ISTQB Advanced Certification Jobs

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) formerly ISEB Advanced
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISTQB Advanced Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 720 1030 1027
Rank change year-on-year +310 -3 -283
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification 9 48 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.039% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.053% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 37
10th Percentile - £30,000 £41,458
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £49,386 £52,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £61,754 £66,500 £76,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,961 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% -8.65% +5.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISTQB Advanced Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,008 36,189 31,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.62% 29.53% 24.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10,703 17,005 17,925
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,647 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISTQB Advanced Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in the UK

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification.

Salary trend for ISTQB Advanced Certification in the UK

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification over the 6 months to 9 December 2023.

Salary histogram for ISTQB Advanced Certification in the UK

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Advanced Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 2023. 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
England +320 9 £47,500 -
UK excluding London +206 8 £47,961 +0.97%
East of England - 4 - -
Work from Home +232 2 £47,961 +6.58%
South East +148 2 £58,750 +95.83%
South West +78 2 £47,961 -
London +264 1 £47,500 -

ISTQB Advanced Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) PuTTY
1 3 (33.33%) WinSCP
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Ant
1 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
1 3 (33.33%) SoapUI
1 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (33.33%) TestNG
2 2 (22.22%) Apache Continuum
3 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
3 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Automation Test Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Playwright
1 3 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) API Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Regression Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Waterfall
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Community of Practice
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Microservices
5 1 (11.11%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Test Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) QA
2 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker