Software Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 179 134
Rank change year-on-year +12 -45 -4
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 673 764 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.91% 2.02% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 2.11% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 532 544 1,165
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,625 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Testing.

Software Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Testing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Software Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
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 22 (3.27%) Confluence
2 9 (1.34%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.19%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.89%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.74%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) JBoss
6 1 (0.15%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.49%) Simulink
4 7 (1.04%) Stateflow
5 6 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.74%) Trello
7 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) ProductWriter
2 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 165 (24.52%) Azure
2 90 (13.37%) AWS
3 52 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (6.39%) GitHub
4 43 (6.39%) SaaS
5 29 (4.31%) GCP
6 21 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (2.38%) Serverless
8 13 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.34%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.89%) IaaS
14 5 (0.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (0.74%) BrowserStack
14 5 (0.74%) ClickUp
15 4 (0.59%) Azure AKS
15 4 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.59%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.34%) Ethernet
1 9 (1.34%) RS-232
2 8 (1.19%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.04%) Internet
4 6 (0.89%) Wireless
5 4 (0.59%) VPN
5 4 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.45%) HTTP
6 3 (0.45%) Modbus
6 3 (0.45%) RS-422
6 3 (0.45%) RS-485
7 2 (0.30%) Firewall
7 2 (0.30%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.30%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) DNS
8 1 (0.15%) FlexRay
8 1 (0.15%) Network Security
8 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.15%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.35%) Relational Database
2 34 (5.05%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.23%) Big Data
4 14 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.08%) OLTP
5 13 (1.93%) DynamoDB
5 13 (1.93%) MySQL
6 10 (1.49%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.89%) BigQuery
7 6 (0.89%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.89%) Flink
7 6 (0.89%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.59%) Redis
10 3 (0.45%) MS Access
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.30%) SQLite
12 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 108 (16.05%) JIRA
2 67 (9.96%) Selenium
3 39 (5.79%) Postman
4 34 (5.05%) Git
4 34 (5.05%) Jenkins
5 29 (4.31%) Cypress.io
6 26 (3.86%) Cucumber
6 26 (3.86%) JMeter
7 22 (3.27%) Visual Studio
8 21 (3.12%) JUnit
9 19 (2.82%) SpecFlow
10 16 (2.38%) GitLab
11 14 (2.08%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.93%) Appium
13 11 (1.63%) WebDriver
14 9 (1.34%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.34%) SoapUI
15 8 (1.19%) Rational Rhapsody
15 8 (1.19%) TestNG
15 8 (1.19%) Zephyr
General
1 143 (21.25%) Social Skills
2 76 (11.29%) Retail
3 68 (10.10%) Legal
4 62 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (7.88%) Finance
7 33 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (4.46%) Electronics
9 20 (2.97%) Automotive
10 17 (2.53%) Banking
10 17 (2.53%) Games
11 15 (2.23%) Police
12 14 (2.08%) Law
12 14 (2.08%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.63%) Marketing
14 10 (1.49%) French Language
15 9 (1.34%) Military
15 9 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.04%) Advertising
16 7 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 146 (21.69%) Developer
2 144 (21.40%) Senior
3 123 (18.28%) Analyst
4 77 (11.44%) Software Engineer
5 71 (10.55%) Tester
6 66 (9.81%) Business Analyst
7 63 (9.36%) Lead
8 60 (8.92%) Senior Developer
9 51 (7.58%) Software Developer
10 48 (7.13%) QA Engineer
11 46 (6.84%) Test Engineer
12 44 (6.54%) .NET Developer
13 40 (5.94%) Software Tester
13 40 (5.94%) Test Analyst
14 36 (5.35%) Full Stack Developer
15 31 (4.61%) Team Leader
16 27 (4.01%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
17 26 (3.86%) Lead Business Analyst
