ISTQB Jobs with Work from Home Options

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
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 qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 544 527
Rank change year-on-year +45 -17 -54
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 76 116 368
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.29% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.80% 1.12% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 65 84 210
10th Percentile £29,900 £35,065 £32,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.46% +5.98%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,125 £66,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,586 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.69% +5.75% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

ISTQB 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 9,552 10,403 16,413
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.25% 25.64% 23.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,899 6,318 8,788
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

ISTQB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ISTQB trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB
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.

ISTQB salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISTQB over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

ISTQB salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISTQB
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 3 (3.95%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.89%) Azure
2 15 (19.74%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (13.16%) SaaS
4 9 (11.84%) AWS
5 4 (5.26%) Cloud Composer
5 4 (5.26%) Cloud Functions
5 4 (5.26%) dbt
5 4 (5.26%) GCP
5 4 (5.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 4 (5.26%) Snowflake
6 3 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.32%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Firewall
1 1 (1.32%) Multicast
1 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.26%) InfluxDB
3 4 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 4 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (5.26%) Tableau
4 3 (3.95%) Big Data
5 1 (1.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (18.42%) Selenium
2 12 (15.79%) JIRA
3 9 (11.84%) Postman
3 9 (11.84%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (10.53%) JMeter
4 8 (10.53%) TestRail
5 5 (6.58%) eggPlant
6 4 (5.26%) SoapUI
6 4 (5.26%) WebDriver
7 3 (3.95%) LoadRunner
8 2 (2.63%) HP UFT
8 2 (2.63%) MSTest
8 2 (2.63%) SpecFlow
8 2 (2.63%) TeamCity
9 1 (1.32%) Cypress.io
9 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
9 1 (1.32%) Protractor
9 1 (1.32%) Travis CI
9 1 (1.32%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Finance
4 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.26%) Retail
5 4 (5.26%) Welsh Language
6 3 (3.95%) Banking
6 3 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.63%) Legal
7 2 (2.63%) Police
8 1 (1.32%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 23 (30.26%) Analyst
2 17 (22.37%) Senior
3 16 (21.05%) Test Analyst
4 15 (19.74%) Test Engineer
5 14 (18.42%) Lead
6 13 (17.11%) Tester
7 12 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (11.84%) QA Leader
8 9 (11.84%) Test Leader
9 7 (9.21%) QA Analyst
9 7 (9.21%) QA Automation Analyst
9 7 (9.21%) Senior QA Analyst
9 7 (9.21%) Software Tester
10 6 (7.89%) Graduate
11 5 (6.58%) Automation Analyst
11 5 (6.58%) SaaS Analyst
11 5 (6.58%) Senior Automation Analyst
11 5 (6.58%) Senior Test Analyst
12 4 (5.26%) Developer
12 4 (5.26%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.84%) REST
2 6 (7.89%) XML
3 5 (6.58%) .NET
4 4 (5.26%) OAuth
4 4 (5.26%) OAuth2
4 4 (5.26%) SOAP
5 3 (3.95%) Gherkin
6 2 (2.63%) Playwright
7 1 (1.32%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.32%) Laravel
7 1 (1.32%) Node.js
7 1 (1.32%) Puppeteer
7 1 (1.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.74%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.95%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.32%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.32%) PMI
5 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.21%) Windows
2 4 (5.26%) Unix
3 2 (2.63%) Linux
4 1 (1.32%) CentOS
4 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (65.79%) Test Automation
2 49 (64.47%) Agile
3 46 (60.53%) Software Testing
4 29 (38.16%) DevOps
5 27 (35.53%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (34.21%) Manual Testing
7 22 (28.95%) SDLC
8 19 (25.00%) Regression Testing
9 17 (22.37%) CI/CD
10 16 (21.05%) Defect Management
10 16 (21.05%) Test Scripting
11 14 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (17.11%) Performance Testing
12 13 (17.11%) Scrum
13 12 (15.79%) Non-Functional Testing
14 11 (14.47%) Test Planning
14 11 (14.47%) Test Strategy
15 10 (13.16%) Mentoring
16 9 (11.84%) API Testing
16 9 (11.84%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.37%) SQL
2 15 (19.74%) C#
3 7 (9.21%) Java
3 7 (9.21%) JavaScript
3 7 (9.21%) Python
4 4 (5.26%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.95%) C++
5 3 (3.95%) Scala
6 2 (2.63%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (23.68%) ISEB
2 14 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 12 (15.79%) Degree
4 11 (14.47%) SC Cleared
5 7 (9.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 4 (5.26%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.26%) GIAC
7 3 (3.95%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.95%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (47.37%) QA
2 6 (7.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.63%) SLA
4 1 (1.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (6.58%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.63%) Firmware
3 1 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.26%) Grafana
2 1 (1.32%) Ansible
2 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (32.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.47%) Google
2 11 (14.47%) Oracle
3 4 (5.26%) Peregrine
4 3 (3.95%) Databricks
5 2 (2.63%) SAP