ISTQB Job Trends in Durham

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.42% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median annual salary - £48,222 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 84 73 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 35.00% 32.74% 21.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 22
10th Percentile £52,000 £46,713 £36,511
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £59,430 £58,645
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% +1.34% +46.61%
75th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile - £79,225 £77,855
North East median annual salary £44,000 £50,309 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.54% -4.17% +19.84%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Durham

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Durham region over the 6 months to 8 December 2025. 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
Darlington - 1 - -
ISTQB
North East

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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