ISTQB Jobs in the North West

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 276 282
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -62
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 6 27 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.062% 0.34% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.97% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 38
10th Percentile £30,375 £28,250 £31,968
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,875 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% +14.67%
75th Percentile £43,750 £56,250 £47,058
90th Percentile £47,500 £60,500 £49,650
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

ISTQB is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,363 2,787 2,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.38% 34.80% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,604 941 1,304
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,960 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% +5.38% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the North West.

Salary trend for ISTQB in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Cheshire -12 3 £42,500 +41.67% 1
Manchester +14 2 £37,500 -22.28% 3
Lancashire -10 1 £24,500 -51.00%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Selenium
2 2 (33.33%) JMeter
2 2 (33.33%) SpecFlow
2 2 (33.33%) TeamCity
2 2 (33.33%) WebDriver
3 1 (16.67%) Appium
3 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 3 (50.00%) Software Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Automation Tester
3 2 (33.33%) QA Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) QA Automation Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) QA Automation Tester
3 2 (33.33%) QA Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Selenium Automation Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Selenium Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Selenium Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Automation Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Senior QA Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior QA Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Tester
4 1 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Gherkin
2 1 (16.67%) EDI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) BDD
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) SDLC
4 2 (33.33%) Test Management
4 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
4 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (33.33%) User Stories
4 2 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Peregrine