Exploratory Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Exploratory Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Exploratory Testing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 605 653
Rank change year-on-year +30 +48 -132
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Testing 27 28 253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.076% 0.075% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.078% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 22 21 137
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £38,650
25th Percentile £35,313 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Exploratory Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Exploratory Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Exploratory Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory 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 Exploratory Testing.

Exploratory Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Exploratory Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Exploratory 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:

Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) ClickUp
2 4 (14.81%) SaaS
3 3 (11.11%) Azure
4 2 (7.41%) AWS
5 1 (3.70%) GCP
Development Applications
1 15 (55.56%) JIRA
2 7 (25.93%) Selenium
3 3 (11.11%) Cucumber
4 2 (7.41%) Postman
5 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.70%) Robot Framework
5 1 (3.70%) Zephyr
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Law
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.70%) Advertising
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) QA Engineer
2 11 (40.74%) Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Test Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Graduate
3 5 (18.52%) Junior
3 5 (18.52%) Junior QA Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Software Tester
4 2 (7.41%) Test Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Tester
4 2 (7.41%) Web Tester
5 1 (3.70%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Software QA Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) RESTful
1 2 (7.41%) XML
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) Gherkin
2 1 (3.70%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Client/Server
1 2 (7.41%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (7.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (29.63%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Debian
2 5 (18.52%) Ubuntu
3 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (88.89%) Software Testing
2 17 (62.96%) Agile
3 14 (51.85%) Regression Testing
3 14 (51.85%) Test Automation
4 10 (37.04%) Functional Testing
4 10 (37.04%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (33.33%) API Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 8 (29.63%) Data Validation
6 8 (29.63%) Non-Functional Testing
6 8 (29.63%) System Testing
6 8 (29.63%) Test Management
6 8 (29.63%) Validation
7 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (25.93%) Defect Tracking
7 7 (25.93%) Sprint Planning
8 5 (18.52%) Project Management
8 5 (18.52%) Sprint Review
8 5 (18.52%) Stress Testing
8 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) C#
2 4 (14.81%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) Java
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
4 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) ISEB
2 8 (29.63%) Degree
3 5 (18.52%) ISTQB
4 2 (7.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.70%) OpenAI