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 31 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 364 494
Rank change year-on-year +17 +130 +44
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 42 33 69
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.04% 0.89% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 40 28 62
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,625 £31,375
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,919 £40,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% -9.44% -1.64%
75th Percentile £51,500 £67,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 - £57,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%

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 4,037 3,704 8,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.19% 28.87% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,667 2,451 5,951
10th Percentile £31,125 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 31 March 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (28.57%) Azure
2 8 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.90%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.76%) AWS
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (4.76%) GCP
6 1 (2.38%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (71.43%) Selenium
2 29 (69.05%) JIRA
3 28 (66.67%) Postman
4 21 (50.00%) WebDriver
5 19 (45.24%) SoapUI
5 19 (45.24%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (14.29%) SpecFlow
7 5 (11.90%) Cypress.io
8 4 (9.52%) Git
8 4 (9.52%) REST Assured
9 2 (4.76%) Cucumber
9 2 (4.76%) GitLab
9 2 (4.76%) JMeter
9 2 (4.76%) NUnit
9 2 (4.76%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (4.76%) TestRail
9 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
9 2 (4.76%) Zephyr
10 1 (2.38%) LoadRunner
10 1 (2.38%) Locust
General
1 21 (50.00%) Finance
1 21 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Analyst
2 16 (38.10%) Test Analyst
3 10 (23.81%) Lead
4 7 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Tester
5 5 (11.90%) Test Leader
6 4 (9.52%) Automation Test Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) QA Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior
7 3 (7.14%) Lead Test Analyst
7 3 (7.14%) Manual Tester
8 2 (4.76%) Database Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) QA Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) Senior Database Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) Senior Test Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) SEO Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Test Automation Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (54.76%) .NET
2 19 (45.24%) HTML
2 19 (45.24%) SOAP
3 4 (9.52%) Gherkin
3 4 (9.52%) Playwright
4 3 (7.14%) XML
5 2 (4.76%) Nightwatchjs
5 2 (4.76%) REST
5 2 (4.76%) RESTful
5 2 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (83.33%) Agile
2 31 (73.81%) Software Testing
3 25 (59.52%) Scrum
4 23 (54.76%) API Testing
4 23 (54.76%) Test Management
4 23 (54.76%) Test Scripting
5 21 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
6 19 (45.24%) Cross-Browser Testing
7 18 (42.86%) Test Automation
8 15 (35.71%) Logistics
9 12 (28.57%) DevOps
9 12 (28.57%) Mentoring
10 11 (26.19%) Test Strategy
11 9 (21.43%) BDD
12 8 (19.05%) Project Planning
12 8 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
13 7 (16.67%) Manual Testing
14 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
15 5 (11.90%) Microservices
16 4 (9.52%) Exploratory Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (61.90%) SQL
2 25 (59.52%) C#
3 22 (52.38%) Java
4 2 (4.76%) Python
4 2 (4.76%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (61.90%) Degree
2 21 (50.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 16 (38.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (9.52%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.95%) QA
2 5 (11.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Guidewire
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (2.38%) SAP
3 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) Siebel
3 1 (2.38%) Workday