Test Leader Jobs with Work from Home Options

Test Lead
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Lead salary in Work from Home is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 550 778
Rank change year-on-year +9 +228 -278
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 47 104 93
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.27% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 33 47 54
10th Percentile £35,750 £52,100 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £54,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +14.89% -2.08%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £109,500 £86,600 £94,625
UK median annual salary £57,500 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.80% +2.00% +4.17%

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 38,719 69,510
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 95.92% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 24,836 27,518 42,305
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £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%

Test Leader
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Leader trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Leader
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Leader salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Leader
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Leader over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Test Leader salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Test Leader 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 Test Leader in the job title.

1 23 (48.94%) Test Automation
2 15 (31.91%) Azure
3 11 (23.40%) DevOps
3 11 (23.40%) QA
4 10 (21.28%) Selenium
4 10 (21.28%) Agile
5 9 (19.15%) ISTQB
5 9 (19.15%) Manual Testing
5 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
5 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (17.02%) SDLC
6 8 (17.02%) Test Strategy
6 8 (17.02%) Finance
7 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
7 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
7 7 (14.89%) ISEB
7 7 (14.89%) REST
7 7 (14.89%) AWS
7 7 (14.89%) Git
7 7 (14.89%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (14.89%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
8 6 (12.77%) Open Source
8 6 (12.77%) Data Migration
8 6 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (12.77%) Python
8 6 (12.77%) Manufacturing
8 6 (12.77%) Migration
8 6 (12.77%) Banking

Test Leader 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.91%) Azure
2 7 (14.89%) AWS
3 4 (8.51%) BrowserStack
3 4 (8.51%) Sauce Labs
4 2 (4.26%) GCP
5 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) MariaDB
2 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (21.28%) Selenium
2 7 (14.89%) Git
2 7 (14.89%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (10.64%) Cypress.io
3 5 (10.64%) JUnit
3 5 (10.64%) Postman
3 5 (10.64%) TestNG
4 4 (8.51%) Jenkins
4 4 (8.51%) JMeter
4 4 (8.51%) SpecFlow
5 3 (6.38%) Cucumber
6 2 (4.26%) Appium
6 2 (4.26%) JIRA
7 1 (2.13%) GitLab
7 1 (2.13%) LoadRunner
7 1 (2.13%) NeoLoad
7 1 (2.13%) Phabricator
7 1 (2.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (2.13%) Serenity BDD
General
1 8 (17.02%) Finance
2 6 (12.77%) Banking
2 6 (12.77%) Manufacturing
3 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.26%) Retail
5 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) REST
2 4 (8.51%) Swagger
3 1 (2.13%) .NET
3 1 (2.13%) Django
3 1 (2.13%) FastAPI
3 1 (2.13%) Flask
3 1 (2.13%) Playwright
3 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.64%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.26%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.13%) BBC
4 1 (2.13%) Cybercrime
4 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (48.94%) Test Automation
2 11 (23.40%) DevOps
3 10 (21.28%) Agile
4 9 (19.15%) Manual Testing
4 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (17.02%) SDLC
5 8 (17.02%) Test Strategy
6 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
6 6 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (12.77%) Data Migration
6 6 (12.77%) Migration
6 6 (12.77%) Open Source
7 4 (8.51%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (8.51%) API Testing
7 4 (8.51%) Data Analysis
7 4 (8.51%) ETL
7 4 (8.51%) Performance Metrics
7 4 (8.51%) Performance Testing
7 4 (8.51%) Software Testing
7 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) Python
2 5 (10.64%) Java
2 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) ISTQB
1 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) ISEB
3 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.38%) Degree
5 2 (4.26%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (2.13%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.13%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
1 1 (2.13%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Ansible
1 1 (2.13%) Grafana
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.13%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Thales
3 1 (2.13%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.13%) SAP