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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 21 October 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) UK |
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6 months to
21 Oct 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
373 |
302 |
327 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-71 |
+25 |
+50 |
| Permanent jobs citing ISTQB |
1426 |
2007 |
2188 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.82% |
1.05% |
1.00% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
3.38% |
3.99% |
3.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1153 |
1709 |
1933 |
| UK median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£39,500 |
£40,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+1.27% |
-1.25% |
+6.67% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£26,750 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£60,000 |
£62,500 |
£57,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£35,500 |
£37,500 |
£37,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-5.33% |
- |
+7.14% |
ISTQB 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.
| All Academic and Professional Certifications UK |
| Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications |
42146 |
50330 |
59989 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
24.21% |
26.34% |
27.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
32367 |
40426 |
47857 |
| UK median annual salary |
£46,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+3.33% |
- |
+2.27% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,000 |
£26,250 |
£25,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
£73,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
- |
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ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing ISTQB as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
ISTQB
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB.
ISTQB
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing ISTQB over the 6 months to 21 October 2017.
ISTQB
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the UK over the 6 months to 21 October 2017.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-82 |
1314 |
£40,000 |
- |
74 |
| UK excluding London |
-49 |
1047 |
£35,500 |
-5.33% |
54 |
| London |
-31 |
357 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
24 |
| South East |
-59 |
319 |
£35,250 |
-11.88% |
7 |
| North of England |
-59 |
268 |
£35,000 |
-5.41% |
25 |
| Midlands |
+1 |
174 |
£37,500 |
+7.14% |
6 |
| South West |
-15 |
154 |
£39,000 |
+4.00% |
9 |
| Yorkshire |
-65 |
135 |
£35,500 |
-5.33% |
8 |
| North West |
-22 |
124 |
£32,500 |
-1.52% |
15 |
| West Midlands |
+5 |
110 |
£35,000 |
-6.67% |
3 |
| Scotland |
+11 |
69 |
£32,500 |
-7.14% |
4 |
| East Midlands |
+8 |
66 |
£42,500 |
+21.43% |
3 |
| East of England |
-63 |
43 |
£35,000 |
- |
3 |
| Northern Ireland |
- |
19 |
- |
- |
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| Wales |
+4 |
13 |
£28,000 |
-12.50% |
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| North East |
+18 |
9 |
£35,000 |
-6.67% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 21 October 2017, IT jobs citing ISTQB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for ISTQB.
ISTQB
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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