Test Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Test Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £37,000 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 393 522 556
Rank change year-on-year +129 +34 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 24 62 121
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.19% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 19 56 106
10th Percentile £30,800 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £45,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,875
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -16.67% +20.00%

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 13,761 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% -

Test Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Test Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (62.50%) QA
2 13 (54.17%) Test Automation
3 11 (45.83%) Manual Testing
3 11 (45.83%) Software Testing
4 10 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (41.67%) Test Strategy
5 9 (37.50%) ISTQB
5 9 (37.50%) Regression Testing
6 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (29.17%) Test Scripting
8 6 (25.00%) Agile
8 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 6 (25.00%) DevOps
8 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (20.83%) Azure
9 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
9 5 (20.83%) SQL
10 4 (16.67%) Python
10 4 (16.67%) SaaS
10 4 (16.67%) Cypress.io
10 4 (16.67%) SDLC
10 4 (16.67%) API Testing
10 4 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
11 3 (12.50%) Test Management
11 3 (12.50%) Customer Insight
11 3 (12.50%) Mobile App
11 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
11 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria

Test Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Moodle
1 1 (4.17%) Totara
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 3 (12.50%) Selenium
3 2 (8.33%) JIRA
3 2 (8.33%) TestRail
4 1 (4.17%) Appium
4 1 (4.17%) CircleCI
4 1 (4.17%) Gatling
4 1 (4.17%) Git
4 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.17%) LoadRunner
4 1 (4.17%) Locust
4 1 (4.17%) Postman
4 1 (4.17%) YouTrack
4 1 (4.17%) Zephyr
General
1 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Billing
3 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) JSON
2 1 (4.17%) Playwright
2 1 (4.17%) React Native
2 1 (4.17%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.17%) EPoS
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.17%) Robotics
2 1 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Android
1 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Test Automation
2 11 (45.83%) Manual Testing
2 11 (45.83%) Software Testing
3 10 (41.67%) Test Strategy
3 10 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (37.50%) Regression Testing
5 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (29.17%) Test Scripting
7 6 (25.00%) Agile
7 6 (25.00%) DevOps
8 4 (16.67%) API Testing
8 4 (16.67%) SDLC
9 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
9 3 (12.50%) Application Security
9 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (12.50%) Customer Experience
9 3 (12.50%) Customer Insight
9 3 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Performance Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) ISTQB
2 4 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (62.50%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft