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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 373 481
Rank change year-on-year +25 +108 +46
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 47 37 67
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.98% 0.91% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 44 26 61
10th Percentile - £29,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,125 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £39,896 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -16.01% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £64,438 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,375 £67,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500

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 4,805 4,069 8,020
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.65% 29.30% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,601 2,437 5,830
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £45,000 £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 £73,543 £73,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 12 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 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.91%) Azure
2 11 (23.40%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.64%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.26%) AWS
5 2 (4.26%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (4.26%) GCP
6 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.77%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 33 (70.21%) Selenium
2 31 (65.96%) JIRA
2 31 (65.96%) Postman
3 24 (51.06%) WebDriver
4 22 (46.81%) SoapUI
4 22 (46.81%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (12.77%) SpecFlow
6 5 (10.64%) Cypress.io
7 4 (8.51%) REST Assured
8 3 (6.38%) Git
9 2 (4.26%) Cucumber
9 2 (4.26%) GitLab
9 2 (4.26%) JMeter
9 2 (4.26%) NUnit
9 2 (4.26%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (4.26%) TestRail
9 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio
10 1 (2.13%) CircleCI
10 1 (2.13%) LoadRunner
10 1 (2.13%) Locust
General
1 24 (51.06%) Finance
2 23 (48.94%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Analyst
2 17 (36.17%) Test Analyst
3 11 (23.40%) Tester
4 10 (21.28%) Lead
5 7 (14.89%) Test Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Senior
6 5 (10.64%) Test Leader
7 4 (8.51%) Automation Test Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Manual Tester
8 3 (6.38%) QA Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) QA Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Senior Test Analyst
9 2 (4.26%) Database Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Senior Database Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Senior Test Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) SEO Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Software Tester
9 2 (4.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (55.32%) .NET
2 22 (46.81%) HTML
2 22 (46.81%) SOAP
3 4 (8.51%) Gherkin
4 3 (6.38%) Playwright
4 3 (6.38%) XML
5 2 (4.26%) Nightwatchjs
5 2 (4.26%) REST
5 2 (4.26%) RESTful
5 2 (4.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (85.11%) Agile
2 37 (78.72%) Software Testing
3 31 (65.96%) Scrum
4 29 (61.70%) API Testing
5 26 (55.32%) Test Scripting
6 25 (53.19%) Test Management
7 24 (51.06%) Non-Functional Testing
8 22 (46.81%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 17 (36.17%) Logistics
9 17 (36.17%) Test Automation
10 15 (31.91%) Mentoring
11 14 (29.79%) DevOps
12 11 (23.40%) Test Strategy
13 10 (21.28%) Manual Testing
14 9 (19.15%) BDD
15 8 (17.02%) Project Planning
15 8 (17.02%) User Acceptance Testing
16 7 (14.89%) Regression Testing
17 6 (12.77%) Kanban
18 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 32 (68.09%) SQL
2 28 (59.57%) C#
3 25 (53.19%) Java
4 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (61.70%) Degree
2 24 (51.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 19 (40.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (8.51%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (27.66%) QA
2 5 (10.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Guidewire
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) SAP
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.13%) Siebel
3 1 (2.13%) Workday