ISTQB Job Trends in Coventry

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Coventry with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 36 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 0.45% 0.93% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.14% 2.06% -
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 £45,000 £23,240 £50,000
% change year-on-year +93.63% -53.52% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Coventry

ISTQB 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 88 97 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 39.64% 45.33% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14 29 86
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £47,775
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +9.89% -4.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £60,469
90th Percentile - £70,250 £70,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.70%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Coventry

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing ISTQB

ISTQB
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 Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA