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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 56 49
Rank change year-on-year -20 -7 +31
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,318 2,181 4,665
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.91% 5.32% 6.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 30.67% 36.59% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,434 2,278
10th Percentile £36,300 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,175 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +7.98%

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 4,297 5,961 11,146
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.76% 14.55% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 4,032 6,086
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 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
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% +3.77%

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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 14 May 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 (3.11%) IIS
2 29 (2.20%) Confluence
3 22 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 13 (0.99%) Documentum
5 12 (0.91%) CMS
6 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.46%) 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 61 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.68%) InfoPath
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%) UXPin
10 1 (0.076%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 62 (4.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.99%) TrackWise
4 11 (0.83%) SAP CO
5 9 (0.68%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.53%) SAP FI-AP
7 6 (0.46%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
8 5 (0.38%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.30%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.23%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.23%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.23%) Shopify
11 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.15%) SAP MII
12 1 (0.076%) Maximo
12 1 (0.076%) SAP PM
12 1 (0.076%) SAP SCM
12 1 (0.076%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 267 (20.26%) Azure
2 154 (11.68%) SaaS
3 138 (10.47%) AWS
4 128 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (4.10%) Power Platform
6 50 (3.79%) Serverless
7 43 (3.26%) GCP
8 37 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (1.97%) GitHub
10 26 (1.97%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.29%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.21%) PaaS
12 16 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (0.61%) Azure Stack
13 8 (0.61%) BrowserStack
13 8 (0.61%) ClickUp
13 8 (0.61%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.59%) Firewall
2 14 (1.06%) 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%) BGP
6 2 (0.15%) MQTT
6 2 (0.15%) SSL
6 2 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.076%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.076%) HSRP
7 1 (0.076%) Modbus
7 1 (0.076%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.076%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.076%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.42%) SQL Server
2 65 (4.93%) Relational Database
3 36 (2.73%) Oracle Database
3 36 (2.73%) RDBMS
4 32 (2.43%) Power BI
5 29 (2.20%) MySQL
6 20 (1.52%) NoSQL
6 20 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.83%) Redis
11 7 (0.53%) Tableau
12 6 (0.46%) Looker
12 6 (0.46%) Power Query
12 6 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.38%) GIS
14 3 (0.23%) Big Data
14 3 (0.23%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 123 (9.33%) Selenium
2 118 (8.95%) JIRA
3 117 (8.88%) Git
4 98 (7.44%) Postman
5 88 (6.68%) Cucumber
6 66 (5.01%) Jenkins
7 55 (4.17%) Cypress.io
8 47 (3.57%) Visual Studio
9 36 (2.73%) JDeveloper
10 32 (2.43%) Jasmine
11 29 (2.20%) SpecFlow
12 28 (2.12%) Karma Test Runner
13 25 (1.90%) JUnit
14 22 (1.67%) TeamCity
15 21 (1.59%) JMeter
16 20 (1.52%) Appium
17 14 (1.06%) Bitbucket
17 14 (1.06%) SoapUI
18 12 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
19 11 (0.83%) GitLab
General
1 414 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 233 (17.68%) Finance
3 148 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (7.89%) Legal
4 104 (7.89%) Retail
5 78 (5.92%) Marketing
6 74 (5.61%) Public Sector
7 54 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 41 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (3.11%) Manufacturing
10 33 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.28%) Aerospace
11 30 (2.28%) Law
12 29 (2.20%) Games
13 27 (2.05%) Electronics
13 27 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.90%) Police
15 24 (1.82%) Banking
16 18 (1.37%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 245 (18.59%) Developer
2 181 (13.73%) Lead
3 153 (11.61%) Senior
4 126 (9.56%) Analyst
5 105 (7.97%) QA Engineer
