ISTQB Foundation Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 612 752
Rank change year-on-year +15 +140 -185
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 10 35 139
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.029% 0.091% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.10% 0.35% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 71
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,375 £39,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £57,000 £54,297 £59,375
90th Percentile £57,200 £61,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% +4.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

ISTQB Foundation Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,700 10,084 17,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.92% 26.18% 23.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,889 6,112 8,934
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB Foundation Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISTQB Foundation Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

ISTQB Foundation Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISTQB Foundation Certification over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

ISTQB Foundation Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Postman
1 3 (30.00%) TestRail
2 2 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
3 1 (10.00%) JMeter
3 1 (10.00%) Selenium
3 1 (10.00%) SoapUI
3 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Police
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Tester
2 2 (20.00%) UAT Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 5 (50.00%) Agile Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Test Planning
4 4 (40.00%) Test Assurance
4 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (30.00%) BDD
5 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (30.00%) Functional Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (30.00%) Test Management
6 2 (20.00%) Content Management
6 2 (20.00%) CRM
6 2 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
6 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) ISEB
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 14001
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Firmware