Exploratory Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Exploratory 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 Exploratory Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 624 660
Rank change year-on-year +55 +36 -152
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Testing 26 40 208
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.077% 0.099% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.10% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 21 32 112
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,350 £37,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £65,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £56,549 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.42% +2.82% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Exploratory 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 30,859 38,849 68,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.22% 96.05% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,373 27,016 41,283
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Exploratory Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Exploratory Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory 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 Exploratory Testing.

Exploratory Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Exploratory Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory 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:

Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Trello
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) ClickUp
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Big Data
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (50.00%) JIRA
2 5 (19.23%) Selenium
3 3 (11.54%) Cucumber
4 2 (7.69%) IntelliJ
4 2 (7.69%) JMeter
4 2 (7.69%) Postman
4 2 (7.69%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (7.69%) WebDriver
5 1 (3.85%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.85%) Robot Framework
5 1 (3.85%) Zephyr
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Law
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.85%) Advertising
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Analyst
2 11 (42.31%) Test Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) QA Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Graduate
4 5 (19.23%) Junior
4 5 (19.23%) Junior QA Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Tester
5 2 (7.69%) Test Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Tester
5 2 (7.69%) Web Tester
6 1 (3.85%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) QA Leader
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) RESTful
1 2 (7.69%) XML
2 1 (3.85%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Client/Server
1 2 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Linux
2 5 (19.23%) Debian
2 5 (19.23%) Ubuntu
3 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Software Testing
2 17 (65.38%) Agile
3 12 (46.15%) Test Automation
3 12 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (42.31%) Regression Testing
5 10 (38.46%) Functional Testing
6 8 (30.77%) Data Validation
6 8 (30.77%) Non-Functional Testing
6 8 (30.77%) System Testing
6 8 (30.77%) Test Management
6 8 (30.77%) Test Strategy
6 8 (30.77%) Validation
7 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (26.92%) Defect Tracking
7 7 (26.92%) Sprint Planning
8 6 (23.08%) API Testing
9 5 (19.23%) Project Management
9 5 (19.23%) Sprint Review
10 4 (15.38%) Manual Testing
11 3 (11.54%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Python
2 5 (19.23%) SQL
3 4 (15.38%) Java
4 3 (11.54%) C#
5 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) ISEB
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (42.31%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) OpenAI