Hybrid/Remote Test Engineer Job Trends

Test Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 365 445
Rank change year-on-year +90 +80 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 116 39 108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.31% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 100 28 63
10th Percentile £41,125 £43,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,486 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £46,274
Median % change year-on-year - +18.86% -15.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,688 £60,741
90th Percentile £90,000 £67,875 £65,000
UK median annual salary £47,517 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.49% +16.67% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 16,051 12,681 29,261
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 94.51% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,917 8,924 24,200
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Test Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Test Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Test Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Test Engineer job vacancies

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 22 March 2026.

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

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

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, Test Engineer 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 permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (47.41%) Test Automation
2 29 (25.00%) Agile
3 26 (22.41%) Software Testing
4 22 (18.97%) Playwright
4 22 (18.97%) QA
4 22 (18.97%) Security Cleared
5 21 (18.10%) Selenium
6 20 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (13.79%) Python
8 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
8 15 (12.93%) Test Strategy
9 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
10 13 (11.21%) Accessibility
10 13 (11.21%) JavaScript
10 13 (11.21%) Performance Testing
11 12 (10.34%) DevOps
11 12 (10.34%) JMeter
12 11 (9.48%) API Testing
12 11 (9.48%) Azure
12 11 (9.48%) Java
13 10 (8.62%) Postman
13 10 (8.62%) Scrum
13 10 (8.62%) Test Scripting
13 10 (8.62%) TypeScript
14 9 (7.76%) Cypress.io
14 9 (7.76%) JIRA
14 9 (7.76%) Non-Functional Testing
15 8 (6.90%) C#
15 8 (6.90%) End-to-End Testing
15 8 (6.90%) REST Assured

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.48%) Azure
2 6 (5.17%) AWS
3 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.59%) GitHub
4 3 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.72%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (1.72%) BrowserStack
5 2 (1.72%) GCP
6 1 (0.86%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.86%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.72%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.72%) Tableau
2 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (18.10%) Selenium
2 12 (10.34%) JMeter
3 10 (8.62%) Postman
4 9 (7.76%) Cypress.io
4 9 (7.76%) JIRA
5 8 (6.90%) REST Assured
6 7 (6.03%) Jenkins
7 5 (4.31%) GitLab
7 5 (4.31%) SoapUI
7 5 (4.31%) Subversion
8 4 (3.45%) SonarQube
8 4 (3.45%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.59%) Gatling
9 3 (2.59%) LoadRunner
9 3 (2.59%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (1.72%) Cucumber
10 2 (1.72%) Git
10 2 (1.72%) NUnit
10 2 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (1.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (12.93%) Manufacturing
2 11 (9.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.31%) Electronics
4 5 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (4.31%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.45%) Games
5 4 (3.45%) Military
6 3 (2.59%) Automotive
7 1 (0.86%) Back Office
7 1 (0.86%) Finance
7 1 (0.86%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (18.97%) Playwright
2 4 (3.45%) SOAP
3 3 (2.59%) Kafka
3 3 (2.59%) Middleware
3 3 (2.59%) pytest
3 3 (2.59%) Web Services
4 2 (1.72%) .NET
4 2 (1.72%) HTML
4 2 (1.72%) Nightwatchjs
4 2 (1.72%) REST
4 2 (1.72%) RESTful
4 2 (1.72%) XML
4 2 (1.72%) YAML
5 1 (0.86%) Blazor
5 1 (0.86%) Django
5 1 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.86%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.86%) React
5 1 (0.86%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.17%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (1.72%) AI Agents
2 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.72%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (0.86%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Android
1 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.72%) Linux
1 2 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (47.41%) Test Automation
2 29 (25.00%) Agile
3 26 (22.41%) Software Testing
4 20 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
5 15 (12.93%) Test Strategy
6 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
7 13 (11.21%) Performance Testing
8 12 (10.34%) DevOps
9 11 (9.48%) API Testing
10 10 (8.62%) Scrum
10 10 (8.62%) Test Scripting
11 9 (7.76%) Non-Functional Testing
12 8 (6.90%) End-to-End Testing
12 8 (6.90%) Validation
13 7 (6.03%) Code Quality
13 7 (6.03%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (6.03%) Scenario Testing
14 6 (5.17%) Coaching
14 6 (5.17%) SDET
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.79%) Python
2 13 (11.21%) JavaScript
3 11 (9.48%) Java
4 10 (8.62%) TypeScript
5 8 (6.90%) C#
6 4 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.03%) ISTQB
2 7 (6.03%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.17%) Degree
4 4 (3.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 4 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (2.59%) CCA
6 2 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (18.97%) QA
2 13 (11.21%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 5 (4.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.59%) HP Fortify
1 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.59%) Terraform
2 2 (1.72%) Control-M
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.86%) Argo
3 1 (0.86%) Grafana
3 1 (0.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (3.45%) EMC
1 4 (3.45%) Oracle
2 3 (2.59%) IBM
3 2 (1.72%) Guidewire
3 2 (1.72%) Samsung
4 1 (0.86%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow