Software Quality Assurance Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Software Quality Assurance Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
415 |
581 |
673 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+166 |
+92 |
+130 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Engineer |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option |
0.013% |
0.009% |
0.009% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.015% |
0.009% |
0.010% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£45,000 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£62,500 |
£48,750 |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
- |
+20.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£67,500 |
£65,000 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| UK median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£45,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-5.56% |
-25.00% |
+20.00% |
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 |
13,761 |
32,474 |
40,893 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
90.71% |
96.00% |
96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
9,932 |
24,947 |
29,049 |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£33,008 |
£36,711 |
| 25th Percentile |
£43,750 |
£42,500 |
£47,447 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£56,000 |
£62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+7.14% |
-10.40% |
+4.17% |
| 75th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£81,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£92,500 |
£100,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£57,500 |
£52,550 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+9.42% |
-12.42% |
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