ISTQB Job Trends in Farnborough

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Farnborough with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 24 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +20
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 1.13% 5.62% 2.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.86% 7.35% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -5.33% +11.94%
75th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.32% - +30.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 70 68 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Farnborough 39.55% 76.40% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 44 17 31
10th Percentile £45,000 £34,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £54,375 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% +12.50%
75th Percentile £87,500 £66,250 £74,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £69,750 £85,000
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Farnborough

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Farnborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification