ISTQB Foundation Certification Jobs

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 687 874 911
Rank change year-on-year +187 +37 -248
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 57 211 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.57% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 43 104 125
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,850 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISTQB Foundation 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 17,493 37,066 32,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.58% 29.59% 24.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10,969 17,134 17,932
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
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 Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +180 56 £50,000 +11.11% 15
UK excluding London +171 48 £47,500 +11.76% 10
Work from Home +208 23 £51,120 +13.60% 7
South West +71 21 £47,500 -
West Midlands +126 13 £50,000 +8.11% 1
Midlands +111 13 £50,000 +11.11% 1
South East +156 11 £40,000 -11.11% 7
London +233 8 £71,250 +42.50% 7
East of England +109 2 - -
North of England +84 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +65 1 - - 1

ISTQB Foundation 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (15.79%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.54%) BrowserStack
2 9 (15.79%) Azure
3 8 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.26%) Sauce Labs
5 2 (3.51%) AWS
5 2 (3.51%) SaaS
6 1 (1.75%) GCP
6 1 (1.75%) GitHub
6 1 (1.75%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) PuTTY
1 3 (5.26%) WinSCP
2 1 (1.75%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (31.58%) JIRA
2 17 (29.82%) Selenium
3 12 (21.05%) Git
3 12 (21.05%) SpecFlow
4 11 (19.30%) Jenkins
4 11 (19.30%) Postman
5 10 (17.54%) TestRail
6 8 (14.04%) Visual Studio
7 7 (12.28%) Bitbucket
7 7 (12.28%) Cucumber
7 7 (12.28%) git-flow
7 7 (12.28%) NUnit
7 7 (12.28%) SoapUI
7 7 (12.28%) Tricentis qTest
8 5 (8.77%) Appium
8 5 (8.77%) TestNG
9 4 (7.02%) Cypress.io
10 3 (5.26%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (5.26%) TeamCity
10 3 (5.26%) WebDriver
General
1 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.81%) Finance
3 6 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (10.53%) Law
4 4 (7.02%) Games
5 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Retail
6 2 (3.51%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Banking
7 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (49.12%) Analyst
2 13 (22.81%) Test Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Testing Analyst
4 8 (14.04%) Tester
5 7 (12.28%) Lead
5 7 (12.28%) Test Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Test Leader
6 6 (10.53%) Automation Tester
6 6 (10.53%) Business Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) Senior
7 5 (8.77%) Selenium Automation Tester
7 5 (8.77%) Selenium Tester
8 4 (7.02%) Automation Test Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Business Change Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Business Change Business Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Business IT Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) IT Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) IT Business Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) QA Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.04%) Gherkin
2 4 (7.02%) SOAP
3 3 (5.26%) Playwright
3 3 (5.26%) Web Services
4 1 (1.75%) ADO
4 1 (1.75%) Chai
4 1 (1.75%) Jest
4 1 (1.75%) Kafka
4 1 (1.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Algorithms
2 3 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.75%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.75%) Mobile Games
4 1 (1.75%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) Robotics
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Android
2 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (54.39%) Test Automation
2 24 (42.11%) Agile
2 24 (42.11%) Software Testing
3 15 (26.32%) Manual Testing
4 14 (24.56%) BDD
5 13 (22.81%) Test Assurance
6 12 (21.05%) Test Planning
7 11 (19.30%) Project Delivery
7 11 (19.30%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (17.54%) TDD
8 10 (17.54%) Test Scripting
9 9 (15.79%) DevOps
9 9 (15.79%) Scrum
9 9 (15.79%) Test Management
9 9 (15.79%) Workflow
9 9 (15.79%) Workflow Management
10 7 (12.28%) Acceptance Criteria
10 7 (12.28%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (12.28%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.09%) SQL
2 8 (14.04%) C#
3 5 (8.77%) Java
4 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.26%) Kotlin
4 3 (5.26%) Python
5 2 (3.51%) C++
Qualifications
1 51 (89.47%) ISTQB
2 24 (42.11%) ISEB
3 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.53%) Degree
5 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.26%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (33.33%) QA
2 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) Firmware
2 1 (1.75%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Ansible
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.75%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (12.28%) Atlassian
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle
3 1 (1.75%) SAP
3 1 (1.75%) Xamarin