ISTQB Job Trends in Darlington

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Durham > Darlington

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Darlington 2.70% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Durham median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Darlington

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 Darlington.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13 21 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Darlington 35.14% 35.00% 29.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 14
10th Percentile £66,907 £46,713 £34,661
25th Percentile £68,132 £56,495 £42,426
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £65,000 £61,145
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% +6.30% -5.93%
75th Percentile £78,790 £74,145 £69,800
90th Percentile - £79,375 £76,989
Durham median annual salary £70,079 £59,430 £58,645
% change year-on-year +17.92% +1.34% +46.61%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Darlington

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Darlington

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Darlington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft