Software Tester Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Tester salary for remote or hybrid work is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 545 612
Rank change year-on-year +152 +67 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 20 44 59
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 20 37 50
10th Percentile £28,850 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -18.95% +15.15%
75th Percentile £47,625 £43,750 £61,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £70,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £38,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year +10.39% -6.67% +3.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Software Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Tester trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software Tester
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Software Tester over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 2025, 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 16 (80.00%) QA
3 13 (65.00%) Test Automation
4 11 (55.00%) C#
4 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
5 10 (50.00%) Java
5 10 (50.00%) .NET
6 9 (45.00%) Python
6 9 (45.00%) Test Scripting
6 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
7 8 (40.00%) Playwright
7 8 (40.00%) Agile
8 7 (35.00%) Manual Testing
8 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (35.00%) Test Management
9 6 (30.00%) Functional Testing
9 6 (30.00%) SDLC
9 6 (30.00%) API Testing
10 5 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
10 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (25.00%) Test Strategy
10 5 (25.00%) Selenium
10 5 (25.00%) ISTQB
10 5 (25.00%) WebDriver
10 5 (25.00%) B2B
10 5 (25.00%) Regression Testing
10 5 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
10 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (20.00%) Law

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Selenium
1 5 (25.00%) WebDriver
2 4 (20.00%) Appium
2 4 (20.00%) Cypress.io
3 2 (10.00%) JIRA
4 1 (5.00%) JUnit
4 1 (5.00%) Maven
4 1 (5.00%) TestComplete
4 1 (5.00%) TestNG
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (50.00%) .NET
2 8 (40.00%) Playwright
3 1 (5.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (10.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Android
1 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 13 (65.00%) Test Automation
3 9 (45.00%) Test Scripting
4 8 (40.00%) Agile
5 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (35.00%) Manual Testing
5 7 (35.00%) Test Management
6 6 (30.00%) API Testing
6 6 (30.00%) Functional Testing
6 6 (30.00%) SDLC
7 5 (25.00%) B2B
7 5 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
7 5 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
7 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (25.00%) Regression Testing
7 5 (25.00%) Test Strategy
8 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
9 3 (15.00%) Defect Tracking
10 1 (5.00%) Data Engineering
10 1 (5.00%) QA Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C#
1 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (50.00%) Java
3 9 (45.00%) Python
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (5.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) UiPath