ISTQB Advanced Certification Job Trends in Cambridge

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.14% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.38% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridge

ISTQB Advanced Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 261 126 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 37.61% 42.71% 32.83%
Number of salaries quoted 117 61 202
10th Percentile £30,370 £30,000 £28,092
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £75,700 £68,750 £72,188
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £82,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +8.09% +12.24% +3.18%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISTQB Advanced Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

ISTQB Advanced Certification job vacancy trend in Cambridge

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing ISTQB Advanced Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing ISTQB Advanced Certification

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA