Hybrid/Remote Telecoms Test Engineer Contract Job Trends

Test Engineer - Telecommunications
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Engineer - Telecommunications daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £305, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
23 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - -
UK median daily rate £359 - £405

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 9,586 11,504 17,273
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 93.13% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,277 7,250 11,994
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £749 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 353 210 390
10th Percentile £15.18 £19.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.02 £23.67 £25.37
Median hourly rate £43.00 £39.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.86% -21.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.88 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

Telecoms Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Telecoms Test Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Telecoms Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 November 2025, Telecoms Test Engineer 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 Telecoms Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) BlazeMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO

Telecoms Test Engineer 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 (100.00%) BlazeMeter
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA