,375 £32,500 £34,150
25th Percentile £40,938 £35,313 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,813 £46,313 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,125 £81,750 -
South East median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.41% -7.78% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,549 2,564 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.06% 41.83% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,597 1,064 946
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £38,000 £34,990 £36,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,850 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -5.15% -6.36%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,350 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for ISTQB in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Berkshire +26 10 £40,000 -49.21% 2
Buckinghamshire -20 3 £52,500 +19.32% 1
ISTQB
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) TestRail
2 2 (15.38%) Selenium
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (7.69%) NUnit
3 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
3 1 (7.69%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
1 8 (61.54%) Test Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) QA Tester
4 1 (7.69%) SCADA Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Software QA Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Software Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) .NET Core
1 1 (7.69%) JSON
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
1 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Test Automation
2 10 (76.92%) Agile
2 10 (76.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 10 (76.92%) Test Management
3 9 (69.23%) Actionable Insight
3 9 (69.23%) Agile Testing
3 9 (69.23%) Requirements Analysis
3 9 (69.23%) Requirements Gathering
3 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
3 9 (69.23%) Test Assurance
3 9 (69.23%) Test Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Test Scripting
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
6 1 (7.69%) Open Source
6 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 8 (61.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) ISEB
6 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) MuleSoft
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle