ISTQB Job Trends in Somerset

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 58 55
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 +25
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 0.27% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% 0.65% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £40,000 £37,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.38% -21.58% +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 114 154 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 30.73% 20.92% 32.37%
Number of salaries quoted 40 87 83
10th Percentile - £10,258 £28,239
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £38,699
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £51,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% +14.44% -0.55%
75th Percentile £42,813 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £50,700 £61,000 £68,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in Somerset

ISTQB
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification