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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 386 457
Rank change year-on-year +81 +71 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 117 42 119
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.29% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 105 32 65
10th Percentile £43,327 £46,486 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,438 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +12.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,140 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,124 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.25% +11.39% -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 19,133 14,417 32,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 92.16% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,988 8,856 25,390
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,786
Median % change year-on-year - +7.55% -10.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 59 (50.43%) Test Automation
2 35 (29.91%) Agile
3 30 (25.64%) CI/CD
4 26 (22.22%) QA
5 24 (20.51%) Java
5 24 (20.51%) Mentoring
6 21 (17.95%) Accessibility
6 21 (17.95%) Software Testing
7 19 (16.24%) Coaching
8 18 (15.38%) Test Strategy
9 17 (14.53%) JavaScript
9 17 (14.53%) Playwright
9 17 (14.53%) Security Cleared
10 16 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.68%) DevOps
10 16 (13.68%) Python
11 14 (11.97%) Non-Functional Testing
12 13 (11.11%) Selenium
13 12 (10.26%) AWS
13 12 (10.26%) Validation
14 11 (9.40%) API Testing
14 11 (9.40%) Defect Management
14 11 (9.40%) SC Cleared
14 11 (9.40%) Software Engineering
14 11 (9.40%) TypeScript
15 10 (8.55%) Azure
15 10 (8.55%) C#
15 10 (8.55%) GitLab
15 10 (8.55%) Scrum
16 9 (7.69%) Continuous Integration

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.27%) Apache
1 5 (4.27%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (4.27%) Jupyter
2 3 (2.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.85%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.26%) AWS
2 10 (8.55%) Azure
3 8 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (4.27%) Amazon EMR
4 5 (4.27%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.42%) BrowserStack
5 4 (3.42%) GitHub
6 3 (2.56%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.71%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.71%) Serverless
8 1 (0.85%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (0.85%) GCP
8 1 (0.85%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.27%) Amazon Athena
1 5 (4.27%) DynamoDB
2 2 (1.71%) Big Data
2 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (11.11%) Selenium
2 10 (8.55%) GitLab
3 9 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 9 (7.69%) JMeter
3 9 (7.69%) Postman
4 8 (6.84%) REST Assured
5 6 (5.13%) Cypress.io
6 5 (4.27%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.27%) Git
7 4 (3.42%) SoapUI
7 4 (3.42%) WebDriver
8 3 (2.56%) Gatling
8 3 (2.56%) SpecFlow
9 2 (1.71%) Appium
9 2 (1.71%) JIRA
9 2 (1.71%) NUnit
9 2 (1.71%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (1.71%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.85%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 9 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (6.84%) Social Skills
4 7 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.42%) Finance
6 3 (2.56%) Health Technology
6 3 (2.56%) Legal
7 2 (1.71%) Back Office
7 2 (1.71%) Games
7 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.85%) Automotive
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Electronics
8 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.53%) Playwright
2 3 (2.56%) .NET
2 3 (2.56%) REST
2 3 (2.56%) SOAP
3 2 (1.71%) Nightwatchjs
3 2 (1.71%) PySpark
3 2 (1.71%) React
3 2 (1.71%) Web Services
3 2 (1.71%) XML
3 2 (1.71%) YAML
4 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.85%) Blazor
4 1 (0.85%) Django
4 1 (0.85%) HTML
4 1 (0.85%) JSON
4 1 (0.85%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (0.85%) pytest
4 1 (0.85%) RESTful
4 1 (0.85%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.71%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.71%) Android
1 2 (1.71%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.71%) Unix
2 1 (0.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (50.43%) Test Automation
2 35 (29.91%) Agile
3 30 (25.64%) CI/CD
4 24 (20.51%) Mentoring
5 21 (17.95%) Software Testing
6 19 (16.24%) Coaching
7 18 (15.38%) Test Strategy
8 16 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.68%) DevOps
9 14 (11.97%) Non-Functional Testing
10 12 (10.26%) Validation
11 11 (9.40%) API Testing
11 11 (9.40%) Defect Management
11 11 (9.40%) Software Engineering
12 10 (8.55%) Scrum
13 9 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (6.84%) Continuous Delivery
14 8 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (6.84%) Test Scripting
15 7 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.51%) Java
2 17 (14.53%) JavaScript
3 16 (13.68%) Python
4 11 (9.40%) TypeScript
5 10 (8.55%) C#
6 8 (6.84%) SQL
7 5 (4.27%) Bash
8 1 (0.85%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.85%) C
8 1 (0.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.40%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.84%) Degree
3 8 (6.84%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 3 (2.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.71%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) CCA
6 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (22.22%) QA
2 21 (17.95%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 7 (5.98%) Docker
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.13%) Terraform
2 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (1.71%) EMC
1 2 (1.71%) Oracle
1 2 (1.71%) Peregrine
2 1 (0.85%) Conga
2 1 (0.85%) GoCardless
2 1 (0.85%) Guidewire
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
2 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow