ISTQB Jobs in Hampshire

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 163 147
Rank change year-on-year +57 -16 +56
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 15 31 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.76% 0.73% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 2.31% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 14 26 19
10th Percentile £32,500 - £35,300
25th Percentile £33,438 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £37,500 £40,821
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -8.13% -6.70%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £45,961
90th Percentile £52,250 - £51,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £41,750 £41,750
% change year-on-year +1.80% - -7.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,169 1,344 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 59.13% 31.59% 40.25%
Number of salaries quoted 626 1,011 724
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +5.05% -1.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,293 £51,350
% change year-on-year +14.74% +1.84% -0.29%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Hampshire

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in Hampshire.

Salary trend for ISTQB in Hampshire

ISTQB
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in Hampshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in Hampshire

ISTQB
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Basingstoke +16 7 £47,500 - 9
Farnborough +7 4 £35,000 -6.67%
Fareham +6 3 £37,500 -
Southampton +39 1 £16,800 -62.67%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) SaaS
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Selenium
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) JMeter
2 1 (6.67%) Subversion
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Analyst
1 12 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Senior
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) QA Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) QA Test Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Manual Test Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Junior
6 1 (6.67%) Junior Software Tester
6 1 (6.67%) Junior Tester
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (6.67%) Software Tester
6 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Test Specialist
6 1 (6.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Manual Testing
2 12 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 9 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (46.67%) Agile
4 7 (46.67%) V-Model
4 7 (46.67%) Waterfall
5 3 (20.00%) Application Security
5 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (20.00%) User Experience
6 2 (13.33%) Defect Management
6 2 (13.33%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
6 2 (13.33%) Web Development
6 2 (13.33%) Web Testing
7 1 (6.67%) Functional Testing
7 1 (6.67%) OWASP
7 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
7 1 (6.67%) Security Testing
7 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (26.67%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Terminal Server
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
1 2 (13.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Juniper
2 1 (6.67%) McAfee
2 1 (6.67%) Spotify