Hybrid/Remote ISTQB Job Trends

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 403 405
Rank change year-on-year +92 +2 +85
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 67 42 73
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.44% 0.24% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 0.87% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 59 22 64
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £34,525
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,646 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -18.71% -
75th Percentile £52,000 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £86,625 £58,375
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,059 4,810 5,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.95% 27.94% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,470 2,507 4,097
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,434
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

ISTQB
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISTQB and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ISTQB job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ISTQB
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISTQB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISTQB

ISTQB
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISTQB over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

ISTQB salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

ISTQB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (35.82%) Azure
2 16 (23.88%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.99%) AWS
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) GitHub
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.97%) Metadata
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (67.16%) JIRA
2 41 (61.19%) Selenium
3 38 (56.72%) Postman
4 32 (47.76%) Team Foundation Server
5 29 (43.28%) SoapUI
5 29 (43.28%) WebDriver
6 7 (10.45%) Cypress.io
7 4 (5.97%) SpecFlow
8 3 (4.48%) Git
8 3 (4.48%) TestRail
9 2 (2.99%) CircleCI
9 2 (2.99%) Gatling
9 2 (2.99%) Jenkins
9 2 (2.99%) LoadRunner
9 2 (2.99%) Locust
9 2 (2.99%) Zephyr
10 1 (1.49%) GitLab
10 1 (1.49%) JUnit
10 1 (1.49%) REST Assured
10 1 (1.49%) TestNG
General
1 38 (56.72%) Finance
2 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.45%) Legal
5 5 (7.46%) Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Law
7 1 (1.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (47.76%) Analyst
2 30 (44.78%) Test Analyst
3 13 (19.40%) Senior
4 12 (17.91%) Lead
4 12 (17.91%) Tester
5 11 (16.42%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (16.42%) Senior Test Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Test Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Test Leader
7 4 (5.97%) Automation Test Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Data Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Manual Tester
7 4 (5.97%) QA Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Software Tester
7 4 (5.97%) Test Manager
8 3 (4.48%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) QA Analyst
9 1 (1.49%) Automation Test Lead
9 1 (1.49%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (49.25%) .NET
2 29 (43.28%) HTML
2 29 (43.28%) SOAP
3 4 (5.97%) Gherkin
3 4 (5.97%) XML
4 3 (4.48%) Playwright
5 2 (2.99%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.43%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.96%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.97%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.97%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.49%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (85.07%) Agile
2 54 (80.60%) Software Testing
3 42 (62.69%) Test Management
4 41 (61.19%) Scrum
5 38 (56.72%) API Testing
6 34 (50.75%) Non-Functional Testing
7 33 (49.25%) Test Scripting
8 29 (43.28%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 27 (40.30%) Mentoring
10 22 (32.84%) Test Automation
11 21 (31.34%) DevOps
12 20 (29.85%) Logistics
13 14 (20.90%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (19.40%) Manual Testing
14 13 (19.40%) Regression Testing
15 12 (17.91%) Test Strategy
16 11 (16.42%) CI/CD
17 8 (11.94%) BDD
17 8 (11.94%) Exploratory Testing
17 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 45 (67.16%) SQL
2 33 (49.25%) C#
2 33 (49.25%) Java
3 3 (4.48%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.48%) Python
4 1 (1.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (49.25%) Degree
2 31 (46.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 19 (28.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 8 (11.94%) ISEB
5 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (26.87%) QA
2 4 (5.97%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.48%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
1 1 (1.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) iManage
3 1 (1.49%) Guidewire
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle
3 1 (1.49%) Workday