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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 382 478
Rank change year-on-year +42 +96 +48
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 49 36 70
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.01% 0.84% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 46 22 64
10th Percentile - £31,775 £31,625
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £41,500 £48,461
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -14.36% +2.02%
75th Percentile £48,750 £67,313 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,125 £67,500 £60,125
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 4,859 4,265 7,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.01% 29.37% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,629 2,423 5,600
10th Percentile £30,987 £31,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 6 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 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (32.65%) Azure
2 12 (24.49%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.20%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.08%) AWS
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (4.08%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (69.39%) Selenium
2 32 (65.31%) JIRA
2 32 (65.31%) Postman
3 25 (51.02%) WebDriver
4 23 (46.94%) SoapUI
4 23 (46.94%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (12.24%) SpecFlow
6 5 (10.20%) Cypress.io
7 4 (8.16%) REST Assured
8 3 (6.12%) Git
9 2 (4.08%) Cucumber
9 2 (4.08%) GitLab
9 2 (4.08%) JMeter
9 2 (4.08%) NUnit
9 2 (4.08%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (4.08%) TestRail
9 2 (4.08%) Visual Studio
10 1 (2.04%) CircleCI
10 1 (2.04%) LoadRunner
10 1 (2.04%) Locust
General
1 25 (51.02%) Finance
2 23 (46.94%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (40.82%) Analyst
2 18 (36.73%) Test Analyst
3 12 (24.49%) Tester
4 10 (20.41%) Lead
5 7 (14.29%) Test Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior
7 5 (10.20%) Test Leader
8 4 (8.16%) Automation Test Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Manual Tester
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Test Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) Lead Test Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) QA Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) QA Engineer
9 3 (6.12%) Software Tester
10 2 (4.08%) Automation Test Lead
10 2 (4.08%) Database Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) Lead Test Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) SEO Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (55.10%) .NET
2 23 (46.94%) HTML
2 23 (46.94%) SOAP
3 4 (8.16%) Gherkin
4 3 (6.12%) Playwright
4 3 (6.12%) XML
5 2 (4.08%) Nightwatchjs
5 2 (4.08%) REST
5 2 (4.08%) RESTful
5 2 (4.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (85.71%) Agile
2 39 (79.59%) Software Testing
3 33 (67.35%) Scrum
4 31 (63.27%) API Testing
5 27 (55.10%) Test Scripting
6 26 (53.06%) Test Management
7 25 (51.02%) Non-Functional Testing
8 23 (46.94%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 17 (34.69%) Logistics
9 17 (34.69%) Test Automation
10 16 (32.65%) Mentoring
11 15 (30.61%) DevOps
12 11 (22.45%) Manual Testing
12 11 (22.45%) Test Strategy
13 9 (18.37%) BDD
14 8 (16.33%) Project Planning
14 8 (16.33%) Regression Testing
14 8 (16.33%) User Acceptance Testing
15 7 (14.29%) Kanban
16 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 34 (69.39%) SQL
2 29 (59.18%) C#
3 26 (53.06%) Java
4 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (61.22%) Degree
2 25 (51.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 20 (40.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (8.16%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.53%) QA
2 5 (10.20%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Guidewire
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle
3 1 (2.04%) SAP
3 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.04%) Siebel
3 1 (2.04%) Workday