Software Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Tester salary in Work from Home is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 623 658
Rank change year-on-year +83 +35 -165
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 44 61 181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.14% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.14% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 37 52 107
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,375 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £43,750 £62,063 £50,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £69,750 £54,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,393 42,177 64,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 95.98% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,942 29,932 41,983
10th Percentile £32,996 £36,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Software Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Tester
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Tester over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Software Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 37 (84.09%) Test Automation
3 20 (45.45%) Manual Testing
4 18 (40.91%) QA
4 18 (40.91%) Python
5 17 (38.64%) C#
5 17 (38.64%) JavaScript
6 15 (34.09%) SaaS
7 13 (29.55%) Regression Testing
8 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 11 (25.00%) Code Quality
9 10 (22.73%) Test Scripting
10 9 (20.45%) API Testing
10 9 (20.45%) Business Case
10 9 (20.45%) Migration
10 9 (20.45%) Java
10 9 (20.45%) System Testing
11 8 (18.18%) JIRA
11 8 (18.18%) Agile
11 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (15.91%) ISTQB
12 7 (15.91%) Selenium
13 6 (13.64%) Finance
14 5 (11.36%) Degree
14 5 (11.36%) SpecFlow
15 4 (9.09%) Defect Tracking
15 4 (9.09%) Playwright
15 4 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
15 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
15 4 (9.09%) Games

Software Tester Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.09%) SaaS
2 2 (4.55%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) GitHub
3 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) JIRA
2 7 (15.91%) Selenium
3 5 (11.36%) SpecFlow
4 2 (4.55%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.55%) eggPlant
4 2 (4.55%) WebDriver
5 1 (2.27%) Git
5 1 (2.27%) NeoLoad
General
1 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Finance
3 4 (9.09%) Games
4 3 (6.82%) Automotive
4 3 (6.82%) Billing
4 3 (6.82%) Legal
5 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Back Office
5 2 (4.55%) Law
5 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) Playwright
2 3 (6.82%) .NET
2 3 (6.82%) JSON
3 2 (4.55%) RESTful
4 1 (2.27%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.55%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 37 (84.09%) Test Automation
3 20 (45.45%) Manual Testing
4 13 (29.55%) Regression Testing
5 11 (25.00%) Code Quality
6 10 (22.73%) Test Scripting
7 9 (20.45%) API Testing
7 9 (20.45%) Business Case
7 9 (20.45%) Migration
7 9 (20.45%) System Testing
8 8 (18.18%) Agile
8 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
9 4 (9.09%) Defect Tracking
10 3 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (6.82%) Creative Thinking
10 3 (6.82%) End-to-End Testing
10 3 (6.82%) Issue Tracking
10 3 (6.82%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.91%) Python
2 17 (38.64%) C#
2 17 (38.64%) JavaScript
3 9 (20.45%) Java
4 2 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) ISTQB
2 5 (11.36%) Degree
3 3 (6.82%) ISEB
4 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.91%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft