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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 75 55
Rank change year-on-year 0 -20 -5
Permanent jobs citing QA 563 1,326 2,329
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.76% 3.92% 5.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.61% 30.86% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 429 930 1,537
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,208 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +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 2,732 4,297 6,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.25% 12.70% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,724 3,264 4,253
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,886 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £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 2 May 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 7 (1.24%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.07%) Confluence
3 5 (0.89%) CMS
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.53%) nginx
5 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Drupal
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) Totara
6 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 28 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.31%) Chatbot
5 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.42%) Trello
7 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.53%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.36%) Blender
9 2 (0.36%) Maya
10 1 (0.18%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 16 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.78%) TrackWise
3 7 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.71%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.53%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.18%) Magento
7 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 111 (19.72%) Azure
2 106 (18.83%) AWS
3 44 (7.82%) SaaS
4 43 (7.64%) Serverless
5 35 (6.22%) Power Platform
6 29 (5.15%) GitHub
7 26 (4.62%) Amazon S3
8 25 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (3.37%) GCP
10 18 (3.20%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (2.31%) PowerApps
14 12 (2.13%) Smartsheet
15 10 (1.78%) Veeva
16 8 (1.42%) Amazon SQS
17 7 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.31%) BGP
2 12 (2.13%) VLAN
3 11 (1.95%) Firewall
4 7 (1.24%) OSPF
5 6 (1.07%) HSRP
6 5 (0.89%) Bluetooth
6 5 (0.89%) IPsec
6 5 (0.89%) MPLS
6 5 (0.89%) Multicast
7 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.36%) DNS
9 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.18%) Intranet
9 1 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.18%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.18%) SSH
9 1 (0.18%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.15%) Power BI
2 26 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (3.73%) MySQL
4 20 (3.55%) Relational Database
5 18 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (3.02%) SQL Server
7 13 (2.31%) DynamoDB
8 12 (2.13%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.78%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.78%) Tableau
10 9 (1.60%) Metadata
11 8 (1.42%) Metadata Repository
12 5 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.89%) Redis
13 4 (0.71%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.53%) Triplestore
15 2 (0.36%) Pentaho
15 2 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 58 (10.30%) Selenium
2 47 (8.35%) JIRA
3 44 (7.82%) Git
4 29 (5.15%) Postman
5 21 (3.73%) Appium
5 21 (3.73%) Jenkins
6 20 (3.55%) Cypress.io
7 14 (2.49%) Gradle
7 14 (2.49%) SpecFlow
8 13 (2.31%) SoapUI
9 12 (2.13%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.95%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.78%) JMeter
12 9 (1.60%) Maven
13 8 (1.42%) GitLab
13 8 (1.42%) Moq
13 8 (1.42%) WebDriver
14 7 (1.24%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.71%) JUnit
15 4 (0.71%) TestNG
General
1 220 (39.08%) Social Skills
2 110 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (15.63%) Finance
4 51 (9.06%) Games
5 35 (6.22%) Banking
5 35 (6.22%) Law
6 28 (4.97%) Marketing
7 26 (4.62%) Tech for Good
8 25 (4.44%) Publishing
9 24 (4.26%) Health Technology
9 24 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (3.91%) Pharmaceutical
11 20 (3.55%) Retail
12 17 (3.02%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.66%) Legal
14 11 (1.95%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.60%) Electronics
16 8 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 131 (23.27%) Developer
2 103 (18.29%) Senior
3 75 (13.32%) Lead
4 59 (10.48%) Analyst
5 45 (7.99%) Software Engineer
6 41 (7.28%) QA Engineer
7 37 (6.57%) Senior Developer
8 32 (5.68%) Tester
9 29 (5.15%) Software Developer
10 26 (4.62%) Test Engineer
11 23 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (3.91%) Business Analyst
13 21 (3.73%) Lead Developer
14 20 (3.55%) C# Developer
14 20 (3.55%) Senior Software Developer
15 18 (3.20%) .NET Developer
15 18 (3.20%) Project Analyst
