ISTQB Foundation Certification Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 128 - 176
Rank change year-on-year - - +101
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.053% - 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% - 0.14%
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 - - -
Central London median annual salary £75,000 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -15.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 494 868 710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 26.00% 30.97% 23.55%
Number of salaries quoted 373 499 609
10th Percentile £38,400 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,762 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £116,250
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in the City of London

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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