ISTQB Jobs in the Midlands

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 216 245
Rank change year-on-year -37 +29 +52
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 17 23 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.18% 0.42% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 1.32% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 72
10th Percentile - £31,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £22,620 £37,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +11.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £40,000 - £52,500
90th Percentile £66,750 £51,967 £57,500
England median annual salary £48,398 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -3.20% +2.04% +8.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,898 1,736 3,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.27% 31.99% 34.53%
Number of salaries quoted 765 1,151 1,961
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £28,525
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing ISTQB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB in the Midlands.

Salary trend for ISTQB in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -28 13 £23,240 -53.52% 5
East Midlands -43 4 £31,250 -14.38%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (11.76%) Pentaho
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 10 (58.82%) JIRA
2 5 (29.41%) Postman
3 4 (23.53%) Bugzilla
4 3 (17.65%) Git
5 2 (11.76%) Zephyr
6 1 (5.88%) Bitbucket
6 1 (5.88%) Cucumber
6 1 (5.88%) Cypress.io
6 1 (5.88%) Eclipse
6 1 (5.88%) GitLab
6 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
6 1 (5.88%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Games
4 3 (17.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Test Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Tester
2 4 (23.53%) Games Tester
2 4 (23.53%) Lead
2 4 (23.53%) Test Leader
3 2 (11.76%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) QA Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) QA Test Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) UAT Lead
3 2 (11.76%) UAT Test Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior QA Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior QA Test Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Gherkin
1 1 (5.88%) Playwright
1 1 (5.88%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
3 6 (35.29%) DevOps
3 6 (35.29%) SDLC
4 5 (29.41%) API Testing
4 5 (29.41%) Test Automation
4 5 (29.41%) Test Management
5 4 (23.53%) Integration Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Performance Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
6 3 (17.65%) Manual Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
6 3 (17.65%) Time Management
6 3 (17.65%) Web Application Development
6 3 (17.65%) Workflow
6 3 (17.65%) Workflow Management
7 2 (11.76%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
1 5 (29.41%) ISEB
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Denodo
2 2 (11.76%) Informatica
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Talend
3 1 (5.88%) Wrike