ISTQB Foundation Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification 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 572 621 717
Rank change year-on-year +49 +96 -183
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 12 42 128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.036% 0.099% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.39% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11 23 65
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £32,600
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -0.09% +0.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,345 £57,500
90th Percentile - £63,000 £64,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,479 10,772 15,486
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.06% 25.40% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,911 6,586 8,638
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £59,866
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.22% +8.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £76,250
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% -

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

ISTQB Foundation Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISTQB Foundation Certification over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

ISTQB Foundation Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Foundation Certification
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 2 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) Postman
1 1 (8.33%) TestRail
General
1 8 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Police
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Business Change Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Business Change Business Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Business IT Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) IT Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) IT Business Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Test Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Senior
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Tester
5 2 (16.67%) UAT Tester
6 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 6 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) A/B Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Agile Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Content Management
4 2 (16.67%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
4 2 (16.67%) CRM
4 2 (16.67%) Functional Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) ISEB
2 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 14001
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware