ISTQB Job Trends in St Albans

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Hertfordshire > St Albans

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in St Albans with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in St Albans 0.65% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
St Albans

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 St Albans.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13 20 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in St Albans 8.50% 37.04% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 1
10th Percentile £48,100 £28,000 -
25th Percentile £67,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% -13.64% +40.72%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,000 £42,292 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.95% -15.42% -4.76%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans

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

ISTQB job vacancy trend in St Albans

ISTQB
Salary Trend in St Albans

Salary distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft