ISTQB Job Trends in Reading

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.17% - 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% - 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 141 292 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 24.06% 37.44% 55.31%
Number of salaries quoted 55 98 380
10th Percentile £43,500 £40,013 £30,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,859 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +13.64% +7.11%
75th Percentile £70,625 £80,000 £64,685
90th Percentile £81,500 £122,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £53,065 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.39% +22.73% +2.18%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in Reading

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) VMware