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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 415 393
Rank change year-on-year +100 -22 +97
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 57 52 77
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.09% 1.00% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 48 26 68
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,625 £33,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £52,500 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £78,125 £60,375
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 5,243 5,211 5,796
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.55% 26.77% 27.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,653 4,322
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,863 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,269 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.34% +0.75%

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 30 November 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 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.75%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.84%) Azure
2 15 (26.32%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.51%) AWS
4 2 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.75%) GitHub
5 1 (1.75%) SaaS
5 1 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Relational Database
2 4 (7.02%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 31 (54.39%) JIRA
2 28 (49.12%) Selenium
3 26 (45.61%) Postman
4 21 (36.84%) Team Foundation Server
5 18 (31.58%) SoapUI
5 18 (31.58%) WebDriver
6 5 (8.77%) Cypress.io
7 4 (7.02%) SpecFlow
8 3 (5.26%) Git
9 2 (3.51%) CircleCI
9 2 (3.51%) Gatling
9 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
9 2 (3.51%) LoadRunner
9 2 (3.51%) Locust
9 2 (3.51%) TestRail
9 2 (3.51%) Zephyr
10 1 (1.75%) JUnit
10 1 (1.75%) TestNG
General
1 32 (56.14%) Finance
2 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Legal
4 6 (10.53%) Banking
5 3 (5.26%) Law
5 3 (5.26%) Military
6 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (49.12%) Analyst
2 26 (45.61%) Test Analyst
3 13 (22.81%) Senior
4 12 (21.05%) Tester
5 9 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (15.79%) Senior Test Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) Automation Test Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) Lead
7 5 (8.77%) QA Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Data Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Software Tester
8 4 (7.02%) Test Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Test Leader
9 3 (5.26%) IT Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Manual Tester
9 3 (5.26%) QA Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Tester
9 3 (5.26%) Test Manager
10 1 (1.75%) Lead Test Analyst
10 1 (1.75%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (38.60%) .NET
2 18 (31.58%) HTML
2 18 (31.58%) SOAP
3 5 (8.77%) XML
4 4 (7.02%) Gherkin
5 3 (5.26%) Playwright
6 2 (3.51%) Middleware
7 1 (1.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (14.04%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.02%) Algorithms
3 4 (7.02%) Reference Data
4 3 (5.26%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (84.21%) Agile
2 43 (75.44%) Software Testing
3 32 (56.14%) Test Management
4 29 (50.88%) API Testing
5 28 (49.12%) Scrum
6 24 (42.11%) Test Scripting
7 22 (38.60%) Non-Functional Testing
8 21 (36.84%) Mentoring
8 21 (36.84%) Test Automation
9 19 (33.33%) DevOps
10 18 (31.58%) Cross-Browser Testing
11 14 (24.56%) Logistics
11 14 (24.56%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (21.05%) Manual Testing
12 12 (21.05%) Regression Testing
12 12 (21.05%) Test Strategy
13 11 (19.30%) Exploratory Testing
14 10 (17.54%) CI/CD
15 9 (15.79%) BDD
16 8 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 34 (59.65%) SQL
2 22 (38.60%) C#
3 21 (36.84%) Java
4 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Degree
2 20 (35.09%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 18 (31.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 10 (17.54%) ISEB
5 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (26.32%) QA
2 4 (7.02%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.26%) GDPR
3 3 (5.26%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.77%) iManage
3 2 (3.51%) Aderant
3 2 (3.51%) IBM
3 2 (3.51%) Intapp
3 2 (3.51%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle
4 1 (1.75%) Workday