15 18 (3.20%) Project Manager
16 17 (3.02%) Android Developer
17 16 (2.84%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (13.85%) .NET
2 59 (10.48%) React
3 46 (8.17%) RESTful
4 32 (5.68%) REST
5 24 (4.26%) CSS
5 24 (4.26%) HTML
5 24 (4.26%) Playwright
6 22 (3.91%) .NET Core
7 21 (3.73%) Swagger
8 19 (3.37%) AngularJS
9 17 (3.02%) Node.js
10 16 (2.84%) Elastic Stack
10 16 (2.84%) JSON
11 15 (2.66%) Web Services
12 12 (2.13%) .NET Framework
13 11 (1.95%) Entity Framework
13 11 (1.95%) OAuth
14 10 (1.78%) Spring
14 10 (1.78%) XML
15 9 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.77%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.68%) Mobile App
3 29 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 24 (4.26%) Mobile Games
5 17 (3.02%) Educational Technology
6 16 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.66%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.66%) NHS
8 13 (2.31%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.95%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (1.60%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.42%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.42%) Robotics
12 7 (1.24%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.89%) Digital Media
14 5 (0.89%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.46%) Linux
2 38 (6.75%) Apple iOS
3 30 (5.33%) Android
4 29 (5.15%) Windows
5 7 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.07%) Unix
7 4 (0.71%) CentOS
8 3 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.36%) Rocky
9 2 (0.36%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Debian
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (47.07%) Agile
2 175 (31.08%) Problem-Solving
3 144 (25.58%) Test Automation
4 124 (22.02%) DevOps
5 120 (21.31%) Software Engineering
6 106 (18.83%) Mentoring
7 102 (18.12%) Software Testing
8 95 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 86 (15.28%) CI/CD
10 68 (12.08%) User Experience
11 67 (11.90%) Project Management
12 57 (10.12%) Computer Science
12 57 (10.12%) Scrum
13 54 (9.59%) TDD
14 50 (8.88%) Test Scripting
15 48 (8.53%) Microservices
16 47 (8.35%) SOLID
16 47 (8.35%) Technical Leadership
17 44 (7.82%) Coaching
17 44 (7.82%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 122 (21.67%) C#
2 108 (19.18%) JavaScript
3 101 (17.94%) SQL
4 91 (16.16%) Python
5 84 (14.92%) Java
6 59 (10.48%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.62%) Kotlin
8 24 (4.26%) PHP
9 19 (3.37%) Swift
10 18 (3.20%) C++
10 18 (3.20%) Objective-C
11 8 (1.42%) C
12 7 (1.24%) Groovy
12 7 (1.24%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.24%) Ruby
12 7 (1.24%) VB.NET
13 6 (1.07%) Go
13 6 (1.07%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.89%) Bash
15 4 (0.71%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 121 (21.49%) Degree
2 43 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (5.51%) Security Cleared
4 29 (5.15%) ISTQB
5 25 (4.44%) PMP
6 24 (4.26%) PMI Certification
7 21 (3.73%) SC Cleared
8 12 (2.13%) CISSP
9 10 (1.78%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.78%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.42%) CCNP
10 8 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.89%) CSPO
12 5 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.71%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.37%) PMO
2 13 (2.31%) GMP
3 12 (2.13%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.07%) CDISC
5 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.53%) GDPR
6 3 (0.53%) P3O
7 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.36%) Dublin Core
7 2 (0.36%) IEC 62304
7 2 (0.36%) ISO 13485
7 2 (0.36%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (0.36%) NCSC
7 2 (0.36%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) GxP
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 34 (6.04%) Docker
2 5 (0.89%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (0.89%) Firmware
3 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (5.15%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.49%) Terraform
3 13 (2.31%) Ansible
4 11 (1.95%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.78%) Grafana
6 7 (1.24%) Argo
7 5 (0.89%) Puppet
8 4 (0.71%) Nagios
9 3 (0.53%) Packer
10 2 (0.36%) Iperf
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.36%) Salt
11 1 (0.18%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.18%) Kibana
11 1 (0.18%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.18%) logstash
11 1 (0.18%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.26%) SAP
3 15 (2.66%) Oracle
4 14 (2.49%) Google
4 14 (2.49%) New Relic
5 10 (1.78%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.42%) UiPath
7 7 (1.24%) Adobe
7 7 (1.24%) Cisco
8 6 (1.07%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.07%) Planview
9 5 (0.89%) IBM
9 5 (0.89%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.71%) iManage
10 4 (0.71%) Intapp
10 4 (0.71%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.71%) VMware
11 3 (0.53%) Informatica
11 3 (0.53%) Pegasus