ISTQB Foundation Certification Jobs

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 867 808 864
Rank change year-on-year -59 +56 -108
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 37 111 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.35% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17 58 163
10th Percentile £33,000 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,916 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% +8.33% +4.05%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,200 £57,500 £63,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28,735 31,345 47,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.15% 33.90% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 14,299 19,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,762
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +0.20%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Salary trend for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Salary histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in the UK

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 15 June 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
England -30 35 £49,000 +0.51% 10
UK excluding London -102 29 £45,000 -5.26% 11
South East -28 13 £55,000 +15.79% 2
Work from Home +11 10 £45,000 -5.26% 4
North of England -24 7 £45,000 -10.00% 3
South West -43 7 £45,750 +1.67% 2
London +83 6 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire +38 5 £45,000 +9.09% 1
East of England -9 2 £51,250 -
North West -30 2 - - 2

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (8.11%) Confluence
2 2 (5.41%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.70%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
1 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) Bluetooth
1 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (8.11%) ZigBee
2 1 (2.70%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (29.73%) TestRail
2 9 (24.32%) JIRA
3 3 (8.11%) Git
3 3 (8.11%) Postman
4 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.70%) JMeter
4 1 (2.70%) Selenium
4 1 (2.70%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
5 3 (8.11%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Electronics
5 3 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
5 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Back Office
6 2 (5.41%) Marketing
6 2 (5.41%) Police
6 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Analyst
2 16 (43.24%) Test Analyst
3 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 6 (16.22%) Tester
5 5 (13.51%) Senior
6 4 (10.81%) QA Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Software Tester
6 4 (10.81%) Test Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) Automation Specialist
7 3 (8.11%) Senior Test Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) JIRA Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Junior
8 2 (5.41%) Junior QA Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Lead
8 2 (5.41%) Manual Tester
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) Test Leader
8 2 (5.41%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) RESTful
2 2 (5.41%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (5.41%) Playwright
2 2 (5.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Product Ownership
1 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.11%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (8.11%) IoT
2 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.41%) Derivative
3 2 (5.41%) Equities
3 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Linux
2 3 (8.11%) Windows
3 2 (5.41%) Ubuntu
3 2 (5.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) Agile
1 20 (54.05%) Test Automation
2 16 (43.24%) Test Management
3 13 (35.14%) Agile Testing
3 13 (35.14%) Test Planning
4 12 (32.43%) Test Assurance
5 11 (29.73%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 11 (29.73%) Software Testing
6 9 (24.32%) Requirements Analysis
7 8 (21.62%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (21.62%) Roadmaps
7 8 (21.62%) Test Strategy
8 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (18.92%) Manual Testing
8 7 (18.92%) PRINCE2
8 7 (18.92%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (16.22%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (16.22%) Project Management
10 5 (13.51%) BDD
10 5 (13.51%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (83.78%) ISTQB
2 13 (35.14%) ISEB
2 13 (35.14%) Security Cleared
3 10 (27.03%) Degree
3 10 (27.03%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (62.16%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.41%) ISO 14001
2 2 (5.41%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
2 3 (8.11%) ScienceLogic
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) SAP