Manual Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Manual 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 Manual Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manual Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 434 371
Rank change year-on-year -27 -63 +14
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 128 243 627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.59% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.61% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 114 198 340
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,875 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,913 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,000 £46,987
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +6.41% +6.79%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,375 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.11% +3.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Manual 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 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Manual Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Manual Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manual 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 Manual Testing.

Manual Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Manual Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manual 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 3 (2.34%) Confluence
2 2 (1.56%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.78%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 23 (17.97%) Azure
2 23 (17.97%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (17.97%) SaaS
3 22 (17.19%) PowerApps
4 11 (8.59%) Power Automate
5 8 (6.25%) AWS
5 8 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.91%) BrowserStack
7 2 (1.56%) GitHub
7 2 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.78%) Figma
8 1 (0.78%) GCP
8 1 (0.78%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.16%) Power BI
2 12 (9.38%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.56%) Big Data
3 2 (1.56%) Tableau
4 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (18.75%) JIRA
2 16 (12.50%) Selenium
3 7 (5.47%) Cucumber
3 7 (5.47%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (4.69%) Cypress.io
4 6 (4.69%) TestRail
5 5 (3.91%) JMeter
5 5 (3.91%) Postman
5 5 (3.91%) SpecFlow
6 4 (3.13%) Git
7 2 (1.56%) Appium
7 2 (1.56%) JBehave
7 2 (1.56%) NUnit
7 2 (1.56%) Protractor
7 2 (1.56%) UI Automator
7 2 (1.56%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.56%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.78%) Maven
8 1 (0.78%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 44 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.19%) Fire and Rescue
3 13 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.38%) Finance
5 9 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.03%) Legal
6 6 (4.69%) Marketing
7 5 (3.91%) Retail
8 3 (2.34%) Banking
8 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.56%) Automotive
9 2 (1.56%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.56%) Law
9 2 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.78%) Back Office
10 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (20.31%) Tester
2 23 (17.97%) Developer
3 22 (17.19%) Analyst
4 20 (15.63%) Software Tester
5 17 (13.28%) Lead
5 17 (13.28%) QA Engineer
6 14 (10.94%) QA Leader
7 12 (9.38%) Test Analyst
8 11 (8.59%) Applications Developer
8 11 (8.59%) Senior
8 11 (8.59%) Software Developer
8 11 (8.59%) Test Engineer
9 9 (7.03%) Test Leader
10 7 (5.47%) QA Analyst
11 5 (3.91%) Automation Analyst
11 5 (3.91%) QA Automation Analyst
11 5 (3.91%) SaaS Analyst
11 5 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (3.91%) Senior QA Analyst
11 5 (3.91%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.59%) REST
2 6 (4.69%) .NET
3 4 (3.13%) ADO
4 3 (2.34%) Playwright
4 3 (2.34%) RESTful
4 3 (2.34%) WPF
5 2 (1.56%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.56%) Puppeteer
5 2 (1.56%) XML
6 1 (0.78%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.78%) Chai
6 1 (0.78%) COM
6 1 (0.78%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.78%) JWT
6 1 (0.78%) Laravel
6 1 (0.78%) Node.js
6 1 (0.78%) React
6 1 (0.78%) Spring
6 1 (0.78%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.19%) Product Ownership
2 10 (7.81%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.03%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.03%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (3.91%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (3.13%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.34%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.34%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (2.34%) PMI
8 3 (2.34%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.56%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.56%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.78%) Life Science
10 1 (0.78%) Semantic Web
10 1 (0.78%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.81%) Windows
2 5 (3.91%) Linux
3 3 (2.34%) Android
4 2 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.56%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.56%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.78%) CentOS
5 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (64.06%) Test Automation
2 76 (59.38%) Agile
3 49 (38.28%) DevOps
4 38 (29.69%) User Experience
5 37 (28.91%) Software Testing
6 30 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (21.88%) Regression Testing
8 27 (21.09%) Test Scripting
9 22 (17.19%) Code Quality
9 22 (17.19%) Scrum
10 19 (14.84%) SDLC
11 14 (10.94%) Performance Testing
11 14 (10.94%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (10.16%) API Testing
12 13 (10.16%) Computer Science
13 12 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (9.38%) Load Testing
13 12 (9.38%) Mentoring
13 12 (9.38%) Service Delivery
13 12 (9.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 38 (29.69%) Java
2 34 (26.56%) SQL
3 25 (19.53%) C#
4 18 (14.06%) Python
5 16 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.56%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.78%) PHP
7 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.78%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 26 (20.31%) ISTQB
2 18 (14.06%) Degree
3 11 (8.59%) ISEB
4 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.69%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.91%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (2.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (2.34%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.56%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.56%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (48.44%) QA
2 2 (1.56%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.56%) ISO 14001
2 2 (1.56%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.56%) SLA
3 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.91%) Grafana
1 5 (3.91%) Kibana
2 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.91%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.56%) SAP
4 1 (0.78%) Databricks
4 1 (0.78%) OpenLink