QA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 73 55
Rank change year-on-year -11 -18 -5
Permanent jobs citing QA 777 1,307 1,943
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.99% 3.67% 5.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.97% 29.71% 35.35%
Number of salaries quoted 397 870 1,299
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,486 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,776 £88,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,241 4,399 5,496
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.65% 12.35% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,779 3,249 3,727
10th Percentile £36,450 £34,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +5.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing QA over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

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
1 162 (20.85%) Confluence
2 8 (1.03%) Appian
3 6 (0.77%) CMS
4 4 (0.51%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.39%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.39%) nginx
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Moodle
7 1 (0.13%) Totara
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.67%) Trello
4 12 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.03%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.51%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 19 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.16%) TrackWise
3 5 (0.64%) CA PPM
3 5 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.51%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.39%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 348 (44.79%) Azure
2 345 (44.40%) AWS
3 172 (22.14%) GCP
4 44 (5.66%) Serverless
5 33 (4.25%) Power Platform
6 29 (3.73%) GitHub
7 28 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (3.22%) Amazon S3
9 23 (2.96%) SaaS
10 20 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
12 18 (2.32%) Power Automate
13 17 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.19%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.16%) Veeva
17 7 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
17 7 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.03%) Network Security
2 7 (0.90%) BGP
2 7 (0.90%) OSPF
3 6 (0.77%) VLAN
4 5 (0.64%) Firewall
4 5 (0.64%) IPsec
4 5 (0.64%) MPLS
4 5 (0.64%) Multicast
5 4 (0.51%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.26%) DNS
7 1 (0.13%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.13%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) RS-232
7 1 (0.13%) RS-422
7 1 (0.13%) RS-485
7 1 (0.13%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 261 (33.59%) SQL Server
2 32 (4.12%) Power BI
3 27 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
5 20 (2.57%) MySQL
6 19 (2.45%) DynamoDB
7 17 (2.19%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.54%) MongoDB
8 12 (1.54%) Tableau
9 8 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.90%) Metadata
10 7 (0.90%) Metadata Repository
10 7 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.90%) Redis
11 4 (0.51%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.39%) Triplestore
13 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.26%) Pentaho
13 2 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 306 (39.38%) JIRA
2 304 (39.12%) Selenium
3 260 (33.46%) Cucumber
4 256 (32.95%) SonarQube
5 253 (32.56%) GitLab
5 253 (32.56%) Maven
6 249 (32.05%) Bitbucket
7 247 (31.79%) Sonatype Nexus
8 32 (4.12%) Git
9 21 (2.70%) Jenkins
10 20 (2.57%) Appium
10 20 (2.57%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.80%) SpecFlow
12 13 (1.67%) Postman
13 10 (1.29%) Gradle
14 9 (1.16%) JMeter
15 8 (1.03%) Moq
15 8 (1.03%) SoapUI
15 8 (1.03%) WebDriver
16 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
General
1 344 (44.27%) Finance
2 289 (37.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 273 (35.14%) Banking
4 198 (25.48%) Social Skills
5 110 (14.16%) Retail
6 93 (11.97%) Investment Banking
7 90 (11.58%) Corporate Banking
8 89 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
9 41 (5.28%) Law
10 36 (4.63%) Games
11 29 (3.73%) Legal
12 24 (3.09%) Marketing
12 24 (3.09%) Tech for Good
13 23 (2.96%) Publishing
14 22 (2.83%) Health Technology
14 22 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (2.06%) Public Sector
16 15 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.80%) Manufacturing
18 10 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 285 (36.68%) Software Engineer
2 131 (16.86%) Developer
3 95 (12.23%) Senior
4 64 (8.24%) Lead
5 49 (6.31%) Senior Developer
6 46 (5.92%) Analyst
7 33 (4.25%) QA Engineer
8 29 (3.73%) Software Developer
9 21 (2.70%) Tester
10 20 (2.57%) Senior Software Developer
11 17 (2.19%) Architect
11 17 (2.19%) Lead Developer
11 17 (2.19%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.06%) Android Developer
12 16 (2.06%) C# Developer
12 16 (2.06%) Project Manager
12 16 (2.06%) Test Engineer
13 14 (1.80%) Automation Tester
14 13 (1.67%) DevOps Engineer
