Software Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Tester salary in Work from Home is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 589 699
Rank change year-on-year +37 +110 -174
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 41 49 187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.13% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 34 42 107
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,375 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,300 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +12.50% +7.38%
75th Percentile £44,500 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £67,500 £55,400
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +6.67%

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 33,422 36,879 72,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 95.89% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,463 26,702 42,447
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £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%

Software Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software 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 Software Tester.

Software Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Software 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 Software Tester in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 35 (85.37%) Test Automation
3 18 (43.90%) Manual Testing
3 18 (43.90%) Python
4 17 (41.46%) JavaScript
5 16 (39.02%) C#
5 16 (39.02%) QA
6 14 (34.15%) SaaS
7 13 (31.71%) Regression Testing
8 10 (24.39%) Code Quality
9 9 (21.95%) Business Case
9 9 (21.95%) Migration
9 9 (21.95%) Java
9 9 (21.95%) Test Scripting
9 9 (21.95%) System Testing
10 8 (19.51%) JIRA
10 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
10 8 (19.51%) API Testing
11 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (17.07%) Selenium
11 7 (17.07%) Agile
12 6 (14.63%) ISTQB
12 6 (14.63%) Finance
13 5 (12.20%) Degree
13 5 (12.20%) SpecFlow
14 4 (9.76%) Games
14 4 (9.76%) Acceptance Criteria
14 4 (9.76%) Playwright
14 4 (9.76%) Defect Tracking
15 3 (7.32%) SDLC

Software 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.44%) GitHub
2 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) JIRA
2 7 (17.07%) Selenium
3 5 (12.20%) SpecFlow
4 2 (4.88%) WebDriver
5 1 (2.44%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.44%) eggPlant
5 1 (2.44%) NeoLoad
General
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Finance
3 4 (9.76%) Games
4 3 (7.32%) Automotive
4 3 (7.32%) Billing
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
5 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Back Office
5 2 (4.88%) Law
5 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Playwright
2 3 (7.32%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) JSON
3 2 (4.88%) RESTful
4 1 (2.44%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.88%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 35 (85.37%) Test Automation
3 18 (43.90%) Manual Testing
4 13 (31.71%) Regression Testing
5 10 (24.39%) Code Quality
6 9 (21.95%) Business Case
6 9 (21.95%) Migration
6 9 (21.95%) System Testing
6 9 (21.95%) Test Scripting
7 8 (19.51%) API Testing
8 7 (17.07%) Agile
8 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.76%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (9.76%) Defect Tracking
10 3 (7.32%) CI/CD
10 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (7.32%) Creative Thinking
10 3 (7.32%) End-to-End Testing
10 3 (7.32%) Issue Tracking
10 3 (7.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (43.90%) Python
2 17 (41.46%) JavaScript
3 16 (39.02%) C#
4 9 (21.95%) Java
5 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) ISTQB
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.88%) ISEB
3 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (39.02%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft