ISTQB Jobs in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 323 384
Rank change year-on-year +7 +61 -34
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 38 38 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.25% 0.33% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.82% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 22 31 78
10th Percentile £35,125 £35,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £46,188 £51,875 £58,750
90th Percentile £51,000 £66,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £47,324 £50,000 £45,041
% change year-on-year -5.35% +11.01% +0.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,814 4,629 8,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.90% 39.95% 37.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,888 2,312 3,312
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £29,388
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,988 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +2.97% +1.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £65,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the South East.

Salary trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Hampshire -26 25 £37,500 -8.89% 4
Thames Valley +22 10 £41,250 -6.25% 1
Berkshire +25 7 £40,000 -49.21%
Buckinghamshire +1 3 £42,500 -3.41%
Surrey - 3 £50,000 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (47.37%) SaaS
2 5 (13.16%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.63%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Big Data
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (42.11%) Selenium
2 10 (26.32%) TestRail
3 4 (10.53%) JIRA
4 3 (7.89%) Postman
5 2 (5.26%) Cypress.io
5 2 (5.26%) SoapUI
6 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.63%) JMeter
6 1 (2.63%) Protractor
6 1 (2.63%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.63%) Travis CI
6 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
6 1 (2.63%) WebDriver
General
1 12 (31.58%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Finance
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (71.05%) Analyst
1 27 (71.05%) Test Analyst
2 9 (23.68%) QA Analyst
2 9 (23.68%) QA Test Analyst
3 8 (21.05%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Lead
4 4 (10.53%) Test Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Test Leader
5 3 (7.89%) Automation Test Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) QA Automation Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) QA Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Senior
5 3 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Senior Test Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Automation Test Lead
6 2 (5.26%) QA Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) QA Test Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Software Tester
6 2 (5.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) .NET
1 1 (2.63%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.63%) HTML
1 1 (2.63%) Middleware
1 1 (2.63%) Node.js
1 1 (2.63%) Playwright
1 1 (2.63%) Puppeteer
1 1 (2.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Low-Code
2 2 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (89.47%) Test Automation
2 27 (71.05%) Software Testing
3 16 (42.11%) Agile
4 15 (39.47%) Test Strategy
5 14 (36.84%) Test Scripting
6 12 (31.58%) E-Commerce
6 12 (31.58%) Test Management
6 12 (31.58%) Web Testing
7 11 (28.95%) Test Assurance
7 11 (28.95%) User Experience
7 11 (28.95%) Web Development
8 10 (26.32%) Agile Testing
8 10 (26.32%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 10 (26.32%) Test Planning
9 7 (18.42%) Regression Testing
9 7 (18.42%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (18.42%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (18.42%) Roadmaps
10 6 (15.79%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (15.79%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) JavaScript
1 8 (21.05%) Python
2 6 (15.79%) TypeScript
3 4 (10.53%) C#
4 3 (7.89%) SQL
5 2 (5.26%) Scala
6 1 (2.63%) Java
6 1 (2.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (34.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
3 9 (23.68%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) ISEB
5 3 (7.89%) Degree
6 1 (2.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (65.79%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (5.26%) Databricks
2 1 (2.63%) IFS
2 1 (2.63%) MuleSoft
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle