QA Jobs with Work from Home Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
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 QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA 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 71 58 49
Rank change year-on-year -13 -9 +30
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,310 2,156 4,802
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.87% 5.31% 6.74%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 30.47% 36.51% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 906 1,414 2,306
10th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,299 5,906 11,455
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 14.55% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,237 4,005 6,131
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 41 (3.13%) IIS
2 30 (2.29%) Confluence
3 22 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 13 (0.99%) Documentum
5 12 (0.92%) CMS
6 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.46%) Drupal
8 5 (0.38%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) WordPress
9 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.31%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.15%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.076%) SAS
12 1 (0.076%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 63 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.61%) InfoPath
6 7 (0.53%) Trello
7 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.31%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.31%) Revit
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.076%) Blender
10 1 (0.076%) Notion
10 1 (0.076%) Sketch
10 1 (0.076%) UXPin
10 1 (0.076%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 63 (4.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.99%) TrackWise
4 12 (0.92%) SAP CO
5 9 (0.69%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.61%) NEC Housing
7 7 (0.53%) SAP FI-AP
8 6 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.46%) SAP MM
8 6 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (0.31%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.23%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.23%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.23%) Shopify
11 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.15%) SAP MII
12 1 (0.076%) CA PPM
12 1 (0.076%) Endur
12 1 (0.076%) SAP SCM
12 1 (0.076%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 275 (20.99%) Azure
2 155 (11.83%) SaaS
3 145 (11.07%) AWS
4 129 (9.85%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 51 (3.89%) Serverless
7 42 (3.21%) GCP
8 37 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (1.98%) GitHub
11 25 (1.91%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.30%) PowerApps
13 16 (1.22%) PaaS
13 16 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (0.76%) BrowserStack
15 8 (0.61%) Azure Stack
15 8 (0.61%) ClickUp
15 8 (0.61%) Snowflake
16 7 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.68%) Firewall
2 14 (1.07%) Internet
3 5 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (0.31%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.31%) VPN
5 3 (0.23%) DNS
5 3 (0.23%) HTTP
6 2 (0.15%) BGP
6 2 (0.15%) MQTT
6 2 (0.15%) SSL
6 2 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.076%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.076%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.076%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.076%) RS-422
7 1 (0.076%) RS-485
7 1 (0.076%) VPLS
7 1 (0.076%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 65 (4.96%) Relational Database
3 36 (2.75%) Oracle Database
3 36 (2.75%) RDBMS
4 30 (2.29%) Power BI
5 29 (2.21%) MySQL
6 22 (1.68%) NoSQL
7 20 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.15%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.84%) Redis
12 6 (0.46%) Power Query
12 6 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (0.46%) Tableau
13 5 (0.38%) GIS
13 5 (0.38%) Looker
14 3 (0.23%) Big Data
14 3 (0.23%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 126 (9.62%) Selenium
2 119 (9.08%) JIRA
3 118 (9.01%) Git
4 100 (7.63%) Postman
5 84 (6.41%) Cucumber
6 66 (5.04%) Jenkins
7 56 (4.27%) Cypress.io
8 47 (3.59%) Visual Studio
9 36 (2.75%) JDeveloper
10 32 (2.44%) Jasmine
11 31 (2.37%) SpecFlow
12 28 (2.14%) Karma Test Runner
13 26 (1.98%) JUnit
14 23 (1.76%) JMeter
15 22 (1.68%) TeamCity
16 21 (1.60%) Appium
17 14 (1.07%) Bitbucket
17 14 (1.07%) SoapUI
18 12 (0.92%) GitLab
18 12 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 411 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 219 (16.72%) Finance
3 150 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (8.09%) Legal
4 106 (8.09%) Retail
5 78 (5.95%) Marketing
6 77 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 51 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (3.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 41 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 35 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 34 (2.60%) Aerospace
12 30 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
12 30 (2.29%) Law
13 29 (2.21%) Games
14 28 (2.14%) Electronics
15 27 (2.06%) Police
16 26 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
17 21 (1.60%) Banking
18 18 (1.37%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 243 (18.55%) Developer
