Senior Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Tester salary in Work from Home is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 607 761
Rank change year-on-year +62 +154 -218
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 44 39 113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.098% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25 35 86
10th Percentile £42,450 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,250 £65,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +52.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,125 £70,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,500 £79,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,126 38,020 71,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 95.93% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,276 26,975 42,233
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Tester
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior Tester over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Senior Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Senior Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Senior Tester in the job title.

1 19 (43.18%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (40.91%) Penetration Testing
3 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
4 16 (36.36%) SC Cleared
5 13 (29.55%) CREST Certified
6 12 (27.27%) DV Cleared
7 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (20.45%) Mobile App
8 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (20.45%) Security Testing
8 9 (20.45%) Test Automation
8 9 (20.45%) Information Security
9 8 (18.18%) Agile
9 8 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (18.18%) SpecFlow
10 7 (15.91%) API Testing
10 7 (15.91%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
10 7 (15.91%) Application Security
10 7 (15.91%) Azure
10 7 (15.91%) C#
10 7 (15.91%) Wireless
11 6 (13.64%) Firewall
11 6 (13.64%) Security Architecture
11 6 (13.64%) PCI DSS
11 6 (13.64%) PCI QSA
11 6 (13.64%) OWASP
11 6 (13.64%) Software Testing
11 6 (13.64%) Marketing

Senior Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) SaaS
3 4 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.82%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) Wireless
2 6 (13.64%) Firewall
3 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) SpecFlow
2 4 (9.09%) JMeter
2 4 (9.09%) Selenium
3 3 (6.82%) TeamCity
3 3 (6.82%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.27%) JIRA
4 1 (2.27%) Postman
General
1 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Marketing
2 6 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) Playwright
2 3 (6.82%) Gherkin
3 1 (2.27%) .NET
3 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Penetration Testing
2 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (20.45%) Information Security
3 9 (20.45%) Security Testing
3 9 (20.45%) Test Automation
4 8 (18.18%) Agile
4 8 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 7 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (15.91%) API Testing
5 7 (15.91%) Application Security
6 6 (13.64%) Cloud Security
6 6 (13.64%) Data Privacy
6 6 (13.64%) OWASP
6 6 (13.64%) Security Architecture
6 6 (13.64%) Software Testing
6 6 (13.64%) Thought Leadership
7 5 (11.36%) Scrum
8 4 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
8 4 (9.09%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) C#
2 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.82%) SQL
3 2 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (43.18%) CHECK Team Leader
2 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
3 16 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 13 (29.55%) CREST Certified
5 12 (27.27%) DV Cleared
6 7 (15.91%) CHECK Team Member
7 6 (13.64%) Cyber Scheme
7 6 (13.64%) OSCP
7 6 (13.64%) PCI QSA
7 6 (13.64%) Tigerscheme
8 5 (11.36%) ISTQB
9 2 (4.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
10 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (13.64%) GRC
1 6 (13.64%) NIST
1 6 (13.64%) PCI DSS
1 6 (13.64%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow