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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 387 461
Rank change year-on-year +61 +74 +45
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 53 46 70
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 1.01% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 49 26 63
10th Percentile - £31,875 £31,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,646 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -17.05% -2.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £67,313 £57,250
90th Percentile £67,750 £78,125 £60,500
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 4,902 4,543 7,518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.36% 28.96% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,598 2,424 5,497
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,779
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,700 £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 13 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 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.89%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.89%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.19%) Azure
2 12 (22.64%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (9.43%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.77%) AWS
5 2 (3.77%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (3.77%) GCP
6 1 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 37 (69.81%) Selenium
2 35 (66.04%) JIRA
3 34 (64.15%) Postman
4 27 (50.94%) WebDriver
5 26 (49.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 25 (47.17%) SoapUI
7 6 (11.32%) SpecFlow
8 5 (9.43%) Cypress.io
9 4 (7.55%) REST Assured
10 3 (5.66%) Git
11 2 (3.77%) Cucumber
11 2 (3.77%) GitLab
11 2 (3.77%) JMeter
11 2 (3.77%) NUnit
11 2 (3.77%) Serenity BDD
11 2 (3.77%) TestRail
11 2 (3.77%) Visual Studio
12 1 (1.89%) JUnit
12 1 (1.89%) LoadRunner
12 1 (1.89%) Locust
General
1 28 (52.83%) Finance
2 26 (49.06%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Legal
5 1 (1.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Analyst
2 21 (39.62%) Test Analyst
3 13 (24.53%) Tester
4 10 (18.87%) Lead
5 7 (13.21%) Senior
5 7 (13.21%) Test Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (9.43%) Senior Test Analyst
6 5 (9.43%) Test Leader
7 4 (7.55%) Automation Test Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) Manual Tester
7 4 (7.55%) Software Tester
8 3 (5.66%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) QA Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) QA Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Database Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Senior Database Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Senior Test Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Test Automation Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (54.72%) .NET
2 25 (47.17%) HTML
2 25 (47.17%) SOAP
3 4 (7.55%) Gherkin
4 3 (5.66%) Playwright
4 3 (5.66%) XML
5 2 (3.77%) Nightwatchjs
5 2 (3.77%) REST
5 2 (3.77%) RESTful
5 2 (3.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
1 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (86.79%) Agile
2 42 (79.25%) Software Testing
3 35 (66.04%) Scrum
4 33 (62.26%) API Testing
5 29 (54.72%) Test Management
5 29 (54.72%) Test Scripting
6 27 (50.94%) Non-Functional Testing
7 25 (47.17%) Cross-Browser Testing
8 19 (35.85%) Test Automation
9 18 (33.96%) Logistics
9 18 (33.96%) Mentoring
10 16 (30.19%) DevOps
11 12 (22.64%) Manual Testing
11 12 (22.64%) Test Strategy
12 9 (16.98%) BDD
12 9 (16.98%) Regression Testing
12 9 (16.98%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (15.09%) Project Planning
14 7 (13.21%) Kanban
15 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 36 (67.92%) SQL
2 31 (58.49%) C#
3 29 (54.72%) Java
4 2 (3.77%) Python
4 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (60.38%) Degree
2 27 (50.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 20 (37.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (7.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.53%) QA
2 5 (9.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Guidewire
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle
3 1 (1.89%) iManage
3 1 (1.89%) SAP
3 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.89%) Siebel
3 1 (1.89%) Workday