2 184 (14.05%) Lead
3 150 (11.45%) Senior
4 117 (8.93%) Analyst
5 104 (7.94%) QA Engineer
6 101 (7.71%) Software Engineer
7 75 (5.73%) Tester
8 67 (5.11%) Architect
9 64 (4.89%) QA Manager
10 58 (4.43%) Project Manager
11 53 (4.05%) SAP Architect
12 52 (3.97%) C# Developer
13 50 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (3.59%) Business Analyst
14 47 (3.59%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 46 (3.51%) QA Leader
16 45 (3.44%) Software Developer
17 39 (2.98%) Senior Developer
18 38 (2.90%) .NET Developer
19 36 (2.75%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (12.06%) .NET
2 119 (9.08%) React
3 104 (7.94%) REST
4 89 (6.79%) AngularJS
5 83 (6.34%) CSS
6 82 (6.26%) HTML
7 65 (4.96%) Web Services
8 63 (4.81%) XML
9 59 (4.50%) ASP.NET
10 58 (4.43%) Node.js
11 56 (4.27%) JSON
12 55 (4.20%) .NET Framework
13 45 (3.44%) RESTful
14 40 (3.05%) SOAP
15 36 (2.75%) .NET Core
15 36 (2.75%) Spring
16 33 (2.52%) XML Schema
17 31 (2.37%) Sass
18 28 (2.14%) RxJS
19 27 (2.06%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 50 (3.82%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 32 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 27 (2.06%) Client/Server
7 26 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.60%) Life Science
9 21 (1.60%) Satnav
10 20 (1.53%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.45%) Cloud Native
12 17 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.22%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.15%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.15%) PropTech
15 14 (1.07%) Data Centre
15 14 (1.07%) LIMS
16 11 (0.84%) Virtual Team
17 10 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.57%) Windows
2 58 (4.43%) Android
3 53 (4.05%) Apple iOS
4 43 (3.28%) Linux
5 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.38%) Debian
6 5 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.31%) AIX
7 4 (0.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.076%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (37.25%) Agile
2 359 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
3 311 (23.74%) DevOps
4 304 (23.21%) Test Automation
5 196 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 188 (14.35%) Mentoring
7 187 (14.27%) Software Testing
8 181 (13.82%) CI/CD
9 176 (13.44%) Software Engineering
10 168 (12.82%) Project Management
11 165 (12.60%) Scrum
12 149 (11.37%) Code Quality
13 144 (10.99%) Coaching
14 126 (9.62%) Unit Testing
15 115 (8.78%) SDLC
16 107 (8.17%) Roadmaps
17 102 (7.79%) Actionable Insight
17 102 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
18 101 (7.71%) Clean Code
19 92 (7.02%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 270 (20.61%) JavaScript
2 203 (15.50%) C#
3 156 (11.91%) Python
4 152 (11.60%) Java
5 145 (11.07%) SQL
6 84 (6.41%) TypeScript
7 52 (3.97%) Go
8 43 (3.28%) Ruby
9 39 (2.98%) Bash
10 36 (2.75%) Perl
11 34 (2.60%) T-SQL
12 33 (2.52%) PHP
13 31 (2.37%) C
14 30 (2.29%) VB
15 28 (2.14%) C++
15 28 (2.14%) VB.NET
15 28 (2.14%) VB6
16 23 (1.76%) Kotlin
17 19 (1.45%) Swift
18 8 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 222 (16.95%) Degree
2 118 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 62 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 59 (4.50%) SC Cleared
5 41 (3.13%) DBS Check
6 36 (2.75%) ISTQB
7 34 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.07%) ISEB
8 14 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.07%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.99%) Azure Certification
9 13 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.69%) CREST Certified
10 9 (0.69%) PMP
11 7 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.53%) CSPO
12 6 (0.46%) IIBA
12 6 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.98%) Accessibility
2 26 (1.98%) Software Quality Assurance
3 25 (1.91%) Good Clinical Practice
3 25 (1.91%) PMO
4 23 (1.76%) ISO 9001
5 14 (1.07%) GxP
6 13 (0.99%) GMP
6 13 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.92%) Data Quality
7 12 (0.92%) GDPR
8 8 (0.61%) NEBOSH
9 7 (0.53%) ISO 14001
9 7 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.38%) SLA
11 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.076%) GAMP
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.076%) P3O
13 1 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 73 (5.57%) Docker
2 15 (1.15%) Firmware
3 12 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.53%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.53%) Ansible
3 18 (1.37%) Terraform
4 13 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
5 6 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.38%) Grafana
6 5 (0.38%) Kibana
6 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.23%) Puppet
8 2 (0.15%) Podman
9 1 (0.076%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.076%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 205 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.64%) SAP
3 46 (3.51%) Oracle
4 37 (2.82%) ServiceNow
5 36 (2.75%) Google
6 12 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.76%) Aderant
8 8 (0.61%) Ariba
8 8 (0.61%) NEC
9 7 (0.53%) CheckPoint
9 7 (0.53%) Databricks
10 6 (0.46%) HP
10 6 (0.46%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.46%) OutSystems
11 5 (0.38%) Adobe
11 5 (0.38%) BT
11 5 (0.38%) Intel
12 4 (0.31%) Splunk
12 4 (0.31%) Thales
13 3 (0.23%) Twitter