QA Jobs with Work from Home Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
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 QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 55 50
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 +29
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,324 2,354 4,342
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.92% 5.46% 6.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 30.91% 36.97% 41.36%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,556 2,241
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,938 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,284 6,368 10,499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 14.76% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,256 4,294 5,999
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

QA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 41 (3.10%) IIS
2 29 (2.19%) Confluence
3 22 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 12 (0.91%) CMS
5 10 (0.76%) Documentum
6 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.45%) Drupal
8 5 (0.38%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) WordPress
9 4 (0.30%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.30%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.15%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.076%) SAS
12 1 (0.076%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.91%) InfoPath
5 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.53%) Trello
7 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.30%) Revit
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.076%) Blender
10 1 (0.076%) Notion
10 1 (0.076%) Sketch
10 1 (0.076%) SPSS
10 1 (0.076%) UXPin
10 1 (0.076%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 58 (4.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.76%) TrackWise
4 9 (0.68%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.38%) SAP FI-AP
6 5 (0.38%) SAP MM
6 5 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.30%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.23%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.23%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.23%) Shopify
9 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.15%) SAP MII
10 1 (0.076%) CA PPM
10 1 (0.076%) Maximo
10 1 (0.076%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.076%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 275 (20.77%) Azure
2 159 (12.01%) SaaS
3 143 (10.80%) AWS
4 137 (10.35%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (4.00%) Serverless
6 51 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 43 (3.25%) GCP
8 38 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (2.19%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.89%) GitHub
12 19 (1.44%) PaaS
13 17 (1.28%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (0.60%) Azure Functions
15 8 (0.60%) Azure Stack
15 8 (0.60%) BrowserStack
15 8 (0.60%) ClickUp
15 8 (0.60%) Snowflake
16 7 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.21%) Firewall
2 15 (1.13%) Internet
3 5 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (0.30%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.30%) VPN
5 3 (0.23%) DNS
5 3 (0.23%) HTTP
6 2 (0.15%) MQTT
6 2 (0.15%) SSL
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.076%) DHCP
7 1 (0.076%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.076%) Modbus
7 1 (0.076%) Multicast
7 1 (0.076%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.076%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.076%) RS-422
7 1 (0.076%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (8.69%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.83%) Relational Database
3 36 (2.72%) Oracle Database
3 36 (2.72%) RDBMS
4 32 (2.42%) Power BI
5 29 (2.19%) MySQL
6 23 (1.74%) NoSQL
7 20 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.13%) Redis
10 14 (1.06%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.53%) Tableau
12 6 (0.45%) Looker
12 6 (0.45%) Power Query
12 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.38%) GIS
14 4 (0.30%) OLTP
14 4 (0.30%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 133 (10.05%) Selenium
2 119 (8.99%) JIRA
3 116 (8.76%) Git
4 111 (8.38%) Postman
5 98 (7.40%) Cucumber
6 79 (5.97%) Jenkins
7 61 (4.61%) Cypress.io
8 49 (3.70%) Visual Studio
9 36 (2.72%) JDeveloper
10 32 (2.42%) Jasmine
11 28 (2.11%) Karma Test Runner
12 27 (2.04%) SpecFlow
13 22 (1.66%) JMeter
13 22 (1.66%) JUnit
13 22 (1.66%) TeamCity
14 20 (1.51%) Appium
15 14 (1.06%) Bitbucket
16 13 (0.98%) SoapUI
16 13 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
17 12 (0.91%) GitLab
General
1 405 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 235 (17.75%) Finance
3 147 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.42%) Retail
5 81 (6.12%) Legal
6 72 (5.44%) Marketing
6 72 (5.44%) Public Sector
7 57 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
9 39 (2.95%) Manufacturing
9 39 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 32 (2.42%) Law
10 32 (2.42%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.34%) Games
12 28 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (2.04%) Electronics
14 26 (1.96%) Aerospace
15 24 (1.81%) Banking
16 19 (1.44%) Police
17 18 (1.36%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 253 (19.11%) Developer
2 193 (14.58%) Lead
3 172 (12.99%) Senior
4 114 (8.61%) Analyst
5 108 (8.16%) QA Engineer
6 99 (7.48%) Software Engineer
