Software Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 163 134
Rank change year-on-year -10 -29 -4
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 634 970 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.88% 2.22% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 2.31% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 563 676 1,029
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,750 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,002 41,964 64,515
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.76% 96.07% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 23,617 29,021 41,200
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +9.09%

Software Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
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 Testing.

Software Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Testing over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Software Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software 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 22 (3.47%) Confluence
2 9 (1.42%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.10%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.95%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.79%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.58%) Simulink
4 7 (1.10%) Stateflow
5 6 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.79%) Trello
7 4 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.32%) ProductWriter
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 161 (25.39%) Azure
2 109 (17.19%) AWS
3 53 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (7.57%) GitHub
5 42 (6.62%) SaaS
6 31 (4.89%) GCP
7 19 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (2.84%) Serverless
9 16 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.26%) Power Platform
13 6 (0.95%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.95%) IaaS
14 5 (0.79%) ClickUp
15 4 (0.63%) PaaS
15 4 (0.63%) Power Automate
16 3 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
16 3 (0.47%) BrowserStack
17 2 (0.32%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.58%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.58%) RS-232
2 9 (1.42%) Network Security
3 8 (1.26%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.26%) Wireless
4 6 (0.95%) Internet
5 4 (0.63%) Modbus
5 4 (0.63%) RS-422
5 4 (0.63%) RS-485
5 4 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.47%) Firewall
6 3 (0.47%) VPN
7 2 (0.32%) HTTP
7 2 (0.32%) LAN
7 2 (0.32%) SAN
7 2 (0.32%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.32%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.16%) 4G
8 1 (0.16%) Multicast
8 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.36%) Relational Database
1 34 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.37%) Big Data
3 14 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.21%) OLTP
4 13 (2.05%) DynamoDB
5 12 (1.89%) MySQL
6 8 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.95%) BigQuery
7 6 (0.95%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.95%) Flink
7 6 (0.95%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.63%) Redis
10 3 (0.47%) MS Access
10 3 (0.47%) SQLite
11 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 109 (17.19%) JIRA
2 64 (10.09%) Selenium
3 41 (6.47%) Jenkins
4 37 (5.84%) Postman
5 34 (5.36%) Cucumber
5 34 (5.36%) Git
6 29 (4.57%) JMeter
7 28 (4.42%) Cypress.io
8 23 (3.63%) Visual Studio
9 21 (3.31%) Bitbucket
10 20 (3.15%) JUnit
11 19 (3.00%) SpecFlow
12 16 (2.52%) GitLab
13 14 (2.21%) SoapUI
14 12 (1.89%) Appium
15 10 (1.58%) Serenity BDD
16 9 (1.42%) REST Assured
16 9 (1.42%) TestNG
16 9 (1.42%) WebDriver
17 8 (1.26%) Subversion
General
1 134 (21.14%) Social Skills
2 62 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (9.78%) Finance
3 57 (8.99%) Public Sector
4 42 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (4.42%) Electronics
6 23 (3.63%) Automotive
7 19 (3.00%) Games
8 15 (2.37%) Military
8 15 (2.37%) Police
9 14 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.05%) French Language
10 13 (2.05%) Law
10 13 (2.05%) Legal
10 13 (2.05%) Marketing
11 12 (1.89%) Banking
12 11 (1.74%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.58%) Retail
14 9 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 146 (23.03%) Developer
1 146 (23.03%) Senior
2 87 (13.72%) Tester
3 70 (11.04%) Software Engineer
4 65 (10.25%) Analyst
5 61 (9.62%) Senior Developer
6 50 (7.89%) QA Engineer
7 47 (7.41%) Software Developer
8 44 (6.94%) Software Tester
8 44 (6.94%) Test Engineer
9 41 (6.47%) .NET Developer
10 37 (5.84%) Test Analyst
11 36 (5.68%) Full Stack Developer
12 31 (4.89%) Lead
13 27 (4.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 22 (3.47%) Embedded Engineer
14 22 (3.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 21 (3.31%) Senior Full Stack Developer
16 20 (3.15%) Senior Software Engineer
17 19 (3.00%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (15.62%) .NET
2 63 (9.94%) HTML
3 62 (9.78%) Web Services
4 48 (7.57%) Node.js
5 45 (7.10%) RESTful
6 44 (6.94%) CSS
7 33 (5.21%) .NET Framework
8 30 (4.73%) SOAP
9 27 (4.26%) Playwright
10 23 (3.63%) ASP.NET
10 23 (3.63%) React
11 21 (3.31%) XML
12 20 (3.15%) GraphQL
12 20 (3.15%) Kafka
12 20 (3.15%) REST
13 19 (3.00%) .NET Core
14 18 (2.84%) Spring
15 17 (2.68%) Spring Boot
16 14 (2.21%) ASP.NET Web API
17 13 (2.05%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.31%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 27 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (3.63%) Video\Live Streaming
5 19 (3.00%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.58%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.58%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.42%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.10%) Life Science
12 6 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.79%) IoT
13 5 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 65 (10.25%) Linux
2 38 (5.99%) Windows
3 12 (1.89%) Android
4 11 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.10%) Unix
6 6 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.79%) Debian
7 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.79%) Windows Mobile
8 4 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (42.74%) Agile
2 235 (37.07%) Test Automation
3 147 (23.19%) Software Engineering
4 143 (22.56%) DevOps
5 140 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (19.56%) CI/CD
7 82 (12.93%) TDD
8 77 (12.15%) Code Quality
9 73 (11.51%) Mentoring
10 72 (11.36%) Scrum
11 71 (11.20%) Functional Testing
12 70 (11.04%) Regression Testing
13 60 (9.46%) Coaching
14 59 (9.31%) BDD
15 58 (9.15%) Computer Science
16 55 (8.68%) User Acceptance Testing
17 52 (8.20%) Unit Testing
18 49 (7.73%) Test Scripting
19 48 (7.57%) Continuous Integration
19 48 (7.57%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 168 (26.50%) C#
2 132 (20.82%) Python
3 126 (19.87%) JavaScript
4 120 (18.93%) Java
5 96 (15.14%) SQL
6 56 (8.83%) C
7 44 (6.94%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.79%) Go
9 19 (3.00%) Groovy
10 18 (2.84%) C++
10 18 (2.84%) VB.NET
11 17 (2.68%) Embedded C
12 16 (2.52%) PL/SQL
13 14 (2.21%) Ruby
14 13 (2.05%) MATLAB
15 11 (1.74%) Perl
16 10 (1.58%) Bash
17 9 (1.42%) Ada
17 9 (1.42%) PowerShell
17 9 (1.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 97 (15.30%) Degree
2 95 (14.98%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 47 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (6.47%) ISTQB
6 26 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.68%) ISEB
8 12 (1.89%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.26%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.26%) IIBA
10 6 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.95%) CSPO
11 5 (0.79%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.63%) CIPD
13 3 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.47%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.47%) PhD
14 2 (0.32%) CBAP
14 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (26.66%) QA
2 53 (8.36%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.26%) WCAG
4 13 (2.05%) ISO 9001
5 11 (1.74%) MISRA
6 9 (1.42%) GDPR
7 8 (1.26%) SLA
8 7 (1.10%) DO-254
9 5 (0.79%) ITGC
10 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.47%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.32%) PMO
13 1 (0.16%) AQAP
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.16%) JTAG
13 1 (0.16%) TickIT
System Software
1 60 (9.46%) Docker
2 28 (4.42%) Firmware
3 11 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.74%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.63%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) NFS
8 1 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 49 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.52%) Terraform
3 12 (1.89%) Ansible
3 12 (1.89%) Puppet
4 11 (1.74%) Progress Chef
4 11 (1.74%) Salt
5 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.10%) HP Quality Center
7 6 (0.95%) Grafana
8 4 (0.63%) Kibana
9 3 (0.47%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 80 (12.62%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.10%) Oracle
3 16 (2.52%) IBM
4 11 (1.74%) Google
5 10 (1.58%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.10%) HP
7 7 (1.10%) Lauterbach
8 6 (0.95%) MuleSoft
8 6 (0.95%) OutSystems
8 6 (0.95%) Teradata
9 5 (0.79%) Splunk
9 5 (0.79%) Xamarin
10 4 (0.63%) Adobe
10 4 (0.63%) Peregrine
10 4 (0.63%) VMware
11 3 (0.47%) Citrix
11 3 (0.47%) Databricks
11 3 (0.47%) SAP
12 2 (0.32%) Apple