ISTQB Jobs in the UK excluding London

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 590 482 445
Rank change year-on-year -108 -37 +20
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 117 200 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.42% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 1.09% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 61 144 312
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,625 £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,167 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% +5.04% +7.50%
75th Percentile £49,296 £53,750 £51,359
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,996 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the UK excluding London

ISTQB
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for ISTQB in the UK excluding London

ISTQB
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the UK excluding London

ISTQB
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the UK excluding London 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
South East +7 38 £37,500 -11.76% 7
North of England -5 30 £42,500 -5.03%
South West -21 27 £40,000 -15.79%
Yorkshire +44 15 £52,500 +23.53%
Midlands -35 14 £40,000 -20.00% 3
West Midlands -8 13 £40,000 -20.00% 2
North West -8 13 £37,500 -21.05%
Scotland -67 4 £40,250 -10.56%
Wales +28 2 - - 1
North East -10 2 £48,222 +1.15%
East of England -16 2 £37,500 -
East Midlands -37 1 £30,000 -25.00% 1
ISTQB
UK

ISTQB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.71%) Apache Spark
1 2 (1.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.22%) SaaS
2 20 (17.09%) Azure
3 13 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.56%) Cloud Composer
4 3 (2.56%) Cloud Functions
4 3 (2.56%) dbt
4 3 (2.56%) GCP
4 3 (2.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 3 (2.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.56%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.71%) AWS
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.56%) Bluetooth
1 3 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.71%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (2.56%) Tableau
3 2 (1.71%) Big Data
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.71%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 36 (30.77%) Selenium
2 24 (20.51%) JIRA
3 13 (11.11%) JMeter
4 11 (9.40%) Postman
5 10 (8.55%) TestRail
6 8 (6.84%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (6.84%) WebDriver
7 6 (5.13%) SpecFlow
8 5 (4.27%) Git
8 5 (4.27%) HP UFT
8 5 (4.27%) LoadRunner
8 5 (4.27%) MSTest
8 5 (4.27%) TeamCity
9 4 (3.42%) Cypress.io
9 4 (3.42%) SoapUI
9 4 (3.42%) Zephyr
10 3 (2.56%) Bugzilla
10 3 (2.56%) TestComplete
11 2 (1.71%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 56 (47.86%) Social Skills
2 31 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (5.98%) Finance
5 5 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.42%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.42%) Retail
7 3 (2.56%) Electronics
7 3 (2.56%) Games
7 3 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.71%) Automotive
8 2 (1.71%) Banking
8 2 (1.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Advertising
9 1 (0.85%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (38.46%) Analyst
2 38 (32.48%) Test Analyst
3 35 (29.91%) Test Engineer
4 18 (15.38%) QA Analyst
4 18 (15.38%) Tester
5 15 (12.82%) Software Test Engineer
6 12 (10.26%) Lead
6 12 (10.26%) Senior
7 11 (9.40%) QA Test Analyst
8 9 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (7.69%) Software Tester
9 8 (6.84%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) QA Automation Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) QA Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Test Leader
10 7 (5.98%) QA Tester
11 6 (5.13%) Senior QA Analyst
11 6 (5.13%) Test Automation Engineer
12 5 (4.27%) Selenium Test Analyst
12 5 (4.27%) Selenium Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) Gherkin
2 4 (3.42%) .NET
3 2 (1.71%) HTML
3 2 (1.71%) REST
3 2 (1.71%) XML
4 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.85%) ADO
4 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.85%) CSS
4 1 (0.85%) DOM
4 1 (0.85%) Laravel
4 1 (0.85%) Middleware
4 1 (0.85%) Node.js
4 1 (0.85%) Playwright
4 1 (0.85%) Puppeteer
4 1 (0.85%) RESTful
4 1 (0.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.13%) Low-Code
1 6 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.56%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.71%) IoT
4 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.85%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.24%) Windows
2 15 (12.82%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Android
3 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.85%) CentOS
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (64.96%) Software Testing
2 74 (63.25%) Test Automation
3 55 (47.01%) Agile
4 45 (38.46%) Regression Testing
5 36 (30.77%) Test Scripting
6 32 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (22.22%) Test Management
8 24 (20.51%) Manual Testing
8 24 (20.51%) Test Strategy
9 22 (18.80%) DevOps
10 20 (17.09%) Test Planning
10 20 (17.09%) Time Management
11 19 (16.24%) SDLC
12 18 (15.38%) Defect Management
13 17 (14.53%) Software Engineering
14 15 (12.82%) BDD
14 15 (12.82%) Scrum
14 15 (12.82%) User Experience
15 13 (11.11%) Functional Testing
15 13 (11.11%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (23.08%) Python
2 18 (15.38%) SQL
3 16 (13.68%) C#
4 14 (11.97%) JavaScript
5 6 (5.13%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.42%) Java
6 4 (3.42%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.71%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.71%) Scala
8 1 (0.85%) C++
8 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (23.93%) Degree
2 22 (18.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 20 (17.09%) Security Cleared
4 17 (14.53%) ISEB
5 12 (10.26%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.27%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.71%) HND
9 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (47.01%) QA
2 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 22 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.42%) Google
2 4 (3.42%) Oracle
3 3 (2.56%) ScienceLogic
3 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.71%) Databricks
4 2 (1.71%) Denodo
4 2 (1.71%) Informatica
4 2 (1.71%) SAP
4 2 (1.71%) Talend
5 1 (0.85%) IFS
5 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft