ISTQB Foundation Certification Job Trends in Central London

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 - 184
Rank change year-on-year - - +103
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.046% - 0.031%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £59,500 £46,146 £71,250
% change year-on-year +28.94% -35.23% +37.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

ISTQB Foundation 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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 608 1,045 769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 28.01% 31.61% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 464 541 665
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £48,622 £54,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,125 £121,250 £120,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Central London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
City of London - 1 £75,000 - 1
ISTQB Foundation Certification
London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday