Test Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Test Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 478 367
Rank change year-on-year +132 -111 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 51 114 340
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.34% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.35% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 42 63 273
10th Percentile £44,960 £32,500 £33,850
25th Percentile £47,625 £37,050 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,996 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.58% -16.37% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,063 £60,741 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £77,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.67% +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Test Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Test Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Test Engineer.

Test Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Test Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (82.35%) Test Automation
2 26 (50.98%) QA
2 26 (50.98%) Agile
3 20 (39.22%) Selenium
4 19 (37.25%) Test Scripting
4 19 (37.25%) Python
5 17 (33.33%) SQL
6 16 (31.37%) Software Testing
6 16 (31.37%) Azure
7 15 (29.41%) CI/CD
8 13 (25.49%) Security Testing
9 12 (23.53%) DevOps
10 11 (21.57%) Postman
10 11 (21.57%) AWS
10 11 (21.57%) Validation
10 11 (21.57%) Java
10 11 (21.57%) JavaScript
11 10 (19.61%) ISTQB
11 10 (19.61%) Manual Testing
12 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
12 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
13 8 (15.69%) Appium
13 8 (15.69%) API Testing
13 8 (15.69%) SoapUI
13 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (15.69%) SC Cleared
13 8 (15.69%) Performance Testing
13 8 (15.69%) Linux
14 7 (13.73%) C#
14 7 (13.73%) Regression Testing

Test Engineer Skill Set
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 (1.96%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.84%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.96%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 16 (31.37%) Azure
2 11 (21.57%) AWS
3 4 (7.84%) GCP
4 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.88%) SaaS
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.96%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.96%) Big Data
2 1 (1.96%) Delta Lake
2 1 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.96%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (39.22%) Selenium
2 11 (21.57%) Postman
3 8 (15.69%) Appium
3 8 (15.69%) SoapUI
4 7 (13.73%) JMeter
5 6 (11.76%) Cypress.io
5 6 (11.76%) JIRA
5 6 (11.76%) LabVIEW
6 5 (9.80%) JUnit
7 4 (7.84%) Git
7 4 (7.84%) TestNG
8 3 (5.88%) Cucumber
9 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
9 2 (3.92%) Locust
9 2 (3.92%) Robot Framework
9 2 (3.92%) SpecFlow
9 2 (3.92%) TeamCity
9 2 (3.92%) TestComplete
10 1 (1.96%) LoadRunner
10 1 (1.96%) Mocha
General
1 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Manufacturing
3 6 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.84%) Cantonese Language
4 4 (7.84%) Mandarin Language
5 3 (5.88%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Electronics
6 2 (3.92%) Finance
6 2 (3.92%) Games
6 2 (3.92%) Health Technology
6 2 (3.92%) Law
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Billing
7 1 (1.96%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) pytest
2 4 (7.84%) Playwright
3 3 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 3 (5.88%) OpenFin
4 2 (3.92%) ADO
4 2 (3.92%) Swagger
4 2 (3.92%) XML
4 2 (3.92%) YAML
5 1 (1.96%) .NET
5 1 (1.96%) CSS
5 1 (1.96%) HTML
5 1 (1.96%) Jest
5 1 (1.96%) JSON
5 1 (1.96%) LDAP
5 1 (1.96%) Node.js
5 1 (1.96%) React
5 1 (1.96%) RESTful
5 1 (1.96%) SOAP
5 1 (1.96%) Vue
5 1 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (9.80%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.84%) Client/Server
4 3 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.92%) Online Games
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.96%) IoT
6 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.96%) PKI
6 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.96%) Smartcard
6 1 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.69%) Linux
2 4 (7.84%) Unix
3 2 (3.92%) VMS
4 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (82.35%) Test Automation
2 26 (50.98%) Agile
3 19 (37.25%) Test Scripting
4 16 (31.37%) Software Testing
5 15 (29.41%) CI/CD
6 13 (25.49%) Security Testing
7 12 (23.53%) DevOps
8 11 (21.57%) Validation
9 10 (19.61%) Manual Testing
10 8 (15.69%) API Testing
10 8 (15.69%) Performance Testing
10 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (13.73%) Regression Testing
11 7 (13.73%) Software Engineering
11 7 (13.73%) Test Management
12 6 (11.76%) End-to-End Testing
12 6 (11.76%) Exploratory Testing
12 6 (11.76%) Fintech
12 6 (11.76%) SDLC
12 6 (11.76%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (37.25%) Python
2 17 (33.33%) SQL
3 11 (21.57%) Java
3 11 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 7 (13.73%) C#
5 5 (9.80%) TypeScript
6 4 (7.84%) C
6 4 (7.84%) Embedded C
6 4 (7.84%) Groovy
7 1 (1.96%) Bash
7 1 (1.96%) C++
7 1 (1.96%) Go
7 1 (1.96%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.96%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) ISTQB
2 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 8 (15.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) CCA
5 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.96%) CISSP
5 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (50.98%) QA
2 4 (7.84%) PMO
3 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.84%) Grafana
3 2 (3.92%) Terraform
4 1 (1.96%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Databricks
2 2 (3.92%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (1.96%) Reuters