Hybrid/Remote TestRail Contract Job Trends

Gurock TestRail
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring TestRail skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 324 397
Rank change year-on-year +37 +73 +178
Contract jobs citing TestRail 13 13 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.10% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.82% 0.80% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 4
10th Percentile £305 £363 £321
25th Percentile £349 £475 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +5.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £524 £603 £703
90th Percentile £615 £606 £709
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -7.32% -10.87% +15.00%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

TestRail falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,591 1,630 2,839
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.32% 12.95% 13.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 1,075 2,066
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £405 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% -3.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £582 £608 £638
90th Percentile £663 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 19 92
10th Percentile £50.20 £24.24 £48.20
25th Percentile - £55.48 £56.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.00 £66.51 £84.36
90th Percentile £77.63 £72.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

TestRail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing TestRail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TestRail trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

TestRail
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing TestRail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing TestRail

TestRail
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing TestRail over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

TestRail daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TestRail
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
1 6 (46.15%) GitHub
2 5 (38.46%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 4 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) Asana
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (7.69%) Dropbox
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.69%) Miro
5 1 (7.69%) Serverless
5 1 (7.69%) Slack
Development Applications
1 12 (92.31%) JIRA
2 5 (38.46%) Postman
2 5 (38.46%) Selenium
3 4 (30.77%) Jenkins
4 3 (23.08%) Git
5 2 (15.38%) Cypress.io
5 2 (15.38%) JMeter
5 2 (15.38%) REST Assured
5 2 (15.38%) Zephyr
6 1 (7.69%) Appium
6 1 (7.69%) Artifactory
6 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
6 1 (7.69%) Cucumber
6 1 (7.69%) Gatling
6 1 (7.69%) JUnit
6 1 (7.69%) Locust
6 1 (7.69%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (7.69%) TestNG
6 1 (7.69%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Tester
2 4 (30.77%) QA Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Automation Tester
4 2 (15.38%) QA Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Integration Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Lead Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Python Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) QA Automation Tester
5 1 (7.69%) QA Test Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Selenium Automation Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Selenium Tester
5 1 (7.69%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) REST
2 4 (30.77%) Playwright
3 2 (15.38%) GraphQL
4 1 (7.69%) Gherkin
4 1 (7.69%) OpenAPI
4 1 (7.69%) SOAP
4 1 (7.69%) Swagger
4 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Test Automation
2 8 (61.54%) API Testing
2 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 8 (61.54%) Test Management
3 7 (53.85%) Agile
4 6 (46.15%) Test Scripting
5 5 (38.46%) DevOps
5 5 (38.46%) Performance Testing
6 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (30.77%) Test Strategy
7 3 (23.08%) BDD
7 3 (23.08%) Defect Management
7 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
7 3 (23.08%) SDLC
7 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
8 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
8 2 (15.38%) Continuous Deployment
8 2 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
8 2 (15.38%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 2 (15.38%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) ISTQB
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (15.38%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
1 1 (7.69%) Duck Creek
1 1 (7.69%) Guidewire
1 1 (7.69%) HP
1 1 (7.69%) Nintex
1 1 (7.69%) Okta
1 1 (7.69%) Pega
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce