ISTQB Jobs in the West Midlands

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 237 231
Rank change year-on-year +143 -6 +15
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 114 11 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.61% 0.15% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.66% 0.56% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 24
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £43,750 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £63,300 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.64% +26.60% +31.41%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £54,875
90th Percentile - - £56,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,445 1,981 2,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.03% 26.56% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 566 1,285 952
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £28,775
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £65,188 £63,750 £65,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
Warwickshire - 75 £67,500 - 1
Birmingham +59 23 £47,500 +18.75% 2
Coventry - 15 - - 2
Staffordshire +16 1 £23,405 -63.03% 1
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (2.63%) Azure
2 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 23 (20.18%) JIRA
2 20 (17.54%) Selenium
3 1 (0.88%) Bugzilla
3 1 (0.88%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Postman
General
1 8 (7.02%) Social Skills
2 5 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (0.88%) Finance
3 1 (0.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 105 (92.11%) Validation Engineer
2 87 (76.32%) Integration Engineer
2 87 (76.32%) Principal Engineer
2 87 (76.32%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 87 (76.32%) System Verification Engineer
2 87 (76.32%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 19 (16.67%) Lead
4 18 (15.79%) Automation Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Analyst
5 7 (6.14%) Test Analyst
6 4 (3.51%) Senior
6 4 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (3.51%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
7 2 (1.75%) Tester
8 1 (0.88%) Games Tester
8 1 (0.88%) Lead Test Analyst
8 1 (0.88%) Manual Test Analyst
8 1 (0.88%) Software Tester
8 1 (0.88%) UAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.79%) Operational Technology
1 18 (15.79%) SCADA
2 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (92.11%) Validation
2 87 (76.32%) Systems Engineering
2 87 (76.32%) Verification and Validation
3 21 (18.42%) Test Automation
4 19 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 19 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 18 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (15.79%) Model Validation
5 18 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
6 8 (7.02%) DevOps
7 7 (6.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (3.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (3.51%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (3.51%) Project Management
8 4 (3.51%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (3.51%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (3.51%) Software Testing
8 4 (3.51%) System Testing
8 4 (3.51%) Test Scripting
9 3 (2.63%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.75%) C#
2 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (92.11%) Degree
2 87 (76.32%) BPSS Clearance
2 87 (76.32%) Chartered Engineer
3 7 (6.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.75%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.75%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.51%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.75%) SAP
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle