QA Automation Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Automation QA Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Automation QA Tester salary in Work from Home is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 643 814
Rank change year-on-year +53 +171 -237
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Tester 5 21 53
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.015% 0.052% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.054% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 5 20 31
10th Percentile - £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +33.33%
75th Percentile £120,000 £66,250 £76,250
90th Percentile - - £78,750
UK median annual salary £48,750 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.00% +13.64% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,493 38,794 68,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 95.92% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,878 27,614 41,915
10th Percentile £33,009 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

QA Automation Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured QA Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA Automation Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

QA Automation Tester
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 Automation Tester.

QA Automation Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

QA Automation Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA Automation Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, QA Automation Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring QA Automation Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Selenium
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) SpecFlow
4 2 (40.00%) Gherkin
4 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (40.00%) User Stories
4 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (40.00%) Playwright
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) C#
4 2 (40.00%) Front Office
4 2 (40.00%) JMeter
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (40.00%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (40.00%) WebDriver
4 2 (40.00%) SaaS
4 2 (40.00%) BDD
4 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (40.00%) TeamCity
5 1 (20.00%) Product Management
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
2 2 (40.00%) JMeter
2 2 (40.00%) SpecFlow
2 2 (40.00%) TeamCity
2 2 (40.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (20.00%) GitLab
3 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (20.00%) JUnit
3 1 (20.00%) TestNG
General
1 2 (40.00%) Front Office
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (40.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) BDD
4 2 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) User Stories
5 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Data Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance