Functional Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Functional 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 Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 445 430
Rank change year-on-year -23 -15 -26
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 118 229 497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.54% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.56% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 96 167 208
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,150 £37,125
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £46,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - -10.64% +23.68%
75th Percentile £62,200 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Functional 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 30,949 40,734 65,929
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.59% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,494 28,287 41,473
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,617
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 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Functional Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Functional Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Functional 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 Functional Testing.

Functional Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Functional Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Functional Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Functional 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.08%) Confluence
2 3 (2.54%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.19%) Azure
2 19 (16.10%) AWS
3 15 (12.71%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (10.17%) GitHub
4 12 (10.17%) GitHub Actions
4 12 (10.17%) PaaS
5 11 (9.32%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (6.78%) IaaS
6 8 (6.78%) SaaS
7 6 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.69%) GCP
10 1 (0.85%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.24%) Internet
2 4 (3.39%) Wireless
3 1 (0.85%) HTTP
3 1 (0.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) Redis
2 3 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.54%) Big Data
2 3 (2.54%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.69%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.85%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (16.10%) JIRA
2 11 (9.32%) Cucumber
3 9 (7.63%) Selenium
4 8 (6.78%) SonarQube
5 6 (5.08%) Postman
6 4 (3.39%) GitLab
7 3 (2.54%) Appium
7 3 (2.54%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.69%) HP UFT
8 2 (1.69%) JMeter
8 2 (1.69%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.69%) MSTest
9 1 (0.85%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.85%) Git
9 1 (0.85%) Grunt
9 1 (0.85%) gulp
9 1 (0.85%) JUnit
9 1 (0.85%) TestNG
9 1 (0.85%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (16.10%) Finance
2 19 (16.10%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (11.02%) Police
5 11 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 10 (8.47%) Electronics
6 10 (8.47%) Legal
7 5 (4.24%) Banking
7 5 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.24%) Marketing
7 5 (4.24%) Retail
8 3 (2.54%) Local Government
8 3 (2.54%) Publishing
9 2 (1.69%) Back Office
9 2 (1.69%) Law
9 2 (1.69%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (33.90%) Senior
2 37 (31.36%) Analyst
3 29 (24.58%) Test Analyst
4 22 (18.64%) Developer
5 15 (12.71%) .NET Developer
6 14 (11.86%) Senior Developer
7 10 (8.47%) QA Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Test Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Senior .NET Developer
10 7 (5.93%) Senior Manager
11 6 (5.08%) Product Manager
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Product Manager
11 6 (5.08%) Tester
12 5 (4.24%) Agile Tester
12 5 (4.24%) Embedded Developer
12 5 (4.24%) Embedded Software Developer
12 5 (4.24%) Senior Software Developer
12 5 (4.24%) Senior Test Analyst
12 5 (4.24%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.71%) .NET
2 11 (9.32%) Kafka
2 11 (9.32%) MSMQ
2 11 (9.32%) RabbitMQ
3 9 (7.63%) Spring
3 9 (7.63%) Spring Boot
4 8 (6.78%) ARM Templates
4 8 (6.78%) Azure Blueprints
5 7 (5.93%) Web Services
6 6 (5.08%) ASP.NET Web API
6 6 (5.08%) WCF
7 4 (3.39%) ADO
7 4 (3.39%) CSS
7 4 (3.39%) HTML
7 4 (3.39%) Node.js
7 4 (3.39%) WebdriverIO
8 3 (2.54%) EDI
8 3 (2.54%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (2.54%) Next.js
8 3 (2.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 29 (24.58%) Product Ownership
2 18 (15.25%) Management Information System
3 15 (12.71%) Algorithms
3 15 (12.71%) Data Structures
4 14 (11.86%) Video\Live Streaming
5 12 (10.17%) Onboarding
6 7 (5.93%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.24%) IoT
8 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.54%) Graphic Design
9 3 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.54%) PMI
10 2 (1.69%) BBC
10 2 (1.69%) N-Tier
10 2 (1.69%) PKI
10 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.85%) Android
1 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.85%) Linux
1 1 (0.85%) Unix
1 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (58.47%) Software Testing
2 59 (50.00%) Agile
3 53 (44.92%) Test Automation
4 43 (36.44%) Non-Functional Testing
5 37 (31.36%) Scrum
6 36 (30.51%) DevOps
7 33 (27.97%) User Acceptance Testing
8 31 (26.27%) TDD
8 31 (26.27%) Test Strategy
9 30 (25.42%) Regression Testing
10 25 (21.19%) User Experience
11 22 (18.64%) Software Engineering
12 20 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (15.25%) CI/CD
14 17 (14.41%) Load Testing
14 17 (14.41%) Mentoring
14 17 (14.41%) Performance Testing
15 16 (13.56%) Data Integration
15 16 (13.56%) Roadmaps
16 14 (11.86%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.49%) C#
2 18 (15.25%) Java
3 16 (13.56%) Python
4 14 (11.86%) JavaScript
5 9 (7.63%) SQL
6 6 (5.08%) PHP
7 5 (4.24%) C
7 5 (4.24%) Embedded C
8 3 (2.54%) Scala
8 3 (2.54%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.69%) Go
9 2 (1.69%) Lua
9 2 (1.69%) Ruby
9 2 (1.69%) Rust
10 1 (0.85%) C++
10 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (27.97%) Degree
2 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 15 (12.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (6.78%) ISEB
5 7 (5.93%) ISTQB
6 6 (5.08%) CSPO
6 6 (5.08%) IIBA
6 6 (5.08%) Master's Degree
6 6 (5.08%) Numerate Degree
7 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.85%) HND
10 1 (0.85%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (38.98%) QA
2 8 (6.78%) NCSC
3 4 (3.39%) GDPR
4 2 (1.69%) PMO
5 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (10.17%) Docker
2 11 (9.32%) Firmware
3 10 (8.47%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.85%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 8 (6.78%) Ansible
1 8 (6.78%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.78%) Terraform
2 4 (3.39%) Grafana
2 4 (3.39%) Kibana
3 2 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.86%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.63%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.39%) Splunk
5 3 (2.54%) Adobe
5 3 (2.54%) Databricks
6 1 (0.85%) Google
6 1 (0.85%) OpenLink