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 £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 477 399
Rank change year-on-year +52 -78 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 42 119 234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.35% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.36% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 32 68 198
10th Percentile £46,486 £34,250 £34,600
25th Percentile £50,438 £38,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,741 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,825 £65,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%

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 18,881 32,734 34,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 96.20% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,537 24,599 25,656
10th Percentile £25,267 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,549
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 30 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 22 (52.38%) Agile
3 19 (45.24%) Selenium
4 18 (42.86%) QA
4 18 (42.86%) Python
5 15 (35.71%) Test Scripting
6 13 (30.95%) Security Testing
6 13 (30.95%) CI/CD
7 12 (28.57%) Azure
8 10 (23.81%) SQL
8 10 (23.81%) Cypress.io
8 10 (23.81%) Performance Testing
9 9 (21.43%) TypeScript
9 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
9 9 (21.43%) Software Testing
9 9 (21.43%) Appium
10 8 (19.05%) Playwright
10 8 (19.05%) ISTQB
10 8 (19.05%) Test Strategy
10 8 (19.05%) AWS
10 8 (19.05%) Manual Testing
10 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
11 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
11 7 (16.67%) DevOps
12 6 (14.29%) SDLC
12 6 (14.29%) QA Automation
12 6 (14.29%) Analogue Electronics
12 6 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
12 6 (14.29%) Manufacturing
12 6 (14.29%) LabVIEW

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 2 (4.76%) MTS
2 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 12 (28.57%) Azure
2 8 (19.05%) AWS
3 4 (9.52%) GCP
4 3 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Big Data
1 1 (2.38%) Delta Lake
1 1 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.38%) Neo4j
1 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
1 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (45.24%) Selenium
2 10 (23.81%) Cypress.io
3 9 (21.43%) Appium
4 6 (14.29%) JMeter
4 6 (14.29%) LabVIEW
5 4 (9.52%) JIRA
6 3 (7.14%) Git
6 3 (7.14%) JUnit
6 3 (7.14%) Postman
6 3 (7.14%) SpecFlow
7 2 (4.76%) Cucumber
7 2 (4.76%) Locust
7 2 (4.76%) Robot Framework
8 1 (2.38%) git-flow
8 1 (2.38%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (2.38%) LoadRunner
8 1 (2.38%) NUnit
8 1 (2.38%) TestComplete
8 1 (2.38%) TestNG
8 1 (2.38%) TestRail
General
1 6 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 5 (11.90%) Health Technology
2 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.52%) Cantonese Language
3 4 (9.52%) Mandarin Language
3 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Electronics
4 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.76%) Law
5 2 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.05%) Playwright
2 3 (7.14%) pytest
3 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.76%) YAML
4 1 (2.38%) CSS
4 1 (2.38%) Gherkin
4 1 (2.38%) HTML
4 1 (2.38%) MERN Stack
4 1 (2.38%) Node.js
4 1 (2.38%) React
4 1 (2.38%) RESTful
4 1 (2.38%) Swagger
4 1 (2.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (11.90%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.38%) SCADA
3 1 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Linux
2 3 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 22 (52.38%) Agile
3 15 (35.71%) Test Scripting
4 13 (30.95%) CI/CD
4 13 (30.95%) Security Testing
5 10 (23.81%) Performance Testing
6 9 (21.43%) Software Testing
7 8 (19.05%) Manual Testing
7 8 (19.05%) Test Strategy
8 7 (16.67%) DevOps
9 6 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
9 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (14.29%) QA Automation
9 6 (14.29%) SDLC
10 5 (11.90%) API Testing
10 5 (11.90%) Cross-Browser Testing
10 5 (11.90%) Fintech
10 5 (11.90%) Regression Testing
10 5 (11.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (42.86%) Python
2 10 (23.81%) SQL
3 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 9 (21.43%) TypeScript
4 6 (14.29%) Java
5 4 (9.52%) C
5 4 (9.52%) C#
5 4 (9.52%) Embedded C
6 3 (7.14%) Groovy
7 1 (2.38%) Bash
7 1 (2.38%) C++
7 1 (2.38%) Go
7 1 (2.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) ISTQB
1 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) CCA
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.38%) CISSP
4 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) ISEB
4 1 (2.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Grafana
1 3 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.76%) Terraform
3 1 (2.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Databricks
2 2 (4.76%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (2.38%) Reuters