QA Jobs with Work from Home Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
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 QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 57 49
Rank change year-on-year -19 -8 +29
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,319 2,159 4,688
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.91% 5.31% 6.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 30.67% 36.51% 41.94%
Number of salaries quoted 909 1,416 2,269
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,600 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.51%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,301 5,913 11,179
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.75% 14.53% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,239 3,992 6,049
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QA 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 QA.

QA 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 QA over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

QA 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:

Application Platforms
1 41 (3.11%) IIS
2 29 (2.20%) Confluence
3 22 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 13 (0.99%) Documentum
5 12 (0.91%) CMS
6 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.45%) Drupal
8 5 (0.38%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) WordPress
9 4 (0.30%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.30%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.15%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.076%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.076%) SAS
Applications
1 61 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.68%) InfoPath
6 7 (0.53%) Trello
7 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.30%) Revit
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.076%) Blender
10 1 (0.076%) Notion
10 1 (0.076%) Sketch
10 1 (0.076%) UXPin
10 1 (0.076%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 63 (4.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.99%) TrackWise
4 12 (0.91%) SAP CO
5 9 (0.68%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.53%) SAP FI-AP
7 6 (0.45%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.45%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.30%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.23%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.23%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.23%) Shopify
10 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
10 2 (0.15%) SAP MII
11 1 (0.076%) Endur
11 1 (0.076%) Findur
11 1 (0.076%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.076%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 270 (20.47%) Azure
2 155 (11.75%) SaaS
3 141 (10.69%) AWS
4 128 (9.70%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (4.09%) Power Platform
6 50 (3.79%) Serverless
7 43 (3.26%) GCP
8 37 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (1.97%) GitHub
10 26 (1.97%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.29%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.21%) PaaS
12 16 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (0.68%) BrowserStack
14 8 (0.61%) Azure Stack
14 8 (0.61%) ClickUp
14 8 (0.61%) Snowflake
15 7 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.59%) Firewall
2 14 (1.06%) Internet
3 5 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (0.30%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.30%) VPN
5 3 (0.23%) DNS
5 3 (0.23%) HTTP
6 2 (0.15%) BGP
6 2 (0.15%) MQTT
6 2 (0.15%) SSL
6 2 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.076%) HSRP
7 1 (0.076%) Modbus
7 1 (0.076%) Multicast
7 1 (0.076%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.076%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.42%) SQL Server
2 65 (4.93%) Relational Database
3 36 (2.73%) Oracle Database
3 36 (2.73%) RDBMS
4 32 (2.43%) Power BI
5 29 (2.20%) MySQL
6 21 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 20 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.14%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.83%) Redis
12 7 (0.53%) Tableau
13 6 (0.45%) Looker
13 6 (0.45%) Power Query
13 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.38%) GIS
15 3 (0.23%) Big Data
15 3 (0.23%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 124 (9.40%) Selenium
2 119 (9.02%) JIRA
3 117 (8.87%) Git
4 100 (7.58%) Postman
5 87 (6.60%) Cucumber
6 66 (5.00%) Jenkins
7 55 (4.17%) Cypress.io
8 47 (3.56%) Visual Studio
9 36 (2.73%) JDeveloper
10 32 (2.43%) Jasmine
11 30 (2.27%) SpecFlow
12 28 (2.12%) Karma Test Runner
13 25 (1.90%) JUnit
14 22 (1.67%) JMeter
14 22 (1.67%) TeamCity
15 20 (1.52%) Appium
16 14 (1.06%) Bitbucket
16 14 (1.06%) SoapUI
17 12 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
18 11 (0.83%) GitLab
General
1 416 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 232 (17.59%) Finance
3 148 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (7.88%) Legal
4 104 (7.88%) Retail
5 78 (5.91%) Marketing
6 74 (5.61%) Public Sector
7 54 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 41 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.50%) Telecoms
12 32 (2.43%) Aerospace
13 30 (2.27%) Law
14 29 (2.20%) Games
15 27 (2.05%) Electronics
15 27 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
16 25 (1.90%) Police
17 24 (1.82%) Banking
18 18 (1.36%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 246 (18.65%) Developer
2 181 (13.72%) Lead
3 152 (11.52%) Senior
4 127 (9.63%) Analyst
5 106 (8.04%) QA Engineer
6 101 (7.66%) Software Engineer
7 72 (5.46%) Architect
8 71 (5.38%) Tester
9 60 (4.55%) QA Manager
10 57 (4.32%) Project Manager
11 53 (4.02%) SAP Architect
12 52 (3.94%) C# Developer
12 52 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
13 47 (3.56%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 46 (3.49%) QA Leader
15 45 (3.41%) Business Analyst
15 45 (3.41%) Software Developer
16 40 (3.03%) Senior Developer
17 38 (2.88%) .NET Developer
18 36 (2.73%) Ruby Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (11.98%) .NET
2 118 (8.95%) React
3 104 (7.88%) REST
4 88 (6.67%) AngularJS
5 84 (6.37%) CSS
6 83 (6.29%) HTML
7 66 (5.00%) Web Services
8 63 (4.78%) XML
9 60 (4.55%) ASP.NET
10 58 (4.40%) JSON
10 58 (4.40%) Node.js
11 56 (4.25%) .NET Framework
12 46 (3.49%) RESTful
13 40 (3.03%) SOAP
14 37 (2.81%) .NET Core
14 37 (2.81%) Spring
15 33 (2.50%) XML Schema
16 31 (2.35%) Sass
17 28 (2.12%) RxJS
18 27 (2.05%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.87%) Product Ownership
2 49 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
3 48 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 40 (3.03%) Mobile App
5 33 (2.50%) Data Structures
6 27 (2.05%) Client/Server
7 26 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.59%) Life Science
9 21 (1.59%) Satnav
10 20 (1.52%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 17 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.14%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.14%) PropTech
15 14 (1.06%) Data Centre
15 14 (1.06%) LIMS
16 10 (0.76%) IoT
16 10 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.53%) Windows
2 59 (4.47%) Android
3 54 (4.09%) Apple iOS
4 42 (3.18%) Linux
5 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.38%) Debian
6 5 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.30%) AIX
7 4 (0.30%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.076%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (36.69%) Agile
2 352 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
3 311 (23.58%) DevOps
4 300 (22.74%) Test Automation
5 190 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 188 (14.25%) Mentoring
7 184 (13.95%) Software Testing
8 177 (13.42%) CI/CD
9 175 (13.27%) Software Engineering
10 167 (12.66%) Project Management
11 164 (12.43%) Scrum
12 147 (11.14%) Code Quality
13 142 (10.77%) Coaching
14 124 (9.40%) Unit Testing
15 110 (8.34%) SDLC
16 109 (8.26%) Roadmaps
17 103 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
18 102 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
19 101 (7.66%) Clean Code
20 99 (7.51%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 270 (20.47%) JavaScript
2 205 (15.54%) C#
3 156 (11.83%) Python
4 153 (11.60%) Java
5 150 (11.37%) SQL
6 84 (6.37%) TypeScript
7 52 (3.94%) Go
8 43 (3.26%) Ruby
9 39 (2.96%) Bash
10 36 (2.73%) Perl
11 35 (2.65%) T-SQL
12 33 (2.50%) PHP
13 31 (2.35%) C
14 30 (2.27%) VB
15 29 (2.20%) C++
16 28 (2.12%) VB.NET
16 28 (2.12%) VB6
17 23 (1.74%) Kotlin
18 19 (1.44%) Swift
19 8 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 223 (16.91%) Degree
2 111 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 61 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 39 (2.96%) DBS Check
6 31 (2.35%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.20%) ISTQB
8 14 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.06%) ISEB
8 14 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.99%) Azure Certification
9 13 (0.99%) PMI Certification
10 9 (0.68%) CREST Certified
10 9 (0.68%) PMP
11 7 (0.53%) CSPO
12 6 (0.45%) IIBA
12 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.38%) HNC
13 5 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.65%) Accessibility
2 26 (1.97%) PMO
3 25 (1.90%) Good Clinical Practice
3 25 (1.90%) Software Quality Assurance
4 23 (1.74%) ISO 9001
5 14 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.06%) GxP
6 13 (0.99%) GMP
6 13 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.91%) GDPR
8 8 (0.61%) NEBOSH
9 7 (0.53%) ISO 14001
9 7 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.38%) SLA
11 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.076%) P3O
13 1 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 73 (5.53%) Docker
2 15 (1.14%) Firmware
3 12 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.53%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.36%) Ansible
3 17 (1.29%) Terraform
4 12 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
5 6 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.38%) Grafana
6 5 (0.38%) Kibana
6 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.23%) Puppet
8 2 (0.15%) Podman
9 1 (0.076%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.076%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 207 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 86 (6.52%) SAP
3 46 (3.49%) Oracle
4 38 (2.88%) Google
5 36 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 12 (0.91%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.76%) Aderant
8 8 (0.61%) Ariba
9 7 (0.53%) CheckPoint
9 7 (0.53%) Databricks
10 6 (0.45%) HP
10 6 (0.45%) Intel
10 6 (0.45%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.45%) NEC
10 6 (0.45%) OutSystems
11 5 (0.38%) Adobe
11 5 (0.38%) BT
12 4 (0.30%) Splunk
12 4 (0.30%) Thales
13 3 (0.23%) Twitter