Test Planning Jobs with Work from Home Options

Test Planning
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 Test Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Planning over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 605 731
Rank change year-on-year +53 +126 -192
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 41 40 138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.100% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.10% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 22 36 108
10th Percentile £36,560 £47,481 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,625 £66,875
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.73% +15.91% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Test Planning 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 30,975 38,432 70,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.61% 96.05% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 23,429 26,704 41,843
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%

Test Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Planning trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
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 Planning.

Test Planning salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Test Planning salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
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 12 (29.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Cloud Composer
1 4 (9.76%) Cloud Functions
1 4 (9.76%) dbt
1 4 (9.76%) GCP
1 4 (9.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 4 (9.76%) Snowflake
2 3 (7.32%) AWS
2 3 (7.32%) Azure
2 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
3 4 (9.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (9.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (9.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (9.76%) Tableau
4 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) JIRA
2 5 (12.20%) Selenium
3 3 (7.32%) TestRail
4 2 (4.88%) JUnit
4 2 (4.88%) Maven
4 2 (4.88%) Postman
4 2 (4.88%) TestNG
5 1 (2.44%) Appium
5 1 (2.44%) GitLab
5 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (51.22%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Police
6 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Analyst
2 16 (39.02%) Senior
3 13 (31.71%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Test Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Lead
6 4 (9.76%) QA Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Test Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Pensions Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Software Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Systems Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Tester
8 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Developer
8 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) IT Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) Java Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Hibernate
1 2 (4.88%) RESTful
1 2 (4.88%) Spring
1 2 (4.88%) Spring Boot
1 2 (4.88%) XML
2 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Product Ownership
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.88%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (75.61%) Agile
2 16 (39.02%) Test Automation
3 14 (34.15%) Scenario Testing
4 11 (26.83%) Software Testing
4 11 (26.83%) User Stories
5 9 (21.95%) Fintech
5 9 (21.95%) Mentoring
6 8 (19.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (17.07%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (14.63%) Analytics
8 6 (14.63%) Defect Management
8 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (14.63%) Project Management
8 6 (14.63%) Scrum
9 5 (12.20%) Agile Testing
9 5 (12.20%) Regression Testing
9 5 (12.20%) Test Management
10 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (9.76%) Test Scripting
10 4 (9.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) SQL
2 9 (21.95%) C#
3 5 (12.20%) Java
4 4 (9.76%) T-SQL
5 3 (7.32%) C
5 3 (7.32%) Embedded C
6 2 (4.88%) Python
7 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) ISTQB
2 10 (24.39%) Degree
3 5 (12.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) ISEB
6 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Firmware
2 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Google
3 2 (4.88%) MicroStrategy