Hybrid/Remote Design for Test Job Trends

Design for Testability (DFT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Design for Test skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 - 497
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 12 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.053% - 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% - 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £46,250 - -
25th Percentile £50,313 - £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,538 - £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.22%
75th Percentile £73,140 - £53,250
90th Percentile - - £54,900
UK median annual salary £68,076 £70,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -2.75% +38.61% -8.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Design for Test falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,792 15,324 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,561 9,021 15,723
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +0.34% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Test and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Design for Test job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design for Test.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design for Test

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design for Test over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Design for Test salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (25.00%) Gatling
1 3 (25.00%) GitLab
1 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (25.00%) JMeter
1 3 (25.00%) REST Assured
1 3 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (8.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 9 (75.00%) Electronics
2 6 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (16.67%) Automotive
5 2 (16.67%) Law
5 2 (16.67%) Military
6 1 (8.33%) Finance
6 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Test Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Senior
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Test Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Principal Test Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Product Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Product Test Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Development Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Lead
5 1 (8.33%) Lead Test Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (8.33%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Design for Manufacturing
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
3 4 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (25.00%) Coaching
4 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (25.00%) Community of Practice
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
5 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) HND
4 1 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (16.67%) JTAG
2 2 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) EMC