14 13 (1.67%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (39.38%) React
2 275 (35.39%) HTML
3 273 (35.14%) CSS
4 260 (33.46%) Spring
5 256 (32.95%) Spring Boot
6 253 (32.56%) Redux
7 252 (32.43%) Kafka
8 247 (31.79%) JPA
9 158 (20.33%) Hibernate
10 131 (16.86%) RESTful
11 127 (16.34%) REST
12 96 (12.36%) Jest
13 91 (11.71%) CSS3
13 91 (11.71%) HTML5
14 90 (11.58%) Sass
15 59 (7.59%) .NET
16 28 (3.60%) Playwright
17 24 (3.09%) Swagger
18 20 (2.57%) JSON
19 19 (2.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 283 (36.42%) Product Ownership
2 254 (32.69%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (3.99%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.57%) Mobile Games
4 20 (2.57%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.93%) NHS
6 13 (1.67%) Educational Technology
7 12 (1.54%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.29%) Digital Media
10 9 (1.16%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.03%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.90%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.90%) Social Media
13 6 (0.77%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (0.64%) PMI
14 5 (0.64%) Virtual Team
15 4 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.15%) Linux
2 36 (4.63%) Windows
3 33 (4.25%) Apple iOS
4 23 (2.96%) Android
5 7 (0.90%) Windows Vista
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.51%) Unix
8 3 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.26%) CentOS
9 2 (0.26%) Rocky
10 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (63.71%) Agile
2 373 (48.01%) DevOps
3 366 (47.10%) Test Automation
4 342 (44.02%) Software Engineering
5 327 (42.08%) CI/CD
6 294 (37.84%) Microservices
7 283 (36.42%) SDLC
8 278 (35.78%) Containerisation
9 272 (35.01%) Front End Development
10 266 (34.23%) Full-Stack Development
10 266 (34.23%) Performance Optimisation
11 241 (31.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 198 (25.48%) TDD
13 175 (22.52%) Clean Code
14 164 (21.11%) Mentoring
15 161 (20.72%) User Experience
16 142 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
17 118 (15.19%) Migration
18 94 (12.10%) Strategic Thinking
19 90 (11.58%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 342 (44.02%) JavaScript
2 331 (42.60%) SQL
3 329 (42.34%) Java
4 159 (20.46%) TypeScript
5 99 (12.74%) C#
6 91 (11.71%) Python
7 23 (2.96%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.45%) C++
9 18 (2.32%) PHP
10 17 (2.19%) Swift
11 16 (2.06%) Objective-C
12 7 (0.90%) C
12 7 (0.90%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.77%) Bash
13 6 (0.77%) Groovy
13 6 (0.77%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.51%) Delphi
14 4 (0.51%) Go
14 4 (0.51%) Ruby
15 3 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 123 (15.83%) Degree
2 44 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (4.50%) Security Cleared
4 33 (4.25%) ISTQB
5 26 (3.35%) SC Cleared
6 21 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 20 (2.57%) PMP
8 10 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.03%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.03%) CISSP
11 5 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.64%) CSPO
12 4 (0.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.51%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.39%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (12.61%) Accessibility
2 12 (1.54%) GMP
2 12 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (1.54%) PMO
3 11 (1.42%) NCSC
4 10 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.03%) NIST
6 6 (0.77%) CDISC
6 6 (0.77%) P3O
7 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.26%) AQAP
8 2 (0.26%) Dublin Core
8 2 (0.26%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.26%) ISO 13485
8 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.13%) ECSS
9 1 (0.13%) GDPR
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 282 (36.29%) Docker
2 3 (0.39%) Firmware
3 2 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 269 (34.62%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.45%) Terraform
3 13 (1.67%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.54%) Ansible
4 12 (1.54%) Grafana
5 5 (0.64%) Argo
5 5 (0.64%) Puppet
6 3 (0.39%) Packer
7 2 (0.26%) Iperf
7 2 (0.26%) Nagios
7 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.26%) Salt
8 1 (0.13%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.13%) Kibana
8 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.13%) logstash
8 1 (0.13%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 248 (31.92%) Solace
2 56 (7.21%) Microsoft
3 19 (2.45%) SAP
4 13 (1.67%) Google
4 13 (1.67%) Oracle
5 10 (1.29%) Adobe
5 10 (1.29%) New Relic
5 10 (1.29%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.03%) Planview
7 7 (0.90%) Cisco
7 7 (0.90%) TikTok
8 6 (0.77%) Autodesk
9 5 (0.64%) IBM
9 5 (0.64%) Pegasus
9 5 (0.64%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.51%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.51%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.51%) VMware
11 3 (0.39%) Red Hat