QA Leader Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quality Assurance Lead
UK > Work from Home

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary for remote or hybrid work is £62,252 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 446 539 603
Rank change year-on-year +93 +64 +140
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 15 46 43
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.082% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10 43 40
10th Percentile £57,000 £35,750 £52,400
25th Percentile £57,500 £42,750 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,252 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.19% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £68,125 £73,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,504 £51,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.06% -21.15% -7.14%

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 16,718 32,411 39,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 96.07% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,854 24,821 27,720
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,318 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -9.89% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

QA Leader
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

QA Leader
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA Leader salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

QA Leader
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing QA Leader over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

QA Leader salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, QA Leader 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 Leader in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) QA
2 12 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 9 (60.00%) Mentoring
5 8 (53.33%) Selenium
5 8 (53.33%) Agile
6 7 (46.67%) C#
7 6 (40.00%) API Testing
7 6 (40.00%) Test Strategy
7 6 (40.00%) Postman
8 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
8 4 (26.67%) Manual Testing
8 4 (26.67%) Client/Server
9 3 (20.00%) Finance
9 3 (20.00%) CRM
9 3 (20.00%) .NET
9 3 (20.00%) Banking
9 3 (20.00%) Billing
9 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
9 3 (20.00%) SaaS
9 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
9 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (20.00%) DevOps
9 3 (20.00%) KYC
9 3 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
10 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership

QA Leader 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 3 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Selenium
2 6 (40.00%) Postman
3 1 (6.67%) JIRA
3 1 (6.67%) JUnit
3 1 (6.67%) SpecFlow
3 1 (6.67%) TestComplete
3 1 (6.67%) TestNG
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
2 3 (20.00%) Billing
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) Playwright
3 1 (6.67%) JSON
3 1 (6.67%) REST
3 1 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Client/Server
2 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (6.67%) Online Games
4 1 (6.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
4 6 (40.00%) API Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Test Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 4 (26.67%) Manual Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) CRM
6 3 (20.00%) DevOps
6 3 (20.00%) KYC
6 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (13.33%) QA Automation
7 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
8 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) ISEB
1 1 (6.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) QA