Skip to content
IT skill · Certificate· QA & Testing

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level – calculated from 51 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)
51
Rank 309 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 63 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
31 %
Rated for 51 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
86 %
25 % fully remote · stated in 100 % of postings
The jury's verdict on ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level

Growing, but still small.

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level sits at rank 309 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 63 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 309 of 531 skills, 51 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 63 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible86 % of postings allow remote work.
And how does your ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level profile look?Check it for free

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 63 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 132 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
309 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level are rising: from an average of 3 to 5 per week (+46 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level51 %
Senior43 %
Junior6 %

Mid-level dominates (51 %). Pure junior roles are rare (6 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

logistics32 %
it_software22 %
public_sector16 %
automotive14 %
manufacturing8 %

logistics leads (32 %).

Stated in 73 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance80 %
Permanent16 %
Temp agency4 %

Freelance dominates (80 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote61 %
Fully remote25 %
On site14 %

Partly remote dominates (61 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 25 % of postings.

Stated in 100 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main13 %
Frankfurt13 %
Düsseldorf11 %
Nürnberg11 %
Braunschweig8 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (13 %).

Stated in 75 % of listings

Project language

German100 %

German dominates (100 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level projects

Westhouse Consulting GmbH11
mund consulting AG11
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level projects

Frequently asked questions about ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level freelancing

How many ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 51 projects and jobs mentioning ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level were posted. That is around 4 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 63 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level still in demand for freelancers?

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level ranks 309 of 531 skills.

Are ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level projects possible remotely?

86 % of ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level postings allow remote work. 25 % are fully remote.

Who posts ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level projects?

The 2 most active recruiters account for 43 % of all ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level. 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

You now know the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level market.
Now let the jury judge your profile.

Your CV against 51 ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level listings – with findings, strengths and an hourly-rate check.

How freelancerjury works
Check CV