ISTQB Jobs in the South East

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 297 277 354
Rank change year-on-year -20 +77 +13
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 27 18 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.22% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 0.52% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 70
10th Percentile - £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £49,688 £57,500
90th Percentile - £52,500 £61,250
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,550 3,464 7,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 37.00% 42.21% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,886 1,938 2,993
10th Percentile £34,500 £28,785 £30,500
25th Percentile £44,106 £38,563 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,475 £80,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for ISTQB in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South East 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
Hampshire -43 16 £36,000 -4.00% 3
Thames Valley -1 8 £47,500 -2.56% 2
Berkshire +22 6 £47,500 - 1
Buckinghamshire -23 2 - - 1
Surrey - 2 £51,250 - 1
East Sussex - 1 - - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) SaaS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DHCP
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (40.74%) Selenium
2 8 (29.63%) JIRA
3 7 (25.93%) Postman
3 7 (25.93%) SoapUI
4 6 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (22.22%) TestRail
4 6 (22.22%) WebDriver
5 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.70%) JMeter
5 1 (3.70%) Robot Framework
5 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
2 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (77.78%) Analyst
1 21 (77.78%) Test Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Senior
2 6 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Senior Test Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Lead
3 4 (14.81%) Test Leader
4 3 (11.11%) Automation Test Lead
4 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) QA Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) QA Test Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) .NET
1 6 (22.22%) HTML
1 6 (22.22%) SOAP
2 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.70%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Test Automation
2 22 (81.48%) Software Testing
3 14 (51.85%) Agile
4 12 (44.44%) Test Strategy
5 9 (33.33%) Regression Testing
6 8 (29.63%) Scrum
7 7 (25.93%) End-to-End Testing
7 7 (25.93%) Non-Functional Testing
7 7 (25.93%) OWASP
7 7 (25.93%) Process Improvement
8 6 (22.22%) Test Management
9 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
9 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
10 4 (14.81%) DevOps
10 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (14.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 4 (14.81%) Test Assurance
11 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (11.11%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) JavaScript
1 8 (29.63%) Python
1 8 (29.63%) SQL
1 8 (29.63%) TypeScript
2 7 (25.93%) C#
3 1 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 6 (22.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) IFS