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 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 384 465
Rank change year-on-year +106 +81 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 139 41 120
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.72% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.30% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 128 33 67
10th Percentile £44,259 £46,486 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £60,741
90th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,312 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.56% +14.03% -16.67%

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 18,261 13,808 32,739
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 91.96% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13,314 8,557 25,758
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,443
Median % change year-on-year - +8.22% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £93,750
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 8 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 8 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 67 (48.20%) Test Automation
2 40 (28.78%) Agile
3 32 (23.02%) QA
4 30 (21.58%) CI/CD
5 26 (18.71%) Software Testing
6 25 (17.99%) Java
7 24 (17.27%) Mentoring
8 22 (15.83%) Accessibility
9 20 (14.39%) Security Cleared
10 19 (13.67%) Coaching
10 19 (13.67%) Playwright
10 19 (13.67%) Test Strategy
11 18 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (12.95%) JavaScript
12 17 (12.23%) Python
13 16 (11.51%) DevOps
13 16 (11.51%) Non-Functional Testing
14 15 (10.79%) Selenium
15 13 (9.35%) API Testing
15 13 (9.35%) TypeScript
16 12 (8.63%) SC Cleared
16 12 (8.63%) Validation
17 11 (7.91%) AWS
17 11 (7.91%) C#
17 11 (7.91%) Defect Management
17 11 (7.91%) GitLab
17 11 (7.91%) Scrum
17 11 (7.91%) Software Engineering
17 11 (7.91%) Test Scripting
18 10 (7.19%) Azure

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 (3.60%) Apache
1 5 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (3.60%) Jupyter
2 3 (2.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.72%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.91%) AWS
2 10 (7.19%) Azure
3 8 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (3.60%) Amazon EMR
4 5 (3.60%) Amazon S3
5 4 (2.88%) BrowserStack
5 4 (2.88%) GitHub
6 3 (2.16%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.44%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.44%) Azure Pipelines
7 2 (1.44%) GCP
7 2 (1.44%) Serverless
8 1 (0.72%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.72%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (0.72%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.72%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) Amazon Athena
1 5 (3.60%) DynamoDB
2 2 (1.44%) Big Data
2 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.44%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (10.79%) Selenium
2 11 (7.91%) GitLab
3 10 (7.19%) Postman
4 9 (6.47%) JMeter
4 9 (6.47%) REST Assured
5 8 (5.76%) Jenkins
6 7 (5.04%) Cypress.io
7 5 (3.60%) Cucumber
7 5 (3.60%) Git
7 5 (3.60%) JIRA
7 5 (3.60%) SoapUI
7 5 (3.60%) WebDriver
8 3 (2.16%) Gatling
8 3 (2.16%) SpecFlow
9 2 (1.44%) Appium
9 2 (1.44%) NUnit
9 2 (1.44%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (1.44%) Subversion
9 2 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (13.67%) Public Sector
2 11 (7.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.88%) Games
6 3 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.16%) Electronics
6 3 (2.16%) Finance
6 3 (2.16%) Health Technology
6 3 (2.16%) Legal
7 2 (1.44%) Back Office
8 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.72%) Automotive
8 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.67%) Playwright
2 4 (2.88%) .NET
2 4 (2.88%) SOAP
3 3 (2.16%) REST
3 3 (2.16%) Web Services
4 2 (1.44%) HTML
4 2 (1.44%) Nightwatchjs
4 2 (1.44%) PySpark
4 2 (1.44%) React
4 2 (1.44%) RESTful
4 2 (1.44%) XML
4 2 (1.44%) YAML
5 1 (0.72%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.72%) Blazor
5 1 (0.72%) Django
5 1 (0.72%) JSON
5 1 (0.72%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.72%) pytest
5 1 (0.72%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.60%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (2.88%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.44%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.44%) Android
1 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.44%) Unix
2 1 (0.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (48.20%) Test Automation
2 40 (28.78%) Agile
3 30 (21.58%) CI/CD
4 26 (18.71%) Software Testing
5 24 (17.27%) Mentoring
6 19 (13.67%) Coaching
6 19 (13.67%) Test Strategy
7 18 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (11.51%) DevOps
8 16 (11.51%) Non-Functional Testing
9 13 (9.35%) API Testing
10 12 (8.63%) Validation
11 11 (7.91%) Defect Management
11 11 (7.91%) Scrum
11 11 (7.91%) Software Engineering
11 11 (7.91%) Test Scripting
12 10 (7.19%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (6.47%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (5.76%) Performance Testing
14 8 (5.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.99%) Java
2 18 (12.95%) JavaScript
3 17 (12.23%) Python
4 13 (9.35%) TypeScript
5 11 (7.91%) C#
6 9 (6.47%) SQL
7 5 (3.60%) Bash
8 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.72%) C
8 1 (0.72%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.47%) ISTQB
4 8 (5.76%) Degree
5 4 (2.88%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 4 (2.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.16%) CCA
7 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (23.02%) QA
2 22 (15.83%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.16%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 8 (5.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.04%) Terraform
2 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (1.44%) EMC
1 2 (1.44%) Guidewire
1 2 (1.44%) Oracle
1 2 (1.44%) Peregrine
2 1 (0.72%) Conga
2 1 (0.72%) GoCardless
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
2 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow