Stress Testing Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Stress Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Stress Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Stress Testing over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 563 614
Rank change year-on-year +202 +51 +143
Permanent jobs citing Stress Testing 56 21 63
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.062% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.068% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 46 19 13
10th Percentile £41,250 - -
25th Percentile - £40,800 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -29.63% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,884 £85,000
90th Percentile £74,375 £55,807 £99,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,528 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.74% -28.93% +19.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Stress Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Stress Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Stress Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Stress Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Stress Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Stress Testing.

Stress Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Stress Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Stress Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Stress Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Stress Testing
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 8 (14.29%) SAS
2 1 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.07%) Azure
2 14 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 12 (21.43%) PowerApps
4 9 (16.07%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (12.50%) GCP
6 2 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.57%) GitHub
6 2 (3.57%) IaaS
7 1 (1.79%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) LAN
1 9 (16.07%) SD-WAN
1 9 (16.07%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.79%) Appium
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) TestRail
General
1 30 (53.57%) Finance
2 28 (50.00%) Banking
3 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 17 (30.36%) Legal
5 12 (21.43%) Tech for Good
6 7 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) Graduate
2 14 (25.00%) Application Development Manager
2 14 (25.00%) Applications Development Manager
2 14 (25.00%) Applications Manager
2 14 (25.00%) Development Manager
3 10 (17.86%) Lead
4 8 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Analyst
5 7 (12.50%) Architect
5 7 (12.50%) Enterprise Management Architect
5 7 (12.50%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
5 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
5 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Lead Architect
5 7 (12.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 7 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.36%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Testing Analyst
7 1 (1.79%) Senior Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.00%) .NET
2 2 (3.57%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.57%) React
3 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 18 (32.14%) Mobile App
3 17 (30.36%) Hackathon
3 17 (30.36%) Learning Management System
4 11 (19.64%) Credit Risk
5 10 (17.86%) Market Risk
6 7 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (12.50%) Product Ownership
7 3 (5.36%) Taxonomies
8 1 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Android
1 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (67.86%) Agile
1 38 (67.86%) DevOps
2 32 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 26 (46.43%) Customer Service
4 24 (42.86%) Containerisation
5 21 (37.50%) Risk Management
6 18 (32.14%) Fintech
7 17 (30.36%) API Development
7 17 (30.36%) API Integration
7 17 (30.36%) Artificial Intelligence
7 17 (30.36%) Customer Experience
7 17 (30.36%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (28.57%) Data Protection
9 15 (26.79%) Unit Testing
10 14 (25.00%) BDD
10 14 (25.00%) Integration Testing
10 14 (25.00%) Line Management
10 14 (25.00%) Mentoring
10 14 (25.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (48.21%) Python
2 19 (33.93%) C#
2 19 (33.93%) Java
2 19 (33.93%) JavaScript
3 17 (30.36%) Kotlin
4 9 (16.07%) SQL
5 8 (14.29%) R
6 1 (1.79%) Bash
6 1 (1.79%) C++
6 1 (1.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 32 (57.14%) Degree
2 17 (30.36%) Master's Degree
2 17 (30.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 8 (14.29%) IFRS
2 8 (14.29%) IFRS 9
3 7 (12.50%) Basel II
3 7 (12.50%) Basel III
3 7 (12.50%) Dodd-Frank
3 7 (12.50%) GDPR
3 7 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 3 (5.36%) QA
5 2 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (16.07%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Vendors
1 26 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (30.36%) Google
2 17 (30.36%) IBM
3 9 (16.07%) Citrix