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 6 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 398 455
Rank change year-on-year +88 +57 +41
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 57 45 72
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.13% 0.98% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 53 25 66
10th Percentile - £31,450 £31,875
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,792 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.81% -19.61% -1.00%
75th Percentile £51,500 £66,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,250 £60,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% 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 5,048 4,571 7,474
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.60% 28.67% 27.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 2,404 5,477
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,583 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 6 February 2026.

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 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.75%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.07%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.77%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (7.02%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.51%) AWS
5 2 (3.51%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (3.51%) GCP
6 1 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 39 (68.42%) JIRA
1 39 (68.42%) Selenium
2 36 (63.16%) Postman
3 30 (52.63%) Team Foundation Server
4 29 (50.88%) WebDriver
5 27 (47.37%) SoapUI
6 6 (10.53%) SpecFlow
7 5 (8.77%) Cypress.io
8 4 (7.02%) REST Assured
9 3 (5.26%) Git
10 2 (3.51%) Cucumber
10 2 (3.51%) GitLab
10 2 (3.51%) JMeter
10 2 (3.51%) NUnit
10 2 (3.51%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (3.51%) TestRail
10 2 (3.51%) Visual Studio
11 1 (1.75%) JUnit
11 1 (1.75%) LoadRunner
11 1 (1.75%) Locust
General
1 30 (52.63%) Finance
2 28 (49.12%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Legal
4 3 (5.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 26 (45.61%) Analyst
2 24 (42.11%) Test Analyst
3 13 (22.81%) Tester
4 11 (19.30%) Lead
5 8 (14.04%) Senior
6 7 (12.28%) Test Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (10.53%) Senior Test Analyst
7 6 (10.53%) Test Leader
8 4 (7.02%) Automation Test Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Manual Tester
8 4 (7.02%) Software Tester
9 3 (5.26%) IT Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Lead Test Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) QA Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) QA Engineer
10 2 (3.51%) Automation Test Lead
10 2 (3.51%) Senior Test Engineer
10 2 (3.51%) SEO Engineer
10 2 (3.51%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (54.39%) .NET
2 27 (47.37%) HTML
2 27 (47.37%) SOAP
3 4 (7.02%) Gherkin
4 3 (5.26%) Playwright
4 3 (5.26%) XML
5 2 (3.51%) Nightwatchjs
5 2 (3.51%) REST
5 2 (3.51%) RESTful
5 2 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (87.72%) Agile
2 44 (77.19%) Software Testing
3 37 (64.91%) Scrum
4 35 (61.40%) API Testing
5 33 (57.89%) Test Management
6 31 (54.39%) Test Scripting
7 29 (50.88%) Non-Functional Testing
8 27 (47.37%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 21 (36.84%) Test Automation
10 20 (35.09%) Mentoring
11 19 (33.33%) Logistics
12 16 (28.07%) DevOps
13 12 (21.05%) Manual Testing
13 12 (21.05%) Test Strategy
14 11 (19.30%) Regression Testing
14 11 (19.30%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (15.79%) BDD
16 8 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (14.04%) Project Planning
17 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (66.67%) SQL
2 33 (57.89%) C#
3 31 (54.39%) Java
4 2 (3.51%) Python
4 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (59.65%) Degree
2 29 (50.88%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 20 (35.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (7.02%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.81%) QA
2 5 (8.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) iManage
3 2 (3.51%) Guidewire
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle
4 1 (1.75%) SAP
4 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.75%) Siebel
4 1 (1.75%) Workday