Manual Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 421 377
Rank change year-on-year -37 -44 +11
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 132 266 592
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.62% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.64% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 118 219 338
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,950 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £37,793
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £57,875 £75,000 £72,875
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +9.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Manual 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 31,001 41,548 64,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.67% 96.08% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,574 28,801 41,173
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,491
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 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Manual Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Manual Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manual 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 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 a work from home option citing Manual Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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 2 (1.52%) CMS
1 2 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.76%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.94%) Power Platform
2 24 (18.18%) Azure
2 24 (18.18%) SaaS
3 23 (17.42%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (16.67%) PowerApps
5 11 (8.33%) Power Automate
6 8 (6.06%) AWS
6 8 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.79%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.52%) GitHub
8 2 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.76%) Figma
9 1 (0.76%) GCP
9 1 (0.76%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.61%) Power BI
2 13 (9.85%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.27%) Big Data
3 3 (2.27%) Tableau
4 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (19.70%) JIRA
2 16 (12.12%) Selenium
3 8 (6.06%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (5.30%) Cucumber
5 6 (4.55%) Cypress.io
6 5 (3.79%) JMeter
6 5 (3.79%) Postman
6 5 (3.79%) SpecFlow
6 5 (3.79%) TestRail
7 4 (3.03%) Git
8 2 (1.52%) Appium
8 2 (1.52%) JBehave
8 2 (1.52%) NUnit
8 2 (1.52%) Protractor
8 2 (1.52%) UI Automator
8 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.52%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.76%) Maven
9 1 (0.76%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.76%) Zephyr
General
1 46 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.67%) Fire and Rescue
3 14 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.85%) Finance
5 10 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (6.82%) Legal
7 6 (4.55%) Marketing
8 5 (3.79%) Retail
9 4 (3.03%) Banking
10 3 (2.27%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.27%) Law
10 3 (2.27%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.52%) Automotive
11 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.76%) Back Office
12 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (21.21%) Tester
2 24 (18.18%) Analyst
3 23 (17.42%) Developer
4 20 (15.15%) Software Tester
5 18 (13.64%) QA Engineer
6 17 (12.88%) Lead
7 14 (10.61%) QA Leader
8 12 (9.09%) Test Analyst
9 11 (8.33%) Applications Developer
9 11 (8.33%) Senior
9 11 (8.33%) Software Developer
9 11 (8.33%) Test Engineer
10 10 (7.58%) Test Leader
11 8 (6.06%) QA Analyst
12 5 (3.79%) Automation Analyst
12 5 (3.79%) QA Tester
12 5 (3.79%) SaaS Analyst
12 5 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (3.79%) Senior QA Analyst
12 5 (3.79%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.09%) REST
2 6 (4.55%) .NET
3 4 (3.03%) ADO
4 3 (2.27%) Playwright
4 3 (2.27%) RESTful
4 3 (2.27%) WPF
5 2 (1.52%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.52%) Puppeteer
5 2 (1.52%) XML
6 1 (0.76%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.76%) Chai
6 1 (0.76%) COM
6 1 (0.76%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.76%) JWT
6 1 (0.76%) Laravel
6 1 (0.76%) Next.js
6 1 (0.76%) Node.js
6 1 (0.76%) React
6 1 (0.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.42%) Product Ownership
2 10 (7.58%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.82%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.82%) Data Structures
3 9 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.79%) Low-Code
6 4 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (2.27%) PMI
7 3 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.52%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.52%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.76%) Life Science
9 1 (0.76%) Semantic Web
9 1 (0.76%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.33%) Windows
2 5 (3.79%) Linux
3 3 (2.27%) Android
4 2 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.52%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.52%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.76%) CentOS
5 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (62.88%) Test Automation
2 79 (59.85%) Agile
3 50 (37.88%) DevOps
4 38 (28.79%) User Experience
5 37 (28.03%) Software Testing
6 32 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (21.97%) Regression Testing
8 27 (20.45%) Test Scripting
9 23 (17.42%) Scrum
10 22 (16.67%) Code Quality
10 22 (16.67%) SDLC
11 14 (10.61%) Performance Testing
11 14 (10.61%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (9.85%) API Testing
12 13 (9.85%) Computer Science
12 13 (9.85%) ETL
12 13 (9.85%) Mentoring
12 13 (9.85%) User Stories
13 12 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.79%) Java
2 35 (26.52%) SQL
3 25 (18.94%) C#
4 19 (14.39%) Python
5 17 (12.88%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.52%) PHP
6 2 (1.52%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.76%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 27 (20.45%) ISTQB
2 19 (14.39%) Degree
3 12 (9.09%) ISEB
4 8 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.79%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (2.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (2.27%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.52%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.52%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (49.24%) QA
2 2 (1.52%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.52%) ISO 14001
2 2 (1.52%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.52%) SLA
3 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.79%) Grafana
1 5 (3.79%) Kibana
2 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.79%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.52%) SAP
4 1 (0.76%) Databricks
4 1 (0.76%) OpenLink