Load Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Load 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 Load Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Load Testing over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 627 758
Rank change year-on-year +83 +131 -239
Permanent jobs citing Load Testing 41 25 111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.063% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.065% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 32 24 67
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £36,888 £47,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,248 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £50,932 £75,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £78,382 £72,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% -5.41% +0.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Load 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 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Load Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Load Testing.

Load Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Load Testing over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Load Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 13 (31.71%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (17.07%) AWS
4 4 (9.76%) GitHub
4 4 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (9.76%) PaaS
5 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Internet
1 4 (9.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 8 (19.51%) Relational Database
3 4 (9.76%) InfluxDB
3 4 (9.76%) MongoDB
3 4 (9.76%) Redis
4 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (31.71%) Postman
2 5 (12.20%) JIRA
3 4 (9.76%) GitLab
3 4 (9.76%) JMeter
3 4 (9.76%) Katalon Studio
3 4 (9.76%) SoapUI
4 2 (4.88%) Selenium
4 2 (4.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (21.95%) Legal
1 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Law
2 6 (14.63%) Police
3 4 (9.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.76%) Welsh Language
4 2 (4.88%) Finance
4 2 (4.88%) Local Government
5 1 (2.44%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Test Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Developer
3 8 (19.51%) Senior
3 8 (19.51%) Web Developer
4 6 (14.63%) Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Systems Test Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Test Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Software Test Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Lead
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Test Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Web Developer
7 2 (4.88%) .NET Developer
7 2 (4.88%) .NET Web Developer
7 2 (4.88%) C# Developer
7 2 (4.88%) C# Web Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (36.59%) .NET
1 15 (36.59%) HTML
2 11 (26.83%) CSS
3 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET Web API
3 8 (19.51%) CSS3
3 8 (19.51%) KnockoutJS
3 8 (19.51%) REST
3 8 (19.51%) XML
4 7 (17.07%) Node.js
5 6 (14.63%) .NET Framework
5 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET
5 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (14.63%) Entity Framework
5 6 (14.63%) MassTransit
5 6 (14.63%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (14.63%) SOAP
6 5 (12.20%) Gherkin
6 5 (12.20%) Web Services
7 4 (9.76%) OAuth2
7 4 (9.76%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Management Information System
2 9 (21.95%) Algorithms
2 9 (21.95%) Data Structures
3 8 (19.51%) Product Ownership
4 7 (17.07%) Cloud Native
5 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (9.76%) NHS
5 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
6 3 (7.32%) PMI
7 2 (4.88%) Legacy Code
8 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (75.61%) Test Automation
2 28 (68.29%) DevOps
3 22 (53.66%) Agile
4 20 (48.78%) Mentoring
5 18 (43.90%) Software Testing
6 17 (41.46%) Functional Testing
6 17 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (34.15%) Coaching
8 13 (31.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (31.71%) Non-Functional Testing
8 13 (31.71%) Visualisation
9 12 (29.27%) Regression Testing
10 11 (26.83%) Manual Testing
10 11 (26.83%) Performance Testing
10 11 (26.83%) Test Scripting
10 11 (26.83%) Unit Testing
10 11 (26.83%) User Experience
11 10 (24.39%) Computer Science
11 10 (24.39%) Data Analysis
11 10 (24.39%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 22 (53.66%) SQL
2 19 (46.34%) JavaScript
3 15 (36.59%) C#
4 8 (19.51%) T-SQL
4 8 (19.51%) VB.NET
5 4 (9.76%) Groovy
6 3 (7.32%) PHP
7 2 (4.88%) C
8 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (12.20%) ISTQB
2 5 (12.20%) Master's Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Numerate Degree
3 4 (9.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (9.76%) CIPD
3 4 (9.76%) DBS Check
3 4 (9.76%) GIAC
3 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
4 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (34.15%) QA
2 5 (12.20%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.88%) HL7
4 1 (2.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Docker
1 4 (9.76%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (9.76%) VMware Server
2 2 (4.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Grafana
2 4 (9.76%) Kibana
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) ServiceNow
3 6 (14.63%) Google
4 4 (9.76%) Oracle
4 4 (9.76%) Splunk
4 4 (9.76%) VMware
5 2 (4.88%) Progress
6 1 (2.44%) OpenLink