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 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 399 429
Rank change year-on-year +99 +30 +45
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 71 40 63
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.24% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 0.86% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 63 20 57
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,925 £36,050
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,646 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -18.71% -
75th Percentile £52,875 £53,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £88,750 £61,750
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 5,022 4,656 5,835
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.83% 28.37% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,520 2,370 4,183
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,715 £34,010
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,875 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,908 £57,495
% change year-on-year -8.19% +4.20% -0.01%

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 16 January 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 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (33.80%) Azure
2 15 (21.13%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (8.45%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (8.45%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.63%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.82%) AWS
5 2 (2.82%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (2.82%) GCP
6 1 (1.41%) GitHub
6 1 (1.41%) SaaS
6 1 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.63%) Metadata
3 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 50 (70.42%) JIRA
2 48 (67.61%) Selenium
3 44 (61.97%) Postman
4 35 (49.30%) Team Foundation Server
5 34 (47.89%) WebDriver
6 32 (45.07%) SoapUI
7 9 (12.68%) Cypress.io
8 6 (8.45%) SpecFlow
9 5 (7.04%) Git
10 4 (5.63%) REST Assured
11 3 (4.23%) TestRail
12 2 (2.82%) CircleCI
12 2 (2.82%) Cucumber
12 2 (2.82%) Gatling
12 2 (2.82%) GitLab
12 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
12 2 (2.82%) Locust
12 2 (2.82%) NUnit
12 2 (2.82%) Serenity BDD
12 2 (2.82%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (59.15%) Finance
2 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.45%) Legal
5 4 (5.63%) Banking
6 3 (4.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (43.66%) Analyst
2 29 (40.85%) Test Analyst
3 13 (18.31%) Lead
3 13 (18.31%) Senior
3 13 (18.31%) Tester
4 11 (15.49%) Test Engineer
5 10 (14.08%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (14.08%) Senior Test Analyst
6 7 (9.86%) Test Leader
7 5 (7.04%) Test Manager
8 4 (5.63%) Automation Test Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Data Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Manual Tester
8 4 (5.63%) Software Tester
9 3 (4.23%) IT Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) Lead Test Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) QA Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) QA Engineer
10 2 (2.82%) Automation Test Lead
10 2 (2.82%) SEO Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (50.70%) .NET
2 32 (45.07%) HTML
2 32 (45.07%) SOAP
3 4 (5.63%) Gherkin
3 4 (5.63%) Playwright
4 3 (4.23%) RESTful
4 3 (4.23%) XML
5 2 (2.82%) Nightwatchjs
5 2 (2.82%) REST
5 2 (2.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.63%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.63%) Reference Data
3 3 (4.23%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (84.51%) Agile
2 55 (77.46%) Software Testing
3 44 (61.97%) Scrum
3 44 (61.97%) Test Management
4 41 (57.75%) API Testing
5 38 (53.52%) Non-Functional Testing
6 36 (50.70%) Test Scripting
7 32 (45.07%) Cross-Browser Testing
8 27 (38.03%) Mentoring
9 26 (36.62%) Test Automation
10 21 (29.58%) DevOps
10 21 (29.58%) Logistics
11 16 (22.54%) Test Strategy
11 16 (22.54%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (18.31%) Manual Testing
12 13 (18.31%) Regression Testing
13 10 (14.08%) CI/CD
13 10 (14.08%) Project Planning
14 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (63.38%) SQL
2 38 (53.52%) C#
3 37 (52.11%) Java
4 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.23%) Python
5 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (53.52%) Degree
2 35 (49.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 21 (29.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 5 (7.04%) ISEB
5 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (25.35%) QA
2 4 (5.63%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) iManage
3 2 (2.82%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle
4 1 (1.41%) Workday