ISTQB Foundation Certification Job Trends in Coventry

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Coventry with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 0.50% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 90 92 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 44.55% 44.44% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 14 27 88
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,500 £29,575
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £48,050
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +9.26% +1.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £64,375 £60,669
90th Percentile - £70,000 £70,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +6.38%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Coventry

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA