ISTQB Job Trends in Cumbria

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
North West > Cumbria

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.42% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £30,075 - -
25th Percentile £30,188 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 - -
75th Percentile £31,688 - -
90th Percentile £32,025 - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +37.50% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 246 195 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 52.01% 67.71% 35.19%
Number of salaries quoted 121 101 80
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £30,725
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,748 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,271 £52,000 £38,734
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +34.25% -36.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £64,100 £41,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £61,250
North West median annual salary £52,000 £50,055 £48,007
% change year-on-year +3.89% +4.27% -12.72%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Cumbria

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 6 May 2026. 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
Carlisle - 1 £30,000 -
Penrith - 1 £31,500 -
ISTQB
North West

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Office Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA