Manual Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Manual 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 Manual Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manual Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 435 357
Rank change year-on-year -39 -78 +47
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 119 208 747
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.54% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.56% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 105 163 377
10th Percentile £34,250 £36,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,885 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +5.46% +5.98%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £73,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,041
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.01% +0.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Manual 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 31,322 36,922 72,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 96.00% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,561 26,118 41,820
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Manual Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Manual Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manual 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 Manual Testing.

Manual Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Manual Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Manual Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manual 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 3 (2.52%) Confluence
2 2 (1.68%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.84%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.17%) Azure
2 23 (19.33%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (18.49%) Power Platform
3 22 (18.49%) PowerApps
4 19 (15.97%) SaaS
5 11 (9.24%) Power Automate
6 9 (7.56%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.72%) AWS
8 6 (5.04%) BrowserStack
9 2 (1.68%) GitHub
9 2 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.84%) Figma
10 1 (0.84%) GCP
10 1 (0.84%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.24%) Power BI
3 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (19.33%) JIRA
2 15 (12.61%) Selenium
3 7 (5.88%) Postman
3 7 (5.88%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (5.04%) JMeter
4 6 (5.04%) TestRail
5 5 (4.20%) Cypress.io
5 5 (4.20%) SpecFlow
6 4 (3.36%) Cucumber
7 3 (2.52%) Git
7 3 (2.52%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.68%) Appium
8 2 (1.68%) NUnit
8 2 (1.68%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.68%) UI Automator
8 2 (1.68%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.84%) Protractor
9 1 (0.84%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.84%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.49%) Fire and Rescue
3 11 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.56%) Finance
4 9 (7.56%) Legal
5 7 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.04%) Marketing
7 5 (4.20%) Retail
8 3 (2.52%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.68%) Automotive
9 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.84%) Back Office
10 1 (0.84%) Banking
10 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (20.17%) Tester
2 23 (19.33%) Developer
3 19 (15.97%) Analyst
4 18 (15.13%) Software Tester
5 17 (14.29%) Lead
6 13 (10.92%) QA Engineer
6 13 (10.92%) QA Leader
7 11 (9.24%) Applications Developer
7 11 (9.24%) Software Developer
7 11 (9.24%) Test Analyst
7 11 (9.24%) Test Engineer
8 10 (8.40%) Senior
8 10 (8.40%) Test Leader
9 7 (5.88%) QA Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) Automation Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) QA Automation Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) SaaS Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) Senior Automation Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) Senior QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.24%) REST
2 6 (5.04%) .NET
3 4 (3.36%) ADO
3 4 (3.36%) Playwright
4 3 (2.52%) Gherkin
4 3 (2.52%) RESTful
4 3 (2.52%) WPF
5 2 (1.68%) Puppeteer
5 2 (1.68%) XML
6 1 (0.84%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.84%) COM
6 1 (0.84%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.84%) JWT
6 1 (0.84%) Laravel
6 1 (0.84%) Next.js
6 1 (0.84%) Node.js
6 1 (0.84%) React
6 1 (0.84%) Spring
6 1 (0.84%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.40%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.56%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.56%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (5.04%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.36%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.36%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.52%) PMI
7 3 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.68%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.68%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.68%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.84%) Life Science
9 1 (0.84%) Semantic Web
9 1 (0.84%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.08%) Windows
2 5 (4.20%) Linux
3 3 (2.52%) Android
4 2 (1.68%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.68%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.68%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.84%) CentOS
5 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (63.87%) Test Automation
2 72 (60.50%) Agile
3 50 (42.02%) DevOps
4 38 (31.93%) Software Testing
4 38 (31.93%) User Experience
5 28 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (23.53%) Regression Testing
6 25 (21.01%) Test Scripting
7 21 (17.65%) Code Quality
8 20 (16.81%) Scrum
9 19 (15.97%) SDLC
10 16 (13.45%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (10.92%) Computer Science
11 13 (10.92%) Performance Testing
12 12 (10.08%) Acceptance Criteria
12 12 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (10.08%) Service Delivery
13 11 (9.24%) Customer-Centricity
13 11 (9.24%) Data Architecture
13 11 (9.24%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (30.25%) Java
2 32 (26.89%) SQL
3 23 (19.33%) C#
4 16 (13.45%) Python
5 14 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.84%) C++
6 1 (0.84%) PHP
6 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.84%) SPARQL
6 1 (0.84%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (22.69%) ISTQB
2 17 (14.29%) Degree
3 12 (10.08%) ISEB
4 8 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.04%) Master's Degree
5 6 (5.04%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (4.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (2.52%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.68%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.68%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (48.74%) QA
2 2 (1.68%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.68%) ISO 14001
2 2 (1.68%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.68%) SLA
3 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.84%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.68%) Firmware
3 1 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Grafana
1 5 (4.20%) Kibana
2 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (31.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.68%) SAP
4 1 (0.84%) Databricks
4 1 (0.84%) OpenLink