7 81 (6.12%) Architect
8 77 (5.82%) Tester
9 62 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (4.00%) QA Leader
11 52 (3.93%) C# Developer
12 50 (3.78%) Project Manager
12 50 (3.78%) QA Manager
12 50 (3.78%) SAP Architect
13 45 (3.40%) .NET Developer
13 45 (3.40%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 43 (3.25%) Senior Developer
15 41 (3.10%) Software Developer
16 36 (2.72%) Ruby Engineer
17 32 (2.42%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (12.69%) .NET
2 123 (9.29%) React
3 121 (9.14%) REST
4 92 (6.95%) AngularJS
5 83 (6.27%) CSS
6 82 (6.19%) HTML
7 67 (5.06%) ASP.NET
8 65 (4.91%) Web Services
9 64 (4.83%) XML
10 61 (4.61%) .NET Framework
11 59 (4.46%) JSON
11 59 (4.46%) Node.js
12 43 (3.25%) RESTful
13 41 (3.10%) SOAP
14 40 (3.02%) .NET Core
15 38 (2.87%) Spring
16 34 (2.57%) XML Schema
17 31 (2.34%) Sass
18 30 (2.27%) RxJS
19 27 (2.04%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.76%) Product Ownership
2 51 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.17%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.57%) Data Structures
5 32 (2.42%) Mobile App
6 27 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (1.96%) Client/Server
8 24 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.59%) Cloud Native
9 21 (1.59%) Satnav
10 19 (1.44%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.13%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.13%) PropTech
13 14 (1.06%) Life Science
14 11 (0.83%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.83%) LIMS
15 10 (0.76%) IoT
15 10 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 70 (5.29%) Windows
2 52 (3.93%) Android
3 47 (3.55%) Apple iOS
4 38 (2.87%) Linux
5 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.38%) Debian
6 5 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.30%) AIX
7 4 (0.30%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.076%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (37.31%) Agile
2 351 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
3 320 (24.17%) DevOps
4 300 (22.66%) Test Automation
5 202 (15.26%) Mentoring
6 192 (14.50%) CI/CD
7 178 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 175 (13.22%) Software Engineering
9 169 (12.76%) Software Testing
10 163 (12.31%) Project Management
11 162 (12.24%) Scrum
12 146 (11.03%) Code Quality
13 126 (9.52%) Coaching
14 123 (9.29%) Unit Testing
15 111 (8.38%) Clean Code
16 107 (8.08%) Actionable Insight
17 105 (7.93%) Roadmaps
18 102 (7.70%) Test Strategy
19 101 (7.63%) API Testing
20 99 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 285 (21.53%) JavaScript
2 218 (16.47%) C#
3 167 (12.61%) Python
4 164 (12.39%) Java
5 161 (12.16%) SQL
6 88 (6.65%) TypeScript
7 52 (3.93%) Go
8 45 (3.40%) Ruby
9 39 (2.95%) T-SQL
10 38 (2.87%) Bash
11 36 (2.72%) Perl
12 32 (2.42%) PHP
13 31 (2.34%) C
13 31 (2.34%) C++
14 30 (2.27%) VB
15 28 (2.11%) VB.NET
15 28 (2.11%) VB6
16 21 (1.59%) Kotlin
16 21 (1.59%) Swift
17 12 (0.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 214 (16.16%) Degree
2 117 (8.84%) Security Cleared
3 62 (4.68%) SC Cleared
4 61 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.49%) DBS Check
6 28 (2.11%) ISTQB
7 27 (2.04%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.13%) ISEB
10 14 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 13 (0.98%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.98%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.68%) CREST Certified
12 9 (0.68%) PMP
13 7 (0.53%) CSPO
13 7 (0.53%) HNC
14 6 (0.45%) IIBA
14 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
16 4 (0.30%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.57%) Accessibility
2 26 (1.96%) PMO
3 25 (1.89%) Software Quality Assurance
4 23 (1.74%) ISO 9001
5 22 (1.66%) Good Clinical Practice
6 14 (1.06%) Data Quality
7 12 (0.91%) GDPR
7 12 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.83%) GxP
9 10 (0.76%) GMP
10 8 (0.60%) NEBOSH
11 7 (0.53%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.53%) ISO 22301
12 6 (0.45%) SLA
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 13485
15 1 (0.076%) GAMP
15 1 (0.076%) ISO 26262
15 1 (0.076%) P3O
15 1 (0.076%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (5.59%) Docker
2 14 (1.06%) Firmware
3 12 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.53%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (2.95%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.28%) Terraform
3 14 (1.06%) Ansible
4 9 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
5 7 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.45%) Grafana
7 5 (0.38%) Kibana
7 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.30%) Puppet
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.076%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.076%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.076%) Podman
10 1 (0.076%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 208 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 81 (6.12%) SAP
3 46 (3.47%) Oracle
4 39 (2.95%) Google
5 36 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 12 (0.91%) Dell
6 12 (0.91%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.76%) Aderant
7 10 (0.76%) Databricks
8 8 (0.60%) Ariba
9 7 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.45%) HP
10 6 (0.45%) Intel
10 6 (0.45%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.45%) OutSystems
11 5 (0.38%) Adobe
11 5 (0.38%) Splunk
12 4 (0.30%) Thales
13 3 (0.23%) Citrix
13 3 (0.23%) Sybase