6 100 (7.59%) Software Engineer
7 72 (5.46%) Architect
8 70 (5.31%) Tester
9 60 (4.55%) QA Manager
10 57 (4.32%) Project Manager
11 52 (3.95%) C# Developer
11 52 (3.95%) SAP Architect
11 52 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
12 47 (3.57%) QA Leader
13 46 (3.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 45 (3.41%) Business Analyst
14 45 (3.41%) Software Developer
15 39 (2.96%) Senior Developer
16 38 (2.88%) .NET Developer
17 36 (2.73%) Ruby Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (11.91%) .NET
2 116 (8.80%) React
3 104 (7.89%) REST
4 87 (6.60%) AngularJS
5 83 (6.30%) CSS
6 82 (6.22%) HTML
7 66 (5.01%) Web Services
8 62 (4.70%) XML
9 60 (4.55%) ASP.NET
10 58 (4.40%) JSON
10 58 (4.40%) Node.js
11 56 (4.25%) .NET Framework
12 45 (3.41%) RESTful
13 40 (3.03%) SOAP
14 37 (2.81%) .NET Core
15 36 (2.73%) Spring
16 33 (2.50%) XML Schema
17 31 (2.35%) Sass
18 28 (2.12%) RxJS
19 27 (2.05%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.80%) Product Ownership
2 49 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
3 48 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.96%) Mobile App
5 33 (2.50%) Data Structures
6 27 (2.05%) Client/Server
7 26 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.59%) Life Science
9 21 (1.59%) Satnav
10 20 (1.52%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 17 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.14%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.14%) PropTech
15 14 (1.06%) Data Centre
15 14 (1.06%) LIMS
16 10 (0.76%) IoT
16 10 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.54%) Windows
2 59 (4.48%) Android
3 54 (4.10%) Apple iOS
4 42 (3.19%) 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
1 484 (36.72%) Agile
2 352 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (23.44%) DevOps
4 297 (22.53%) Test Automation
5 190 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 188 (14.26%) Mentoring
7 183 (13.88%) Software Testing
8 177 (13.43%) CI/CD
9 175 (13.28%) Software Engineering
10 166 (12.59%) Project Management
11 165 (12.52%) Scrum
12 147 (11.15%) Code Quality
13 141 (10.70%) Coaching
14 123 (9.33%) Unit Testing
15 108 (8.19%) Roadmaps
15 108 (8.19%) SDLC
16 103 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
17 102 (7.74%) Clean Code
18 101 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
19 98 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 268 (20.33%) JavaScript
2 206 (15.63%) C#
3 157 (11.91%) Python
4 152 (11.53%) Java
5 149 (11.31%) SQL
6 84 (6.37%) TypeScript
7 52 (3.95%) Go
8 44 (3.34%) Ruby
9 39 (2.96%) Bash
10 36 (2.73%) Perl
11 35 (2.66%) T-SQL
12 33 (2.50%) PHP
13 31 (2.35%) C
14 30 (2.28%) C++
14 30 (2.28%) VB
15 28 (2.12%) VB.NET
15 28 (2.12%) VB6
16 23 (1.75%) Kotlin
17 20 (1.52%) Swift
18 8 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 224 (17.00%) Degree
2 108 (8.19%) Security Cleared
3 62 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 39 (2.96%) DBS Check
6 28 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 27 (2.05%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (0.99%) Azure Certification
10 13 (0.99%) ISEB
10 13 (0.99%) PMI Certification
11 9 (0.68%) CREST Certified
11 9 (0.68%) PMP
12 7 (0.53%) CSPO
13 6 (0.46%) HNC
13 6 (0.46%) IIBA
13 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.66%) Accessibility
2 26 (1.97%) PMO
3 25 (1.90%) Good Clinical Practice
3 25 (1.90%) Software Quality Assurance
4 24 (1.82%) ISO 9001
5 14 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.06%) GxP
6 13 (0.99%) GMP
6 13 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.91%) GDPR
8 8 (0.61%) NEBOSH
9 7 (0.53%) ISO 14001
9 7 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.38%) SLA
11 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 13485
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.076%) MISRA
13 1 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (5.46%) 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 41 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.37%) Ansible
3 17 (1.29%) Terraform
4 12 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
5 6 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.38%) Grafana
6 5 (0.38%) Kibana
6 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.23%) Puppet
8 2 (0.15%) Podman
9 1 (0.076%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.076%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 207 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 85 (6.45%) SAP
3 46 (3.49%) Oracle
4 38 (2.88%) Google
5 36 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 12 (0.91%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.76%) Aderant
8 8 (0.61%) Ariba
8 8 (0.61%) Databricks
9 7 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.46%) HP
10 6 (0.46%) Intel
10 6 (0.46%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.46%) NEC
10 6 (0.46%) OutSystems
11 5 (0.38%) Adobe
11 5 (0.38%) BT
12 4 (0.30%) Splunk
12 4 (0.30%) Thales
13 3 (0.23%) Twitter