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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 23 September 2019 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
23 Sep 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
358 |
440 |
363 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+82 |
-77 |
-49 |
| Permanent jobs citing ISTQB |
1,216 |
1,166 |
1,579 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.87% |
0.71% |
0.90% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
3.70% |
2.99% |
3.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
887 |
922 |
1,281 |
| UK median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£40,250 |
£40,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.59% |
+0.63% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,400 |
£26,025 |
£26,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£61,250 |
£58,625 |
£60,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£41,000 |
£39,634 |
£37,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.45% |
+7.12% |
-1.33% |
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 |
32,821 |
39,001 |
43,055 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
23.44% |
23.59% |
24.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
23,835 |
28,921 |
33,066 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£46,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+8.70% |
+2.22% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,750 |
£26,250 |
£26,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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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 23 September 2019.
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 23 September 2019.
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 |
+81 |
1,132 |
£42,500 |
+2.41% |
137 |
| UK excluding London |
+78 |
989 |
£41,000 |
+3.45% |
142 |
| South East |
+46 |
312 |
£42,500 |
-5.56% |
39 |
| North of England |
+59 |
270 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
34 |
| London |
-1 |
213 |
£53,000 |
+17.13% |
8 |
| North West |
+73 |
184 |
£40,500 |
+21.80% |
14 |
| South West |
+77 |
181 |
£42,000 |
+20.00% |
15 |
| Midlands |
+37 |
101 |
£40,000 |
+11.11% |
31 |
| Yorkshire |
-18 |
71 |
£36,000 |
+2.86% |
17 |
| West Midlands |
+42 |
66 |
£40,000 |
+20.30% |
18 |
| East of England |
+58 |
51 |
£42,500 |
- |
10 |
| Wales |
+38 |
45 |
£35,000 |
+20.16% |
4 |
| East Midlands |
+14 |
35 |
£40,000 |
+5.26% |
13 |
| Scotland |
-11 |
29 |
£41,500 |
+22.06% |
8 |
| North East |
+40 |
15 |
£25,000 |
-1.96% |
3 |
| Northern Ireland |
-6 |
2 |
£40,000 |
- |
1 |
For the 6 months to 23 September 2019, IT jobs citing ISTQB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent 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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