18 24 (3.57%) Business Analyst Team Leader
19 23 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (16.05%) .NET
2 69 (10.25%) HTML
3 60 (8.92%) Web Services
4 45 (6.69%) RESTful
5 44 (6.54%) CSS
5 44 (6.54%) Node.js
6 34 (5.05%) .NET Framework
7 31 (4.61%) ASP.NET
8 30 (4.46%) Playwright
9 23 (3.42%) React
10 22 (3.27%) SOAP
10 22 (3.27%) XML
11 19 (2.82%) ASP.NET Core
11 19 (2.82%) GraphQL
11 19 (2.82%) REST
12 17 (2.53%) Kafka
13 15 (2.23%) WinForms
14 14 (2.08%) Spring
15 13 (1.93%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 30 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
4 19 (2.82%) Algorithms
4 19 (2.82%) Video\Live Streaming
5 15 (2.23%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
7 13 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.63%) Client/Server
8 11 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.63%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.04%) Life Science
11 7 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.89%) NHS
13 5 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 58 (8.62%) Linux
2 40 (5.94%) Windows
3 12 (1.78%) Android
4 10 (1.49%) Unix
5 6 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.74%) Debian
6 5 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.74%) Windows Mobile
7 4 (0.59%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (38.34%) Agile
2 235 (34.92%) Test Automation
3 156 (23.18%) Software Engineering
4 150 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (21.84%) DevOps
6 120 (17.83%) CI/CD
7 107 (15.90%) Coaching
8 106 (15.75%) SDLC
9 86 (12.78%) Code Quality
10 78 (11.59%) TDD
11 76 (11.29%) Process Improvement
12 75 (11.14%) Mentoring
13 74 (11.00%) Regression Testing
14 70 (10.40%) ITIL
15 67 (9.96%) Logistics
16 65 (9.66%) Scrum
17 64 (9.51%) Functional Testing
18 63 (9.36%) BDD
19 62 (9.21%) Business Analysis
20 60 (8.92%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 173 (25.71%) C#
2 133 (19.76%) Python
3 128 (19.02%) JavaScript
4 113 (16.79%) Java
5 100 (14.86%) SQL
6 59 (8.77%) C
7 45 (6.69%) TypeScript
8 26 (3.86%) Go
9 25 (3.71%) C++
10 19 (2.82%) VB.NET
11 17 (2.53%) Embedded C
12 15 (2.23%) Groovy
12 15 (2.23%) PL/SQL
12 15 (2.23%) PowerShell
13 13 (1.93%) MATLAB
14 10 (1.49%) Ruby
15 9 (1.34%) Bash
15 9 (1.34%) Scala
16 8 (1.19%) Ada
16 8 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 164 (24.37%) Degree
2 92 (13.67%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.17%) SC Cleared
4 49 (7.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (7.13%) ISTQB
6 31 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.97%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.93%) ISEB
9 10 (1.49%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.19%) IIBA
11 7 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.89%) CSPO
12 6 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.74%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.74%) PhD
14 4 (0.59%) CIPD
15 2 (0.30%) CBAP
15 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (33.88%) QA
2 56 (8.32%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.01%) WCAG
4 13 (1.93%) ISO 9001
5 12 (1.78%) MISRA
6 7 (1.04%) SLA
7 4 (0.59%) EMIR
7 4 (0.59%) GDPR
7 4 (0.59%) MiFID
7 4 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
8 3 (0.45%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.30%) PMO
10 1 (0.15%) AQAP
10 1 (0.15%) DO-254
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.15%) JTAG
10 1 (0.15%) MISRA C
10 1 (0.15%) TickIT
System Software
1 47 (6.98%) Docker
2 29 (4.31%) Firmware
3 11 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (1.34%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.59%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.15%) NFS
8 1 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.57%) Terraform
3 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.89%) Grafana
4 6 (0.89%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (0.74%) Ansible
5 5 (0.74%) Kibana
6 4 (0.59%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.59%) Puppet
6 4 (0.59%) Salt
7 3 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 81 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.31%) Oracle
3 16 (2.38%) IBM
4 14 (2.08%) Google
5 11 (1.63%) BT
6 10 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.34%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.04%) Lauterbach
9 6 (0.89%) HP
9 6 (0.89%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.89%) OutSystems
9 6 (0.89%) Teradata
10 5 (0.74%) Splunk
10 5 (0.74%) Xamarin
11 4 (0.59%) Adobe
11 4 (0.59%) Citrix
11 4 (0.59%) Peregrine
11 4 (0.59%) VMware
12 3 (0.45%) Databricks
12 3 (0.45%) SAP