Exploratory Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Exploratory Testing
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 Exploratory Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 610 645
Rank change year-on-year +44 +35 -144
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Testing 26 35 227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.076% 0.087% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.091% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 22 27 118
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,850 £38,025
25th Percentile £35,313 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £64,500 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Exploratory Testing 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 30,945 38,441 70,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.67% 96.05% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 23,414 26,713 41,519
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%

Exploratory Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Exploratory Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Exploratory Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Exploratory Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory Testing
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 5 (19.23%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) ClickUp
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) SaaS
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
Development Applications
1 13 (50.00%) JIRA
2 6 (23.08%) Selenium
3 3 (11.54%) Cucumber
4 2 (7.69%) Postman
5 1 (3.85%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.85%) IntelliJ
5 1 (3.85%) JMeter
5 1 (3.85%) Robot Framework
5 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (3.85%) WebDriver
5 1 (3.85%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Law
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.85%) Advertising
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Analyst
1 11 (42.31%) Test Analyst
2 10 (38.46%) QA Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Graduate
3 5 (19.23%) Junior
3 5 (19.23%) Junior QA Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Software Tester
4 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Tester
4 2 (7.69%) Web Tester
5 1 (3.85%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Software QA Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Test and Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) RESTful
1 2 (7.69%) XML
2 1 (3.85%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) Gherkin
2 1 (3.85%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Client/Server
1 2 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Linux
2 5 (19.23%) Debian
2 5 (19.23%) Ubuntu
3 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (84.62%) Software Testing
2 16 (61.54%) Agile
3 13 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 12 (46.15%) Regression Testing
5 11 (42.31%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (38.46%) Functional Testing
7 9 (34.62%) Test Strategy
8 8 (30.77%) Data Validation
8 8 (30.77%) Non-Functional Testing
8 8 (30.77%) System Testing
8 8 (30.77%) Test Management
8 8 (30.77%) Validation
9 7 (26.92%) API Testing
9 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (26.92%) Defect Tracking
9 7 (26.92%) Sprint Planning
10 5 (19.23%) Project Management
10 5 (19.23%) Sprint Review
11 4 (15.38%) Manual Testing
12 3 (11.54%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) C#
3 3 (11.54%) Java
3 3 (11.54%) SQL
4 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) ISEB
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 3 (11.54%) ISTQB
4 2 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) OpenAI