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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 417 434
Rank change year-on-year +70 +17 +55
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 63 63 82
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.39% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 1.17% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 55 36 73
10th Percentile £33,150 £30,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,824 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% -10.35% +5.26%
75th Percentile £53,625 £60,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,800 £78,750 £59,750
UK median annual salary £51,500 £49,648 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.73% -0.70% +3.36%

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 6,096 5,371 6,427
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.29% 26.62% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,316 2,635 4,683
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £93,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,513 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +0.02% +4.55%

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 24 October 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 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.75%) Azure
2 12 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.35%) AWS
3 4 (6.35%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) Metadata
1 4 (6.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (60.32%) Selenium
2 37 (58.73%) JIRA
3 22 (34.92%) Postman
4 19 (30.16%) Team Foundation Server
5 16 (25.40%) SoapUI
5 16 (25.40%) WebDriver
6 6 (9.52%) Cypress.io
7 5 (7.94%) Git
8 3 (4.76%) CircleCI
8 3 (4.76%) Gatling
8 3 (4.76%) Jenkins
8 3 (4.76%) LoadRunner
8 3 (4.76%) Locust
8 3 (4.76%) SpecFlow
8 3 (4.76%) TestRail
8 3 (4.76%) Zephyr
9 2 (3.17%) JUnit
9 2 (3.17%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (1.59%) Appium
10 1 (1.59%) NUnit
General
1 28 (44.44%) Finance
2 20 (31.75%) Legal
3 19 (30.16%) Social Skills
4 14 (22.22%) Law
5 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.52%) Banking
7 3 (4.76%) Military
8 1 (1.59%) Cantonese Language
8 1 (1.59%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (41.27%) Analyst
2 24 (38.10%) Test Analyst
3 22 (34.92%) Senior
4 13 (20.63%) QA Engineer
5 10 (15.87%) Tester
6 9 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (14.29%) Senior QA Engineer
6 9 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
7 6 (9.52%) Test Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) QA Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Automation Test Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Data Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Lead
9 4 (6.35%) Software Tester
10 3 (4.76%) IT Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) QA Test Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Senior Tester
10 3 (4.76%) Test Leader
10 3 (4.76%) Test Manager
11 2 (3.17%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (28.57%) .NET
1 18 (28.57%) HTML
2 16 (25.40%) SOAP
3 3 (4.76%) Gherkin
3 3 (4.76%) Playwright
3 3 (4.76%) XML
4 2 (3.17%) CSS
4 2 (3.17%) JSON
4 2 (3.17%) Middleware
5 1 (1.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.35%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.35%) Reference Data
4 3 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.59%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (88.89%) Agile
2 48 (76.19%) Software Testing
3 32 (50.79%) Test Automation
4 31 (49.21%) Test Management
4 31 (49.21%) Test Scripting
5 25 (39.68%) Scrum
6 24 (38.10%) API Testing
7 22 (34.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 20 (31.75%) Manual Testing
8 20 (31.75%) Mentoring
8 20 (31.75%) Non-Functional Testing
9 17 (26.98%) DevOps
10 16 (25.40%) Cross-Browser Testing
11 12 (19.05%) CI/CD
11 12 (19.05%) Logistics
11 12 (19.05%) Project Management
11 12 (19.05%) Regression Testing
12 10 (15.87%) Exploratory Testing
12 10 (15.87%) Test Strategy
13 9 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 32 (50.79%) SQL
2 23 (36.51%) Java
3 21 (33.33%) C#
4 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Degree
2 18 (28.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 12 (19.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 9 (14.29%) ISEB
5 5 (7.94%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.94%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (42.86%) QA
2 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.76%) GDPR
3 3 (4.76%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) iManage
3 2 (3.17%) Aderant
3 2 (3.17%) IBM
3 2 (3.17%) Intapp
3 2 (3.17%) MuleSoft