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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 411 406
Rank change year-on-year +101 -5 +72
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 62 47 73
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.27% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.22% 0.97% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 53 27 64
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,700 £33,825
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £76,000 £58,375
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 5,087 4,829 5,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.34% 27.31% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 2,536 4,122
10th Percentile £30,165 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,230 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.27% -

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 15 December 2025.

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 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (35.48%) Azure
2 15 (24.19%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.23%) AWS
4 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.61%) GitHub
5 1 (1.61%) SaaS
5 1 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) Relational Database
2 4 (6.45%) Metadata
3 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (61.29%) JIRA
2 34 (54.84%) Selenium
3 32 (51.61%) Postman
4 27 (43.55%) Team Foundation Server
5 24 (38.71%) SoapUI
5 24 (38.71%) WebDriver
6 5 (8.06%) Cypress.io
7 4 (6.45%) SpecFlow
8 3 (4.84%) Git
8 3 (4.84%) TestRail
9 2 (3.23%) CircleCI
9 2 (3.23%) Gatling
9 2 (3.23%) Jenkins
9 2 (3.23%) LoadRunner
9 2 (3.23%) Locust
9 2 (3.23%) Zephyr
10 1 (1.61%) JUnit
10 1 (1.61%) TestNG
General
1 33 (53.23%) Finance
2 22 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.90%) Legal
5 6 (9.68%) Banking
6 3 (4.84%) Law
7 2 (3.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 30 (48.39%) Analyst
2 28 (45.16%) Test Analyst
3 12 (19.35%) Senior
3 12 (19.35%) Tester
4 10 (16.13%) Lead
5 9 (14.52%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (14.52%) Senior Test Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Test Leader
7 5 (8.06%) Automation Test Analyst
7 5 (8.06%) QA Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Test Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Data Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Manual Tester
8 4 (6.45%) Software Tester
9 3 (4.84%) IT Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Lead Test Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) QA Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Test Manager
10 2 (3.23%) Senior Tester
11 1 (1.61%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (45.16%) .NET
2 24 (38.71%) HTML
2 24 (38.71%) SOAP
3 5 (8.06%) XML
4 4 (6.45%) Gherkin
5 3 (4.84%) Playwright
6 1 (1.61%) Middleware
6 1 (1.61%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (11.29%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.45%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.45%) Reference Data
4 3 (4.84%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (85.48%) Agile
2 49 (79.03%) Software Testing
3 38 (61.29%) Test Management
4 36 (58.06%) Scrum
5 34 (54.84%) API Testing
6 29 (46.77%) Test Scripting
7 28 (45.16%) Non-Functional Testing
8 24 (38.71%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 23 (37.10%) Mentoring
10 21 (33.87%) Test Automation
11 19 (30.65%) DevOps
12 16 (25.81%) Logistics
13 13 (20.97%) Manual Testing
13 13 (20.97%) Regression Testing
13 13 (20.97%) User Acceptance Testing
14 10 (16.13%) CI/CD
14 10 (16.13%) Exploratory Testing
14 10 (16.13%) Test Strategy
15 9 (14.52%) BDD
16 8 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 41 (66.13%) SQL
2 28 (45.16%) C#
3 27 (43.55%) Java
4 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (45.16%) Degree
2 25 (40.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 19 (30.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 9 (14.52%) ISEB
5 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (25.81%) QA
2 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.84%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.45%) iManage
3 1 (1.61%) Aderant
3 1 (1.61%) IBM
3 1 (1.61%) Intapp
3 1 (1.61%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle
3 1 (1.61%) Workday