Senior Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Tester salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 599 777
Rank change year-on-year +42 +178 -215
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 45 36 114
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.096% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.100% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25 32 90
10th Percentile £42,450 £43,750 £43,625
25th Percentile £44,250 £62,500 £50,000
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 £97,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,500 £78,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +30.43% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +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 11 June 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 11 June 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 (42.22%) CHECK Team Leader
2 18 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 17 (37.78%) Security Cleared
4 16 (35.56%) SC Cleared
5 13 (28.89%) CREST Certified
6 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (26.67%) DV Cleared
7 10 (22.22%) Test Automation
8 9 (20.00%) Security Testing
8 9 (20.00%) Agile
8 9 (20.00%) Information Security
8 9 (20.00%) SpecFlow
8 9 (20.00%) Mobile App
8 9 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (17.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
9 8 (17.78%) C#
10 7 (15.56%) Wireless
10 7 (15.56%) Azure
10 7 (15.56%) QA
10 7 (15.56%) Application Security
10 7 (15.56%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (15.56%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (15.56%) API Testing
11 6 (13.33%) Cyber Scheme
11 6 (13.33%) Tigerscheme
11 6 (13.33%) OSCP
11 6 (13.33%) Data Privacy
11 6 (13.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (13.33%) Thought Leadership

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 (15.56%) Azure
2 6 (13.33%) SaaS
3 4 (8.89%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.56%) Wireless
2 6 (13.33%) Firewall
3 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (20.00%) SpecFlow
2 5 (11.11%) JMeter
2 5 (11.11%) Selenium
3 4 (8.89%) TeamCity
3 4 (8.89%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.22%) JIRA
4 1 (2.22%) Postman
General
1 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Marketing
2 6 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Law
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Gherkin
1 4 (8.89%) Playwright
2 1 (2.22%) .NET
2 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 9 (20.00%) Agile
4 9 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (20.00%) Information Security
4 9 (20.00%) Security Testing
5 8 (17.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 7 (15.56%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (15.56%) API Testing
6 7 (15.56%) Application Security
7 6 (13.33%) Cloud Security
7 6 (13.33%) Data Privacy
7 6 (13.33%) OWASP
7 6 (13.33%) Scrum
7 6 (13.33%) Security Architecture
7 6 (13.33%) Software Testing
7 6 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
8 5 (11.11%) Non-Functional Testing
8 5 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) C#
2 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
2 4 (8.89%) SQL
3 2 (4.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (42.22%) CHECK Team Leader
2 17 (37.78%) Security Cleared
3 16 (35.56%) SC Cleared
4 13 (28.89%) CREST Certified
5 12 (26.67%) DV Cleared
6 7 (15.56%) CHECK Team Member
7 6 (13.33%) Cyber Scheme
7 6 (13.33%) ISTQB
7 6 (13.33%) OSCP
7 6 (13.33%) PCI QSA
7 6 (13.33%) Tigerscheme
8 2 (4.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) QA
2 6 (13.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (13.33%) GRC
2 6 (13.33%) NIST
2 6 (13.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow