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ISTQB freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for ISTQB – calculated from 48 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
48
Rank 329 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 21 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
21 %
Rated for 48 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
86 %
16 % fully remote · stated in 92 % of postings
The jury's verdict on ISTQB

A shrinking market.

ISTQB sits at rank 329 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 21 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 329 of 531 skills, 48 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 21 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible86 % of postings allow remote work.
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Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 21 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 12 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
329 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for ISTQB are rising: from an average of 4 to 6 per week (+38 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants ISTQB – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior48 %
Mid-level44 %
Junior4 %

Mid-level grows the most (+1 % vs. the previous quarter). Pure junior roles are rare (4 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software28 %
banking_finance13 %
public_sector13 %
logistics13 %
manufacturing10 %

it_software leads (28 %).

Stated in 81 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance81 %
Temp agency13 %
Permanent6 %

Freelance dominates (81 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote70 %
Fully remote16 %
On site14 %

Partly remote dominates (70 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 16 % of postings.

Stated in 92 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main11 %
Frankfurt am Main11 %
Frankfurt8 %
Baden-Württemberg8 %
Erlangen8 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (11 %).

Stated in 77 % of listings

Project language

German94 %
English6 %

German dominates (94 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts ISTQB projects

FERCHAU GmbH13
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current ISTQB projects

Frequently asked questions about ISTQB freelancing

How many ISTQB projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 48 projects and jobs mentioning ISTQB were posted. That is around 4 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 21 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is ISTQB still in demand for freelancers?

ISTQB ranks 329 of 531 skills.

Are ISTQB projects possible remotely?

86 % of ISTQB postings allow remote work. 16 % are fully remote.

Who posts ISTQB projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 27 % of all ISTQB postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention ISTQB. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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