Hybrid/Remote Developer in Test Contract Job Trends

Developer in Test
UK > Work from Home

The median Developer in Test daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 302 352
Rank change year-on-year -29 +50 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Developer in Test 2 7 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.018% 0.068% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.073% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £453 £411 -
25th Percentile £456 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £428
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +2.34% -3.93%
75th Percentile £506 £472 £459
90th Percentile £518 £530 £484
UK median daily rate £475 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -17.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 10,675 9,571 15,235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.48% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,881 6,458 10,223
10th Percentile £345 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.63%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 466 194 533
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year +4.79% +2.77% -23.53%

Developer in Test
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer in Test' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Developer in Test job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Developer in Test
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Developer in Test job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Developer in Test job vacancies

Developer in Test Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 March 2026, Developer in Test contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Developer in Test in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket Server
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Hudson
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation

Developer in Test Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket Server
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Hudson
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (50.00%) Serenity BDD
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Traceability Matrix
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce