ISTQB Job Trends in London

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 407 404
Rank change year-on-year +57 -3 +208
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 36 40 58
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.30% 0.23% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% 0.83% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 33 56
10th Percentile £49,750 £46,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,750 £56,250 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,300 £78,600 £81,375
England median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% +2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,529 4,820 5,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.35% 27.64% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 2,144 3,751
10th Percentile £35,697 £38,900 £39,085
25th Percentile £51,004 £52,448 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £105,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in London

ISTQB
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in London over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in London

ISTQB
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the London region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
Central London +38 2 £71,000 +9.23% 10
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Elite 3E
2 2 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.56%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 14 (38.89%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (22.22%) Power Platform
4 5 (13.89%) BrowserStack
5 4 (11.11%) AWS
5 4 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (5.56%) GCP
6 2 (5.56%) GitHub
6 2 (5.56%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Metadata
2 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (61.11%) JIRA
2 14 (38.89%) Selenium
3 6 (16.67%) TestRail
4 5 (13.89%) SpecFlow
5 4 (11.11%) Cypress.io
5 4 (11.11%) Katalon Studio
5 4 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (8.33%) Cucumber
6 3 (8.33%) Gatling
6 3 (8.33%) GitLab
6 3 (8.33%) Jenkins
6 3 (8.33%) JMeter
6 3 (8.33%) NUnit
6 3 (8.33%) Postman
6 3 (8.33%) Visual Studio
7 2 (5.56%) HP UFT
7 2 (5.56%) NeoLoad
7 2 (5.56%) Ranorex
7 2 (5.56%) TestDirector
7 2 (5.56%) WebDriver
General
1 21 (58.33%) Finance
2 19 (52.78%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (22.22%) Legal
5 6 (16.67%) Law
6 5 (13.89%) Banking
7 2 (5.56%) Retail
8 1 (2.78%) Back Office
8 1 (2.78%) Electronics
8 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.78%) Marketing
8 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Test Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Test Analyst
3 7 (19.44%) Lead
4 6 (16.67%) Test Leader
5 5 (13.89%) Test Automation Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) Test Manager
6 4 (11.11%) Data Engineer
6 4 (11.11%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Automation Test Lead
7 2 (5.56%) QA Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) QA Test Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Senior
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Workday Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Banking Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) .NET
1 4 (11.11%) Playwright
2 3 (8.33%) CSS
2 3 (8.33%) HTML
2 3 (8.33%) XML
3 2 (5.56%) JSON
4 1 (2.78%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (2.78%) React
4 1 (2.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 4 (11.11%) Reference Data
2 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.78%) Derivative
3 1 (2.78%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.78%) Equities
3 1 (2.78%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.78%) IoT
3 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (75.00%) Agile
2 25 (69.44%) Test Automation
3 20 (55.56%) Software Testing
4 16 (44.44%) Test Management
5 14 (38.89%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (36.11%) Manual Testing
6 13 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (33.33%) Test Scripting
8 11 (30.56%) CI/CD
8 11 (30.56%) DevOps
8 11 (30.56%) Regression Testing
9 10 (27.78%) Non-Functional Testing
9 10 (27.78%) Scrum
10 9 (25.00%) Performance Testing
10 9 (25.00%) Waterfall
11 8 (22.22%) AI
11 8 (22.22%) Test Strategy
12 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (19.44%) Functional Testing
12 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) C#
3 3 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.78%) Python
4 1 (2.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) ISEB
2 7 (19.44%) Degree
3 4 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (2.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) QA
2 4 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.78%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) iManage
3 3 (8.33%) HP
3 3 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 3 (8.33%) Siebel
4 2 (5.56%) CODA
4 2 (5.56%) Cognos
4 2 (5.56%) Sitecore
4 2 (5.56%) Workday
5 1 (2.78%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.78%) OpenText
5 1 (2.78%) SAP