Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Tester salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 363 388
Rank change year-on-year -16 +25 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 219 348 574
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.65% 0.80% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.84% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 161 253 397
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £31,950
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £79,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

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 32,462 41,558 65,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.10% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,940 29,452 41,851
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,503 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £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 £79,600
90th Percentile £92,500 £99,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Tester.

Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Tester over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Tester in the job title.

1 113 (51.60%) Test Automation
2 86 (39.27%) Software Testing
3 77 (35.16%) QA
4 69 (31.51%) Agile
5 66 (30.14%) Penetration Testing
6 55 (25.11%) Selenium
7 53 (24.20%) Social Skills
8 45 (20.55%) Security Cleared
8 45 (20.55%) Cybersecurity
9 44 (20.09%) JavaScript
9 44 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (19.63%) Test Scripting
11 41 (18.72%) Java
12 40 (18.26%) C#
13 38 (17.35%) Mentoring
14 34 (15.53%) Python
15 32 (14.61%) API Testing
16 31 (14.16%) OSCP
17 29 (13.24%) JIRA
17 29 (13.24%) Actionable Insight
18 28 (12.79%) CI/CD
18 28 (12.79%) Cucumber
18 28 (12.79%) Manual Testing
19 27 (12.33%) Coaching
19 27 (12.33%) CREST Certified
20 26 (11.87%) SaaS
21 25 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
21 25 (11.42%) Information Security
22 24 (10.96%) Microsoft
22 24 (10.96%) Mobile App

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.65%) Confluence
2 5 (2.28%) Apache
3 2 (0.91%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.87%) SaaS
2 21 (9.59%) Azure
3 16 (7.31%) AWS
4 14 (6.39%) GitHub
5 11 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.37%) GCP
8 3 (1.37%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.22%) Firewall
2 14 (6.39%) Wireless
3 8 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.83%) Internet
4 4 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.83%) Wireless Security
4 4 (1.83%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.46%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 55 (25.11%) Selenium
2 29 (13.24%) JIRA
3 28 (12.79%) Cucumber
4 17 (7.76%) Jenkins
4 17 (7.76%) SpecFlow
5 12 (5.48%) Metasploit
5 12 (5.48%) REST Assured
5 12 (5.48%) WebDriver
6 11 (5.02%) Bitbucket
6 11 (5.02%) SoapUI
7 10 (4.57%) JMeter
8 9 (4.11%) Burp Suite
9 7 (3.20%) Bitbucket Server
9 7 (3.20%) Cypress.io
9 7 (3.20%) JUnit
9 7 (3.20%) Serenity BDD
9 7 (3.20%) TestNG
10 5 (2.28%) Appium
11 4 (1.83%) eggPlant
11 4 (1.83%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (10.05%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (8.68%) Aerospace
5 14 (6.39%) Law
5 14 (6.39%) Legal
6 13 (5.94%) Finance
7 12 (5.48%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.65%) Games
8 8 (3.65%) Marketing
9 6 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.74%) Retail
10 3 (1.37%) Automotive
10 3 (1.37%) Banking
10 3 (1.37%) Billing
10 3 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.91%) Back Office
11 2 (0.91%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.57%) .NET
1 10 (4.57%) Playwright
1 10 (4.57%) RESTful
2 9 (4.11%) REST
3 8 (3.65%) Web Services
4 7 (3.20%) Gherkin
4 7 (3.20%) SOAP
5 6 (2.74%) Spring
5 6 (2.74%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.74%) WireMock
6 5 (2.28%) Apache Commons
6 5 (2.28%) Guava
6 5 (2.28%) Java Concurrency
7 3 (1.37%) JSON
8 2 (0.91%) React
9 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.46%) Celery
9 1 (0.46%) HTML
9 1 (0.46%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.96%) Mobile App
2 14 (6.39%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.28%) Client/Server
4 5 (2.28%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.83%) IoT
6 3 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.37%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.37%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.91%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.46%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.39%) Windows
2 13 (5.94%) Android
2 13 (5.94%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.20%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.83%) Unix
5 3 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (51.60%) Test Automation
2 86 (39.27%) Software Testing
3 69 (31.51%) Agile
4 66 (30.14%) Penetration Testing
5 45 (20.55%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (19.63%) Test Scripting
8 38 (17.35%) Mentoring
9 32 (14.61%) API Testing
10 29 (13.24%) Actionable Insight
11 28 (12.79%) CI/CD
11 28 (12.79%) Manual Testing
12 27 (12.33%) Coaching
13 25 (11.42%) Information Security
14 23 (10.50%) Collaborative Working
14 23 (10.50%) Red Team
14 23 (10.50%) Requirements Analysis
14 23 (10.50%) Technical Analysis
14 23 (10.50%) Test Assurance
15 20 (9.13%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 44 (20.09%) JavaScript
2 41 (18.72%) Java
3 40 (18.26%) C#
4 34 (15.53%) Python
5 16 (7.31%) SQL
6 7 (3.20%) Bash
7 3 (1.37%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.46%) C
8 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.46%) Scala
8 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.46%) VB
8 1 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.16%) OSCP
3 27 (12.33%) CREST Certified
4 23 (10.50%) SC Cleared
5 21 (9.59%) DV Cleared
6 18 (8.22%) Degree
7 16 (7.31%) CHECK Team Member
8 13 (5.94%) Cyber Scheme
9 11 (5.02%) ISTQB
10 9 (4.11%) CHECK Team Leader
11 8 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.20%) ISEB
13 6 (2.74%) CEH
13 6 (2.74%) GIAC
13 6 (2.74%) GPEN
13 6 (2.74%) PCI QSA
13 6 (2.74%) Tigerscheme
14 5 (2.28%) OSCE
15 4 (1.83%) Master's Degree
16 3 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (35.16%) QA
2 14 (6.39%) GRC
2 14 (6.39%) PCI DSS
3 9 (4.11%) NIST
4 7 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (2.74%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.37%) GDPR
8 2 (0.91%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.91%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (3.65%) Docker
2 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.11%) Nmap
2 8 (3.65%) Nessus
3 7 (3.20%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.91%) SysTrack
5 1 (0.46%) Ansible
5 1 (0.46%) Consul
5 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle
2 3 (1.37%) Qualys
2 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.91%) Aderant
3 2 (0.91%) iManage
3 2 (0.91%) Intapp
3 2 (0.91%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.46%) Databricks
4 1 (0.46%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.46%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.46%) Salesforce