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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 385 387
Rank change year-on-year +71 +2 +98
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 63 46 72
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% 0.96% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 55 26 63
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,625 £34,350
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,646 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -18.71% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £78,125 £58,500
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 5,072 4,785 5,531
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.19% 27.75% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,467 2,505 4,040
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,199 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.09% +2.95% -

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 23 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 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (33.33%) Azure
2 14 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.35%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.17%) AWS
4 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) Relational Database
2 4 (6.35%) Metadata
3 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 41 (65.08%) JIRA
2 37 (58.73%) Selenium
3 35 (55.56%) Postman
4 30 (47.62%) Team Foundation Server
5 27 (42.86%) SoapUI
5 27 (42.86%) WebDriver
6 5 (7.94%) Cypress.io
7 4 (6.35%) SpecFlow
8 3 (4.76%) Git
8 3 (4.76%) TestRail
9 2 (3.17%) CircleCI
9 2 (3.17%) Gatling
9 2 (3.17%) Jenkins
9 2 (3.17%) LoadRunner
9 2 (3.17%) Locust
9 2 (3.17%) Zephyr
10 1 (1.59%) JUnit
10 1 (1.59%) TestNG
General
1 35 (55.56%) Finance
2 24 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.11%) Legal
5 6 (9.52%) Banking
6 3 (4.76%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (49.21%) Analyst
2 29 (46.03%) Test Analyst
3 12 (19.05%) Senior
3 12 (19.05%) Tester
4 10 (15.87%) Lead
4 10 (15.87%) Senior Analyst
4 10 (15.87%) Senior Test Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) Test Leader
6 5 (7.94%) QA Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Test Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Automation Test Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Manual Tester
7 4 (6.35%) Software Tester
8 3 (4.76%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) QA Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) Test Manager
9 1 (1.59%) QA Test Analyst
9 1 (1.59%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (49.21%) .NET
2 27 (42.86%) HTML
2 27 (42.86%) SOAP
3 5 (7.94%) XML
4 4 (6.35%) Gherkin
5 2 (3.17%) Playwright
6 1 (1.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.35%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.35%) Reference Data
4 3 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.59%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (85.71%) Agile
2 51 (80.95%) Software Testing
3 40 (63.49%) Test Management
4 39 (61.90%) Scrum
5 36 (57.14%) API Testing
6 31 (49.21%) Non-Functional Testing
6 31 (49.21%) Test Scripting
7 27 (42.86%) Cross-Browser Testing
8 26 (41.27%) Mentoring
9 20 (31.75%) Test Automation
10 19 (30.16%) Logistics
11 18 (28.57%) DevOps
12 13 (20.63%) Manual Testing
12 13 (20.63%) Regression Testing
13 12 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
14 10 (15.87%) CI/CD
15 9 (14.29%) BDD
15 9 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
15 9 (14.29%) Test Strategy
16 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 44 (69.84%) SQL
2 31 (49.21%) C#
3 30 (47.62%) Java
4 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (49.21%) Degree
2 28 (44.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 19 (30.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 8 (12.70%) ISEB
5 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (25.40%) QA
2 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.76%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.76%) iManage
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle
3 1 (1.59%) Workday