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 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 368 402
Rank change year-on-year +12 +34 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 102 50 90
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.43% 0.31% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.33% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 77 38 54
10th Percentile £46,789 £46,486 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £60,741
90th Percentile - £67,875 £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 22,484 15,034 22,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 92.67% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,944 9,087 14,798
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,850
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.93% -4.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 10 September 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 10 September 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 62 (60.78%) Test Automation
2 35 (34.31%) Agile
3 34 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 31 (30.39%) Test Strategy
5 25 (24.51%) Mentoring
6 23 (22.55%) Validation
7 22 (21.57%) Java
7 22 (21.57%) Software Testing
8 21 (20.59%) Coaching
8 21 (20.59%) QA
9 20 (19.61%) Degree
10 19 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (18.63%) Security Cleared
11 18 (17.65%) JavaScript
11 18 (17.65%) Python
12 17 (16.67%) Accessibility
13 16 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (15.69%) Software Engineering
14 14 (13.73%) DevOps
14 14 (13.73%) Playwright
14 14 (13.73%) Test Scripting
15 12 (11.76%) AWS
15 12 (11.76%) Design for Test
15 12 (11.76%) GitLab
15 12 (11.76%) Regression Testing
16 11 (10.78%) Non-Functional Testing
16 11 (10.78%) Technical Leadership
17 10 (9.80%) Load Testing
17 10 (9.80%) SC Cleared
17 10 (9.80%) SQL

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 (5.88%) Apache
1 6 (5.88%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (5.88%) Jupyter
2 4 (3.92%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Simulink
2 1 (0.98%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.98%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.76%) AWS
2 6 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 6 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
2 6 (5.88%) Amazon EMR
2 6 (5.88%) Amazon S3
2 6 (5.88%) Azure
3 4 (3.92%) Amazon ECR
3 4 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.92%) GitHub
4 2 (1.96%) Azure Functions
4 2 (1.96%) BrowserStack
4 2 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.96%) GitHub Copilot
4 2 (1.96%) Serverless
5 1 (0.98%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (0.98%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.84%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.96%) 5G
3 1 (0.98%) Broadband
3 1 (0.98%) DNS
3 1 (0.98%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) Amazon Athena
1 6 (5.88%) DynamoDB
2 3 (2.94%) Big Data
2 3 (2.94%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (11.76%) GitLab
2 9 (8.82%) Selenium
3 7 (6.86%) Jenkins
3 7 (6.86%) JMeter
4 6 (5.88%) Cypress.io
4 6 (5.88%) LabVIEW
5 5 (4.90%) Git
5 5 (4.90%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.94%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.94%) Gatling
6 3 (2.94%) JIRA
7 2 (1.96%) Appium
7 2 (1.96%) Postman
8 1 (0.98%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.98%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.98%) Snyk
8 1 (0.98%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.98%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.98%) TestRail
8 1 (0.98%) WebDriver
General
1 20 (19.61%) Public Sector
2 18 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (16.67%) Electronics
4 14 (13.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (13.73%) Social Skills
5 11 (10.78%) Aerospace
6 10 (9.80%) Telecoms
7 7 (6.86%) Finance
8 5 (4.90%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.92%) Law
10 3 (2.94%) Legal
11 2 (1.96%) Automotive
11 2 (1.96%) Back Office
11 2 (1.96%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.96%) Military
11 2 (1.96%) Retail
12 1 (0.98%) Aviation
12 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.73%) Playwright
2 8 (7.84%) XML
3 7 (6.86%) Terraform
4 3 (2.94%) PySpark
5 2 (1.96%) .NET
5 2 (1.96%) JSON
5 2 (1.96%) React
6 1 (0.98%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.98%) Django
6 1 (0.98%) Jest
6 1 (0.98%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.98%) REST
6 1 (0.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Client/Server
1 7 (6.86%) SCADA
2 5 (4.90%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (4.90%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.96%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.98%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (0.98%) Life Science
4 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.92%) Linux
2 2 (1.96%) Android
2 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.98%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.98%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (60.78%) Test Automation
2 35 (34.31%) Agile
3 34 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 31 (30.39%) Test Strategy
5 25 (24.51%) Mentoring
6 23 (22.55%) Validation
7 22 (21.57%) Software Testing
8 21 (20.59%) Coaching
9 19 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (15.69%) Software Engineering
11 14 (13.73%) DevOps
11 14 (13.73%) Test Scripting
12 12 (11.76%) Design for Test
12 12 (11.76%) Regression Testing
13 11 (10.78%) Non-Functional Testing
13 11 (10.78%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (9.80%) Load Testing
15 9 (8.82%) Continuous Integration
15 9 (8.82%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.57%) Java
2 18 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 18 (17.65%) Python
3 10 (9.80%) SQL
4 8 (7.84%) C#
4 8 (7.84%) TypeScript
5 6 (5.88%) Bash
6 3 (2.94%) C++
7 2 (1.96%) C
7 2 (1.96%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.96%) VB
8 1 (0.98%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.98%) Go
8 1 (0.98%) Rust
8 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (19.61%) Degree
2 19 (18.63%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (6.86%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.92%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.92%) HND
6 2 (1.96%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.96%) HNC
6 2 (1.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.98%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.59%) QA
2 17 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.94%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (5.88%) Docker
2 3 (2.94%) Firmware
3 1 (0.98%) QEMU
3 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (1.96%) Keysight
1 2 (1.96%) Peregrine
1 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
2 1 (0.98%) Conga
2 1 (0.98%) GoCardless
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.98%) YouTube