QA Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quality Assurance Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 566 600
Rank change year-on-year +161 +34 +155
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 8 23 71
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.053% 0.068% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.071% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8 21 71
10th Percentile £39,470 £37,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,219 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £51,375 - £67,500
UK median annual salary £42,875 £39,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.94% -17.89% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

QA Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured QA Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

QA Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing QA Analyst over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

QA Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, QA Analyst 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) Software Testing
3 6 (75.00%) Regression Testing
3 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (75.00%) DevOps
4 5 (62.50%) Mobile App
4 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
5 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
5 4 (50.00%) Android
5 4 (50.00%) UX Design
5 4 (50.00%) User Experience
5 4 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
5 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 4 (50.00%) Cucumber
5 4 (50.00%) Apple iOS
5 4 (50.00%) Gherkin
5 4 (50.00%) Appium
5 4 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
6 2 (25.00%) SDLC
6 2 (25.00%) Azure
6 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
7 1 (12.50%) Zephyr
7 1 (12.50%) Microservices
7 1 (12.50%) Locust
7 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing

QA Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Appium
1 4 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (12.50%) CircleCI
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (12.50%) Gatling
2 1 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
2 1 (12.50%) Locust
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) TestRail
2 1 (12.50%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Android
1 4 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Software Testing
2 6 (75.00%) DevOps
2 6 (75.00%) Regression Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
3 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 4 (50.00%) User Experience
3 4 (50.00%) UX Design
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) API Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Microservices
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA