Test Planning Jobs with Work from Home Options

Test Planning
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 Test Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Planning over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 596 738
Rank change year-on-year +47 +142 -189
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 39 44 151
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.12% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 20 38 115
10th Percentile £36,125 £47,481 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,688 £47,500 £44,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.61% -3.48% +16.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Test Planning 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 31,643 36,464 73,536
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.74% 96.03% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,633 25,914 42,367
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%

Test Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Planning trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Planning salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Test Planning salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
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 12 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Cloud Composer
1 4 (10.26%) Cloud Functions
1 4 (10.26%) dbt
1 4 (10.26%) GCP
1 4 (10.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 4 (10.26%) Snowflake
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
2 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.13%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
3 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (10.26%) Tableau
4 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) JIRA
2 4 (10.26%) Selenium
3 3 (7.69%) TestRail
4 2 (5.13%) JUnit
4 2 (5.13%) Postman
4 2 (5.13%) TestNG
5 1 (2.56%) Appium
5 1 (2.56%) GitLab
5 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.56%) Maven
5 1 (2.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.77%) Finance
3 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Local Government
5 1 (2.56%) Police
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (43.59%) Analyst
2 15 (38.46%) Senior
3 13 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Test Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Lead
5 4 (10.26%) Test Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Pensions Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) QA Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Software Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Systems Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Tester
7 2 (5.13%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) IT Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Test Leader
8 1 (2.56%) QA Automation Tester
8 1 (2.56%) Senior UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) XML
2 1 (2.56%) Hibernate
2 1 (2.56%) REST
2 1 (2.56%) RESTful
2 1 (2.56%) Spring
2 1 (2.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Product Ownership
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (76.92%) Agile
2 14 (35.90%) Scenario Testing
2 14 (35.90%) Test Automation
3 11 (28.21%) Software Testing
3 11 (28.21%) User Stories
4 8 (20.51%) Fintech
4 8 (20.51%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (17.95%) Customer Requirements
5 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
6 6 (15.38%) Analytics
6 6 (15.38%) Defect Management
6 6 (15.38%) Project Management
7 5 (12.82%) Agile Testing
7 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.82%) Regression Testing
7 5 (12.82%) Test Management
8 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (10.26%) Data Transformation
8 4 (10.26%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) SQL
2 8 (20.51%) C#
3 4 (10.26%) Java
3 4 (10.26%) T-SQL
4 3 (7.69%) C
4 3 (7.69%) Embedded C
5 2 (5.13%) Python
6 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Degree
1 11 (28.21%) ISTQB
2 5 (12.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) ISEB
3 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.64%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Firmware
2 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Google
3 2 (5.13%) MicroStrategy