ISTQB Job Trends in Oxfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.097% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £43,750 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +11.76% +13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 218 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 17.04% 35.10% 26.00%
Number of salaries quoted 89 91 314
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £30,300
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,929 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £42,598 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.86% -7.40% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £70,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. 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
Oxford - 1 £50,000 -
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA