Functional Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Functional 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 Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 453 430
Rank change year-on-year -32 -23 -40
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 115 202 582
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.52% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.55% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 93 143 207
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,333 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £62,200 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £63,622 £83,676 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Functional 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 31,355 37,000 72,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.11% 96.01% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,586 26,257 41,808
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Functional Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Functional Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Functional 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 Functional Testing.

Functional Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Functional Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Functional Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Functional 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 6 (5.22%) Confluence
2 3 (2.61%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.74%) Azure
2 17 (14.78%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (13.91%) AWS
4 14 (12.17%) GitHub
4 14 (12.17%) GitHub Actions
4 14 (12.17%) PaaS
5 11 (9.57%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (8.70%) IaaS
6 10 (8.70%) SaaS
7 6 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.87%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.87%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.35%) Internet
2 4 (3.48%) Wireless
3 1 (0.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.48%) Redis
2 3 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.61%) Big Data
2 3 (2.61%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.87%) MS Access
4 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (19.13%) JIRA
2 13 (11.30%) Selenium
3 10 (8.70%) Cucumber
3 10 (8.70%) SonarQube
4 7 (6.09%) Postman
5 5 (4.35%) Appium
6 4 (3.48%) GitLab
6 4 (3.48%) JUnit
7 3 (2.61%) JMeter
7 3 (2.61%) SoapUI
7 3 (2.61%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (2.61%) TestNG
8 2 (1.74%) Bugzilla
8 2 (1.74%) HP UFT
8 2 (1.74%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.74%) MSTest
8 2 (1.74%) TestRail
8 2 (1.74%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.87%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (16.52%) Finance
2 18 (15.65%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 13 (11.30%) Police
6 12 (10.43%) Legal
7 10 (8.70%) Electronics
8 6 (5.22%) Banking
9 5 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.35%) Marketing
10 4 (3.48%) Retail
11 3 (2.61%) Local Government
11 3 (2.61%) Publishing
12 2 (1.74%) Back Office
12 2 (1.74%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (1.74%) Law
12 2 (1.74%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (32.17%) Analyst
1 37 (32.17%) Senior
2 29 (25.22%) Test Analyst
3 18 (15.65%) Developer
4 13 (11.30%) Senior Developer
5 12 (10.43%) .NET Developer
6 9 (7.83%) Test Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Senior .NET Developer
8 7 (6.09%) QA Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) Senior Manager
9 6 (5.22%) Product Manager
9 6 (5.22%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.22%) Senior Product Manager
10 5 (4.35%) Embedded Developer
10 5 (4.35%) Embedded Software Developer
10 5 (4.35%) Senior Software Developer
10 5 (4.35%) Senior Test Analyst
10 5 (4.35%) Software Developer
10 5 (4.35%) Tester
11 4 (3.48%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.43%) .NET
2 10 (8.70%) ARM Templates
2 10 (8.70%) Azure Blueprints
3 9 (7.83%) Kafka
3 9 (7.83%) MSMQ
3 9 (7.83%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (5.22%) Spring
4 6 (5.22%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.48%) ADO
5 4 (3.48%) CSS
5 4 (3.48%) HTML
5 4 (3.48%) Node.js
5 4 (3.48%) Web Services
5 4 (3.48%) WebdriverIO
6 3 (2.61%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (2.61%) EDI
6 3 (2.61%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (2.61%) Next.js
6 3 (2.61%) React
6 3 (2.61%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.61%) Product Ownership
2 22 (19.13%) Management Information System
3 15 (13.04%) Algorithms
3 15 (13.04%) Data Structures
4 14 (12.17%) Onboarding
5 11 (9.57%) Video\Live Streaming
6 7 (6.09%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.35%) IoT
8 4 (3.48%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.61%) Graphic Design
9 3 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.61%) PMI
10 2 (1.74%) BBC
10 2 (1.74%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.87%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.87%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.87%) Android
2 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (56.52%) Software Testing
2 58 (50.43%) Agile
3 55 (47.83%) Test Automation
4 45 (39.13%) Non-Functional Testing
5 38 (33.04%) DevOps
6 35 (30.43%) Scrum
6 35 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
7 33 (28.70%) Regression Testing
8 31 (26.96%) Test Strategy
9 26 (22.61%) TDD
10 25 (21.74%) Software Engineering
11 22 (19.13%) User Experience
12 21 (18.26%) Mentoring
12 21 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (15.65%) Performance Testing
13 18 (15.65%) Roadmaps
14 17 (14.78%) Load Testing
15 16 (13.91%) Data Integration
15 16 (13.91%) Project Management
16 15 (13.04%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.65%) C#
2 16 (13.91%) Python
3 14 (12.17%) Java
4 11 (9.57%) JavaScript
5 7 (6.09%) SQL
6 5 (4.35%) C
6 5 (4.35%) Embedded C
6 5 (4.35%) PHP
7 3 (2.61%) Scala
7 3 (2.61%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.87%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.87%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (29.57%) Degree
2 20 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (7.83%) ISTQB
5 8 (6.96%) ISEB
6 6 (5.22%) CSPO
6 6 (5.22%) IIBA
6 6 (5.22%) Master's Degree
6 6 (5.22%) Numerate Degree
6 6 (5.22%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.87%) HND
9 1 (0.87%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (40.00%) QA
2 10 (8.70%) NCSC
3 4 (3.48%) GDPR
4 2 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.74%) PMO
5 1 (0.87%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (12.17%) Docker
2 11 (9.57%) Firmware
3 10 (8.70%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (8.70%) Ansible
1 10 (8.70%) Kubernetes
1 10 (8.70%) Terraform
2 4 (3.48%) Grafana
2 4 (3.48%) Kibana
Vendors
1 17 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.17%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.83%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.48%) Splunk
5 3 (2.61%) Adobe
5 3 (2.61%) Databricks
6 1 (0.87%) Google
6 1 (0.87%) OpenLink