Hybrid/Remote Test Development Engineer Contract Job Trends

Test Development Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Development Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 308 337
Rank change year-on-year -42 +29 +117
Contract jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.015% 0.010% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.011% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £438 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £650 £438
% change year-on-year -11.54% +48.57% -18.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -44.62% - -

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 12,136 9,143 13,764
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 93.89% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,745 6,179 9,264
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £631
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 643 245 567
10th Percentile £17.23 £14.00 £14.27
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.76% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.25 £27.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.99% -27.00% -14.77%

Test Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Test Development Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Test Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Test Development Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Test Development Engineer job vacancies

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 June 2026, Test Development 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 Test Development Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) JBehave
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) JUnit
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management

Test Development 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 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) JBehave
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle