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 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 360 489
Rank change year-on-year +20 +129 +64
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 46 34 66
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.09% 0.88% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 43 29 59
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -9.57%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £53,500
90th Percentile £68,500 - £57,100
UK median annual salary £48,767 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +11.76% -10.53%

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 4,204 3,874 8,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.26% 29.77% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,796 2,484 5,969
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,553 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.09% +4.55% -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 11 April 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 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.26%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.87%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.35%) AWS
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (4.35%) GCP
6 1 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (65.22%) Selenium
2 28 (60.87%) JIRA
3 27 (58.70%) Postman
4 20 (43.48%) WebDriver
5 18 (39.13%) SoapUI
5 18 (39.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (15.22%) SpecFlow
7 5 (10.87%) Cypress.io
8 4 (8.70%) Git
8 4 (8.70%) REST Assured
9 2 (4.35%) Cucumber
9 2 (4.35%) GitLab
9 2 (4.35%) JMeter
9 2 (4.35%) NUnit
9 2 (4.35%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (4.35%) TestRail
9 2 (4.35%) Visual Studio
9 2 (4.35%) Zephyr
10 1 (2.17%) CircleCI
10 1 (2.17%) LoadRunner
General
1 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (47.83%) Finance
3 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Advertising
4 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Analyst
2 15 (32.61%) Test Analyst
3 13 (28.26%) Lead
4 8 (17.39%) Test Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) Test Leader
5 7 (15.22%) Tester
6 6 (13.04%) QA Engineer
7 5 (10.87%) Senior
8 3 (6.52%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Automation Test Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Manual Tester
8 3 (6.52%) QA Automation Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Automation Test Lead
9 2 (4.35%) Database Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Database Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Test Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Test Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) SEO Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (47.83%) .NET
2 18 (39.13%) HTML
2 18 (39.13%) SOAP
3 4 (8.70%) Playwright
4 3 (6.52%) Gherkin
4 3 (6.52%) XML
5 2 (4.35%) Nightwatchjs
5 2 (4.35%) REST
5 2 (4.35%) RESTful
5 2 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.35%) Housing Association
2 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (86.96%) Agile
2 31 (67.39%) Software Testing
3 26 (56.52%) Scrum
4 25 (54.35%) Test Management
5 23 (50.00%) Test Automation
6 22 (47.83%) API Testing
6 22 (47.83%) Non-Functional Testing
7 21 (45.65%) Test Scripting
8 18 (39.13%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 16 (34.78%) Logistics
10 15 (32.61%) DevOps
11 14 (30.43%) Test Strategy
12 11 (23.91%) Mentoring
13 10 (21.74%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (19.57%) CI/CD
14 9 (19.57%) Manual Testing
15 8 (17.39%) BDD
15 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 7 (15.22%) Project Planning
17 5 (10.87%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (58.70%) C#
2 25 (54.35%) SQL
3 22 (47.83%) Java
4 3 (6.52%) Python
5 2 (4.35%) Clojure
5 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (52.17%) Degree
2 20 (43.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 17 (36.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (6.52%) ISEB
5 1 (2.17%) CSQA
5 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.96%) QA
2 5 (10.87%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) Guidewire
3 2 (4.35%) IFS
4 1 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Siebel
4 1 (2.17%) Workday