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 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 369 402
Rank change year-on-year +3 +33 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 96 49 99
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.30% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.32% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 76 36 62
10th Percentile £46,268 £46,486 £37,101
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,500 £41,998
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £60,741
90th Percentile - £66,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%

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 21,464 15,318 23,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.23% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,349 9,339 17,219
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,350 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.45% - -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 17 August 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 17 August 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 56 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 32 (33.33%) Agile
3 30 (31.25%) CI/CD
4 23 (23.96%) Mentoring
4 23 (23.96%) Test Strategy
5 21 (21.88%) Java
6 20 (20.83%) Coaching
6 20 (20.83%) Software Testing
7 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
8 18 (18.75%) Accessibility
8 18 (18.75%) Validation
9 17 (17.71%) QA
10 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (15.63%) Degree
10 15 (15.63%) JavaScript
10 15 (15.63%) Software Engineering
11 14 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (13.54%) Python
13 12 (12.50%) DevOps
13 12 (12.50%) GitLab
13 12 (12.50%) SC Cleared
14 11 (11.46%) AWS
14 11 (11.46%) Defect Management
14 11 (11.46%) Playwright
14 11 (11.46%) Test Scripting
15 10 (10.42%) Design for Test
15 10 (10.42%) Non-Functional Testing
16 9 (9.38%) Code Quality
16 9 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
16 9 (9.38%) Regression Testing

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 6 (6.25%) Apache
1 6 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (6.25%) Jupyter
2 4 (4.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.04%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.04%) Simulink
1 1 (1.04%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.46%) AWS
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon EMR
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon S3
3 5 (5.21%) Azure
4 4 (4.17%) Amazon ECR
4 4 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.08%) Azure Functions
5 2 (2.08%) BrowserStack
5 2 (2.08%) GitHub
5 2 (2.08%) Serverless
6 1 (1.04%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.04%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.04%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.17%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.04%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Amazon Athena
1 6 (6.25%) DynamoDB
2 3 (3.13%) Big Data
2 3 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (12.50%) GitLab
2 7 (7.29%) Jenkins
2 7 (7.29%) Selenium
3 6 (6.25%) JMeter
4 5 (5.21%) Cypress.io
4 5 (5.21%) REST Assured
5 4 (4.17%) Git
6 3 (3.13%) Cucumber
6 3 (3.13%) Gatling
6 3 (3.13%) JIRA
6 3 (3.13%) LabVIEW
7 2 (2.08%) Appium
7 2 (2.08%) Postman
8 1 (1.04%) Claude Code
8 1 (1.04%) Ranorex
8 1 (1.04%) Snyk
8 1 (1.04%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.04%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.04%) TestRail
8 1 (1.04%) WebDriver
General
1 20 (20.83%) Public Sector
2 14 (14.58%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (13.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (12.50%) Electronics
5 11 (11.46%) Aerospace
6 7 (7.29%) Telecoms
7 6 (6.25%) Finance
8 4 (4.17%) Law
9 3 (3.13%) Health Technology
9 3 (3.13%) Legal
9 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.08%) Automotive
10 2 (2.08%) Back Office
10 2 (2.08%) Military
11 1 (1.04%) Aviation
11 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.46%) Playwright
2 4 (4.17%) XML
3 3 (3.13%) PySpark
4 2 (2.08%) .NET
4 2 (2.08%) React
5 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.04%) Django
5 1 (1.04%) JSON
5 1 (1.04%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (1.04%) REST
5 1 (1.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.21%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.17%) Client/Server
2 4 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (4.17%) SCADA
3 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.04%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Android
1 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 32 (33.33%) Agile
3 30 (31.25%) CI/CD
4 23 (23.96%) Mentoring
4 23 (23.96%) Test Strategy
5 20 (20.83%) Coaching
5 20 (20.83%) Software Testing
6 18 (18.75%) Validation
7 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (15.63%) Software Engineering
8 14 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (12.50%) DevOps
10 11 (11.46%) Defect Management
10 11 (11.46%) Test Scripting
11 10 (10.42%) Design for Test
11 10 (10.42%) Non-Functional Testing
12 9 (9.38%) Code Quality
12 9 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
12 9 (9.38%) Regression Testing
12 9 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (21.88%) Java
2 15 (15.63%) JavaScript
3 13 (13.54%) Python
4 6 (6.25%) Bash
4 6 (6.25%) C#
4 6 (6.25%) SQL
4 6 (6.25%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.04%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.04%) C
5 1 (1.04%) C++
5 1 (1.04%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.63%) Degree
3 12 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.17%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.08%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.08%) HND
7 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.75%) Accessibility
2 17 (17.71%) QA
3 3 (3.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) Docker
2 2 (2.08%) Firmware
3 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (2.08%) Peregrine
2 1 (1.04%) Conga
2 1 (1.04%) GoCardless
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.04%) Salesforce