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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 394 415
Rank change year-on-year +98 +21 +58
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 71 41 67
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.47% 0.25% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 0.87% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 63 21 59
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £33,950
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,792 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.81% -20.42% -
75th Percentile £54,250 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £88,750 £57,750
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 5,030 4,686 5,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.20% 28.16% 27.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,477 2,411 4,085
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,222
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £78,312 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,700 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 8 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 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (35.21%) Azure
2 16 (22.54%) 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 51 (71.83%) JIRA
2 47 (66.20%) Selenium
3 43 (60.56%) Postman
4 36 (50.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 33 (46.48%) SoapUI
5 33 (46.48%) WebDriver
6 9 (12.68%) Cypress.io
7 4 (5.63%) SpecFlow
8 3 (4.23%) Git
8 3 (4.23%) TestRail
9 2 (2.82%) CircleCI
9 2 (2.82%) Gatling
9 2 (2.82%) GitLab
9 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
9 2 (2.82%) LoadRunner
9 2 (2.82%) Locust
9 2 (2.82%) REST Assured
9 2 (2.82%) Zephyr
10 1 (1.41%) JUnit
10 1 (1.41%) TestNG
General
1 43 (60.56%) Finance
2 34 (47.89%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.86%) Legal
5 4 (5.63%) Banking
6 3 (4.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (45.07%) Analyst
2 30 (42.25%) Test Analyst
3 14 (19.72%) Lead
4 13 (18.31%) Tester
5 12 (16.90%) Senior
6 11 (15.49%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (15.49%) Senior Test Analyst
7 9 (12.68%) Test Engineer
8 8 (11.27%) Test Leader
9 5 (7.04%) Test Manager
10 4 (5.63%) Automation Test Analyst
10 4 (5.63%) Data Engineer
10 4 (5.63%) Manual Tester
10 4 (5.63%) Software Tester
11 3 (4.23%) IT Analyst
11 3 (4.23%) Lead Test Analyst
11 3 (4.23%) QA Analyst
11 3 (4.23%) QA Engineer
12 2 (2.82%) Automation Test Lead
12 2 (2.82%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (52.11%) .NET
2 33 (46.48%) HTML
2 33 (46.48%) SOAP
3 4 (5.63%) Gherkin
3 4 (5.63%) Playwright
4 3 (4.23%) RESTful
4 3 (4.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.63%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.63%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.63%) Reference Data
3 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (84.51%) Agile
2 57 (80.28%) Software Testing
3 45 (63.38%) Test Management
4 44 (61.97%) Scrum
5 42 (59.15%) API Testing
6 39 (54.93%) Non-Functional Testing
7 37 (52.11%) Test Scripting
8 33 (46.48%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 29 (40.85%) Mentoring
10 24 (33.80%) Test Automation
11 22 (30.99%) DevOps
11 22 (30.99%) Logistics
12 16 (22.54%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (19.72%) Test Strategy
14 13 (18.31%) Manual Testing
14 13 (18.31%) Regression Testing
15 11 (15.49%) CI/CD
16 10 (14.08%) Project Planning
17 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
18 7 (9.86%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 47 (66.20%) SQL
2 38 (53.52%) Java
3 37 (52.11%) C#
4 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.23%) Python
5 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (52.11%) Degree
2 36 (50.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 19 (26.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 6 (8.45%) 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 19 (26.76%) QA
2 4 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.82%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) iManage
3 2 (2.82%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle
4 1 (1.41%) Workday