Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Tester salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 371 387
Rank change year-on-year -23 +16 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 204 321 595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.60% 0.77% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.81% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 151 231 410
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,863
25th Percentile £38,799 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £91,250 £78,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

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 32,404 39,812 66,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,887 28,282 41,688
10th Percentile £33,127 £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%

Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Tester.

Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 Tester in the job title.

1 107 (52.45%) Test Automation
2 82 (40.20%) Software Testing
3 71 (34.80%) QA
4 65 (31.86%) Agile
5 58 (28.43%) Penetration Testing
6 51 (25.00%) Selenium
7 48 (23.53%) Social Skills
8 42 (20.59%) Security Cleared
8 42 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
9 41 (20.10%) Test Scripting
10 40 (19.61%) JavaScript
10 40 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (18.14%) Java
12 36 (17.65%) C#
12 36 (17.65%) Mentoring
13 31 (15.20%) Python
14 30 (14.71%) API Testing
15 28 (13.73%) OSCP
15 28 (13.73%) Actionable Insight
16 26 (12.75%) Coaching
16 26 (12.75%) Manual Testing
17 24 (11.76%) JIRA
17 24 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
17 24 (11.76%) Cucumber
17 24 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
17 24 (11.76%) CI/CD
18 23 (11.27%) Test Assurance
18 23 (11.27%) SaaS
18 23 (11.27%) Technical Analysis
18 23 (11.27%) CREST Certified

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.43%) Confluence
2 5 (2.45%) Apache
3 2 (0.98%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.27%) SaaS
2 18 (8.82%) Azure
3 13 (6.37%) AWS
4 11 (5.39%) GitHub
5 8 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.47%) GCP
8 3 (1.47%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.49%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.49%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.84%) Firewall
2 11 (5.39%) Wireless
3 8 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.47%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.98%) Internet
5 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.98%) Wireless Security
6 1 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 51 (25.00%) Selenium
2 24 (11.76%) Cucumber
2 24 (11.76%) JIRA
3 17 (8.33%) SpecFlow
4 13 (6.37%) Jenkins
5 12 (5.88%) WebDriver
6 11 (5.39%) REST Assured
7 9 (4.41%) Bitbucket
7 9 (4.41%) SoapUI
8 8 (3.92%) JMeter
8 8 (3.92%) Metasploit
9 7 (3.43%) Cypress.io
9 7 (3.43%) JUnit
9 7 (3.43%) TestNG
10 5 (2.45%) Appium
10 5 (2.45%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (2.45%) Burp Suite
10 5 (2.45%) Serenity BDD
11 4 (1.96%) eggPlant
11 4 (1.96%) TeamCity
General
1 48 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.80%) Aerospace
3 20 (9.80%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (6.37%) Legal
5 12 (5.88%) Finance
5 12 (5.88%) Law
6 11 (5.39%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.92%) Marketing
8 6 (2.94%) Games
8 6 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.94%) Retail
9 3 (1.47%) Automotive
9 3 (1.47%) Banking
9 3 (1.47%) Billing
9 3 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.98%) Back Office
10 2 (0.98%) Front Office
10 2 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.41%) .NET
2 8 (3.92%) Playwright
2 8 (3.92%) REST
2 8 (3.92%) RESTful
3 7 (3.43%) Gherkin
4 6 (2.94%) Web Services
4 6 (2.94%) WireMock
5 5 (2.45%) Apache Commons
5 5 (2.45%) Guava
5 5 (2.45%) Java Concurrency
5 5 (2.45%) SOAP
5 5 (2.45%) Spring
5 5 (2.45%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.47%) JSON
7 1 (0.49%) ADO
7 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.49%) Celery
7 1 (0.49%) CSS
7 1 (0.49%) HTML
7 1 (0.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.80%) Mobile App
2 14 (6.86%) Security Posture
3 6 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.45%) Client/Server
4 5 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.96%) IoT
6 3 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.47%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.47%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.49%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.88%) Android
1 12 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 10 (4.90%) Windows
3 5 (2.45%) Kali Linux
4 2 (0.98%) Linux
4 2 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (52.45%) Test Automation
2 82 (40.20%) Software Testing
3 65 (31.86%) Agile
4 58 (28.43%) Penetration Testing
5 42 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (20.10%) Test Scripting
7 40 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (17.65%) Mentoring
9 30 (14.71%) API Testing
10 28 (13.73%) Actionable Insight
11 26 (12.75%) Coaching
11 26 (12.75%) Manual Testing
12 24 (11.76%) CI/CD
12 24 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
13 23 (11.27%) Information Security
13 23 (11.27%) Requirements Analysis
13 23 (11.27%) Technical Analysis
13 23 (11.27%) Test Assurance
14 20 (9.80%) Red Team
14 20 (9.80%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 40 (19.61%) JavaScript
2 37 (18.14%) Java
3 36 (17.65%) C#
4 31 (15.20%) Python
5 13 (6.37%) SQL
6 5 (2.45%) Bash
7 3 (1.47%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.49%) C
8 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.49%) VB
8 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 28 (13.73%) OSCP
3 23 (11.27%) CREST Certified
4 21 (10.29%) DV Cleared
5 20 (9.80%) SC Cleared
6 15 (7.35%) Degree
7 14 (6.86%) CHECK Team Member
8 12 (5.88%) Cyber Scheme
9 11 (5.39%) ISTQB
10 8 (3.92%) CHECK Team Leader
11 7 (3.43%) ISEB
12 6 (2.94%) CEH
12 6 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.94%) GIAC
12 6 (2.94%) GPEN
12 6 (2.94%) PCI QSA
12 6 (2.94%) Tigerscheme
13 5 (2.45%) OSCE
14 3 (1.47%) CISSP
14 3 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (34.80%) QA
2 14 (6.86%) GRC
2 14 (6.86%) PCI DSS
3 9 (4.41%) NIST
4 6 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.94%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.47%) GDPR
7 2 (0.98%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (3.92%) Docker
2 4 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.94%) Nessus
3 5 (2.45%) Nmap
4 1 (0.49%) Ansible
4 1 (0.49%) Consul
4 1 (0.49%) SysTrack
4 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle
2 3 (1.47%) Qualys
3 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.98%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.49%) Aderant
4 1 (0.49%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.49%) iManage
4 1 (0.49%) Intapp
4 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.49%) Telerik