Software Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Tester salary in Work from Home is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 610 677
Rank change year-on-year +77 +67 -159
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 42 50 184
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 35 42 108
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,375 £29,450
25th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £44,250 £52,500 £49,063
90th Percentile £48,750 £67,500 £55,050
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +6.67%

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 32,489 38,930 69,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 95.94% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,845 27,706 42,291
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £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%

Software Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software 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 Software Tester.

Software Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Software 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 Software Tester in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 36 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 18 (42.86%) Manual Testing
3 18 (42.86%) Python
4 17 (40.48%) C#
4 17 (40.48%) JavaScript
4 17 (40.48%) QA
5 14 (33.33%) SaaS
6 13 (30.95%) Regression Testing
7 10 (23.81%) Code Quality
8 9 (21.43%) Social Skills
8 9 (21.43%) Business Case
8 9 (21.43%) Test Scripting
8 9 (21.43%) API Testing
8 9 (21.43%) Migration
8 9 (21.43%) Java
8 9 (21.43%) System Testing
9 8 (19.05%) JIRA
9 8 (19.05%) Agile
10 7 (16.67%) ISTQB
10 7 (16.67%) Selenium
10 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (14.29%) Finance
12 5 (11.90%) Degree
12 5 (11.90%) SpecFlow
13 4 (9.52%) Games
13 4 (9.52%) Windows
13 4 (9.52%) Acceptance Criteria
13 4 (9.52%) Playwright
13 4 (9.52%) CI/CD

Software 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (33.33%) SaaS
2 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.38%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) GitHub
3 1 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (19.05%) JIRA
2 7 (16.67%) Selenium
3 5 (11.90%) SpecFlow
4 2 (4.76%) eggPlant
4 2 (4.76%) WebDriver
5 1 (2.38%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.38%) NeoLoad
General
1 9 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (9.52%) Games
4 3 (7.14%) Automotive
4 3 (7.14%) Billing
4 3 (7.14%) Legal
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Back Office
5 2 (4.76%) Law
5 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) Playwright
2 3 (7.14%) .NET
2 3 (7.14%) JSON
3 2 (4.76%) RESTful
4 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 36 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 18 (42.86%) Manual Testing
4 13 (30.95%) Regression Testing
5 10 (23.81%) Code Quality
6 9 (21.43%) API Testing
6 9 (21.43%) Business Case
6 9 (21.43%) Migration
6 9 (21.43%) System Testing
6 9 (21.43%) Test Scripting
7 8 (19.05%) Agile
8 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.52%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (9.52%) CI/CD
9 4 (9.52%) Defect Tracking
10 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
10 3 (7.14%) DevOps
10 3 (7.14%) End-to-End Testing
10 3 (7.14%) Issue Tracking
Programming Languages
1 18 (42.86%) Python
2 17 (40.48%) C#
2 17 (40.48%) JavaScript
3 9 (21.43%) Java
4 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 5 (11.90%) Degree
3 3 (7.14%) ISEB
4 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (40.48%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft