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 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 379 465
Rank change year-on-year +112 +86 -94
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 142 44 116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 0.30% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.33% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 129 37 66
10th Percentile £43,948 £45,892 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,000 £37,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,387
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% -13.84%
75th Percentile £73,140 £61,250 £60,741
90th Percentile £86,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -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 17,776 13,434 31,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 92.05% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13,123 8,282 24,979
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 24 May 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 24 May 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 71 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 44 (30.99%) Agile
3 32 (22.54%) QA
3 32 (22.54%) Software Testing
4 30 (21.13%) CI/CD
5 25 (17.61%) Java
5 25 (17.61%) Mentoring
6 22 (15.49%) Accessibility
6 22 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (14.79%) Security Cleared
8 20 (14.08%) Playwright
9 19 (13.38%) JavaScript
10 18 (12.68%) Python
10 18 (12.68%) Selenium
10 18 (12.68%) Test Strategy
11 17 (11.97%) Coaching
12 16 (11.27%) DevOps
12 16 (11.27%) Non-Functional Testing
13 14 (9.86%) API Testing
13 14 (9.86%) Test Scripting
14 13 (9.15%) Performance Testing
14 13 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (9.15%) Validation
15 12 (8.45%) Scrum
15 12 (8.45%) TypeScript
16 11 (7.75%) Azure
16 11 (7.75%) C#
16 11 (7.75%) Defect Management
16 11 (7.75%) JMeter
16 11 (7.75%) SC Cleared

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 4 (2.82%) Apache
1 4 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (2.82%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.41%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.75%) Azure
2 10 (7.04%) AWS
3 7 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.52%) Amazon S3
5 4 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (2.82%) Amazon EMR
5 4 (2.82%) BrowserStack
5 4 (2.82%) GitHub
5 4 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.41%) Amazon ECR
6 2 (1.41%) Azure Pipelines
6 2 (1.41%) GCP
7 1 (0.70%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.70%) SaaS
7 1 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.82%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (2.82%) DynamoDB
2 2 (1.41%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.70%) Big Data
3 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (12.68%) Selenium
2 11 (7.75%) JMeter
3 10 (7.04%) GitLab
3 10 (7.04%) Postman
3 10 (7.04%) REST Assured
4 9 (6.34%) Jenkins
4 9 (6.34%) JIRA
5 7 (4.93%) Cypress.io
6 5 (3.52%) Git
6 5 (3.52%) SoapUI
6 5 (3.52%) Subversion
6 5 (3.52%) WebDriver
7 4 (2.82%) Cucumber
8 3 (2.11%) Gatling
8 3 (2.11%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (1.41%) Appium
9 2 (1.41%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.41%) SpecFlow
9 2 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.41%) TestRail
General
1 17 (11.97%) Public Sector
2 14 (9.86%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.23%) Electronics
7 4 (2.82%) Games
8 3 (2.11%) Finance
8 3 (2.11%) Legal
9 2 (1.41%) Back Office
10 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.70%) Automotive
10 1 (0.70%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.08%) Playwright
2 4 (2.82%) SOAP
3 3 (2.11%) .NET
3 3 (2.11%) REST
3 3 (2.11%) Web Services
4 2 (1.41%) HTML
4 2 (1.41%) Nightwatchjs
4 2 (1.41%) pytest
4 2 (1.41%) React
4 2 (1.41%) RESTful
4 2 (1.41%) XML
4 2 (1.41%) YAML
5 1 (0.70%) Blazor
5 1 (0.70%) Django
5 1 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.70%) JSON
5 1 (0.70%) Kafka
5 1 (0.70%) Middleware
5 1 (0.70%) PySpark
5 1 (0.70%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.63%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (2.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.41%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.41%) Android
1 2 (1.41%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.41%) Linux
1 2 (1.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 44 (30.99%) Agile
3 32 (22.54%) Software Testing
4 30 (21.13%) CI/CD
5 25 (17.61%) Mentoring
6 22 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (12.68%) Test Strategy
8 17 (11.97%) Coaching
9 16 (11.27%) DevOps
9 16 (11.27%) Non-Functional Testing
10 14 (9.86%) API Testing
10 14 (9.86%) Test Scripting
11 13 (9.15%) Performance Testing
11 13 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (9.15%) Validation
12 12 (8.45%) Scrum
13 11 (7.75%) Defect Management
13 11 (7.75%) Software Engineering
14 9 (6.34%) Continuous Integration
14 9 (6.34%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.61%) Java
2 19 (13.38%) JavaScript
3 18 (12.68%) Python
4 12 (8.45%) TypeScript
5 11 (7.75%) C#
6 8 (5.63%) SQL
7 4 (2.82%) Bash
8 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.70%) C
8 1 (0.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (14.79%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.75%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.04%) ISTQB
4 9 (6.34%) Degree
5 4 (2.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 4 (2.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (2.11%) CCA
7 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (22.54%) QA
2 22 (15.49%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 8 (5.63%) Docker
2 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.23%) Terraform
2 3 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Argo
3 1 (0.70%) Grafana
3 1 (0.70%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (2.82%) EMC
2 2 (1.41%) Guidewire
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle
3 1 (0.70%) Conga
3 1 (0.70%) Dynatrace
3 1 (0.70%) GoCardless
3 1 (0.70%) IBM
3 1 (0.70%) Peregrine
3 1 (0.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow