Manual Testing Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Manual Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Manual Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manual Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 461 428
Rank change year-on-year +142 -33 -49
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 78 131 262
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.39% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.42% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 58 116 215
10th Percentile £35,875 £33,750 £34,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,336 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £38,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.77% -23.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £69,725 £58,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Manual Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Manual Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Manual Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Manual Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Manual Testing.

Manual Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Manual Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Manual Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manual 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 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.79%) Azure
2 16 (20.51%) SaaS
3 12 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.28%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.28%) Big Data
1 1 (1.28%) Delta Lake
1 1 (1.28%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (39.74%) Selenium
2 15 (19.23%) Git
3 11 (14.10%) JIRA
3 11 (14.10%) Postman
4 10 (12.82%) Appium
5 6 (7.69%) Cypress.io
6 5 (6.41%) WebDriver
7 4 (5.13%) JUnit
8 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
8 3 (3.85%) TestRail
9 2 (2.56%) JMeter
9 2 (2.56%) LoadRunner
9 2 (2.56%) Locust
9 2 (2.56%) SoapUI
9 2 (2.56%) SpecFlow
9 2 (2.56%) TestComplete
9 2 (2.56%) TestNG
10 1 (1.28%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (1.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (1.28%) Maven
General
1 19 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 11 (14.10%) Law
4 10 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Advertising
7 1 (1.28%) Banking
7 1 (1.28%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.28%) Games
7 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.28%) Private Banking
7 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) QA Engineer
2 13 (16.67%) Senior
3 12 (15.38%) Tester
4 11 (14.10%) Analyst
4 11 (14.10%) Lead
4 11 (14.10%) Test Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Test Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) Senior QA Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Software Tester
8 6 (7.69%) Automation Tester
8 6 (7.69%) Test Automation Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) QA Leader
9 4 (5.13%) Test Leader
10 3 (3.85%) Manual Tester
10 3 (3.85%) QA Automation Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) QA Test Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) Senior Automation Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) Senior Test Engineer
11 2 (2.56%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.67%) Qt
2 7 (8.97%) Playwright
3 4 (5.13%) .NET
3 4 (5.13%) CSS
3 4 (5.13%) HTML
4 3 (3.85%) JSON
4 3 (3.85%) RESTful
5 2 (2.56%) ADO
5 2 (2.56%) Node.js
5 2 (2.56%) REST
6 1 (1.28%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.28%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.28%) pytest
6 1 (1.28%) React Native
6 1 (1.28%) Swagger
6 1 (1.28%) Web Services
6 1 (1.28%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (1.28%) WebGL
6 1 (1.28%) WebGPU
6 1 (1.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.95%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 9 (11.54%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.13%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.56%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.28%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.28%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.28%) Semantic Web
6 1 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.13%) Windows
2 2 (2.56%) Android
2 2 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (89.74%) Test Automation
2 50 (64.10%) Software Testing
3 35 (44.87%) Regression Testing
4 30 (38.46%) Agile
5 19 (24.36%) Validation
6 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (21.79%) DevOps
7 17 (21.79%) Test Management
8 15 (19.23%) Test Scripting
9 14 (17.95%) API Testing
10 13 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
10 13 (16.67%) Test Strategy
10 13 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
11 12 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
12 10 (12.82%) Mentoring
13 8 (10.26%) Exploratory Testing
13 8 (10.26%) QA Automation
13 8 (10.26%) SDLC
14 7 (8.97%) Defect Tracking
14 7 (8.97%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.05%) Python
2 22 (28.21%) SQL
3 20 (25.64%) C#
4 13 (16.67%) C
4 13 (16.67%) C++
4 13 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 8 (10.26%) Java
6 6 (7.69%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.28%) Bash
7 1 (1.28%) Go
7 1 (1.28%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.28%) PHP
7 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.28%) SPARQL
7 1 (1.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (21.79%) ISTQB
2 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.85%) ISEB
4 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.28%) CISSP
5 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.28%) Degree
5 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (56.41%) QA
2 3 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Docker
1 1 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.41%) SAP
3 1 (1.28%) Databricks
3 1 (1.28%) UiPath