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 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 384 468
Rank change year-on-year +59 +84 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 116 42 116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.29% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 104 32 64
10th Percentile £44,259 £46,486 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,438 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +14.21% -10.45%
75th Percentile £73,140 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,825 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,124 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.25% +11.39% -14.29%

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 19,552 14,728 32,171
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.25% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,278 9,146 25,069
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,745 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +8.09% -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 2 July 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 2 July 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 59 (50.86%) Test Automation
2 34 (29.31%) Agile
3 29 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 25 (21.55%) QA
5 24 (20.69%) Mentoring
6 22 (18.97%) Java
7 20 (17.24%) Accessibility
8 19 (16.38%) Coaching
8 19 (16.38%) Software Testing
8 19 (16.38%) Test Strategy
9 17 (14.66%) JavaScript
9 17 (14.66%) Python
9 17 (14.66%) Security Cleared
10 16 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.79%) Playwright
11 15 (12.93%) DevOps
12 13 (11.21%) Validation
13 12 (10.34%) AWS
13 12 (10.34%) Non-Functional Testing
13 12 (10.34%) Selenium
14 11 (9.48%) Defect Management
14 11 (9.48%) SC Cleared
15 10 (8.62%) API Testing
15 10 (8.62%) Software Engineering
15 10 (8.62%) TypeScript
16 9 (7.76%) Azure
16 9 (7.76%) C#
16 9 (7.76%) Continuous Integration
16 9 (7.76%) GitLab
16 9 (7.76%) Jenkins

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 (4.31%) Apache
1 5 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (4.31%) Jupyter
2 3 (2.59%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.86%) Simulink
1 1 (0.86%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.34%) AWS
2 9 (7.76%) Azure
3 8 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (4.31%) Amazon EMR
4 5 (4.31%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.45%) BrowserStack
5 4 (3.45%) GitHub
6 3 (2.59%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.72%) Serverless
8 1 (0.86%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.86%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (0.86%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.86%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.31%) Amazon Athena
1 5 (4.31%) DynamoDB
2 2 (1.72%) Big Data
2 2 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.72%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (10.34%) Selenium
2 9 (7.76%) GitLab
2 9 (7.76%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.76%) JMeter
3 8 (6.90%) Postman
4 7 (6.03%) REST Assured
5 6 (5.17%) Cypress.io
5 6 (5.17%) Git
6 5 (4.31%) Cucumber
7 3 (2.59%) Gatling
7 3 (2.59%) SoapUI
7 3 (2.59%) SpecFlow
7 3 (2.59%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.72%) Appium
8 2 (1.72%) NUnit
8 2 (1.72%) Serenity BDD
8 2 (1.72%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.86%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.86%) JIRA
9 1 (0.86%) TestRail
General
1 18 (15.52%) Public Sector
2 9 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (6.90%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.45%) Finance
6 3 (2.59%) Health Technology
6 3 (2.59%) Legal
7 2 (1.72%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.72%) Back Office
7 2 (1.72%) Games
7 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.86%) Automotive
8 1 (0.86%) Aviation
8 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Electronics
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.79%) Playwright
2 3 (2.59%) REST
3 2 (1.72%) .NET
3 2 (1.72%) Nightwatchjs
3 2 (1.72%) PySpark
3 2 (1.72%) React
3 2 (1.72%) SOAP
3 2 (1.72%) Web Services
3 2 (1.72%) XML
3 2 (1.72%) YAML
4 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.86%) Blazor
4 1 (0.86%) Django
4 1 (0.86%) JSON
4 1 (0.86%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (0.86%) pytest
4 1 (0.86%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
1 4 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.72%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.86%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Android
1 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.72%) Unix
2 1 (0.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (50.86%) Test Automation
2 34 (29.31%) Agile
3 29 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 24 (20.69%) Mentoring
5 19 (16.38%) Coaching
5 19 (16.38%) Software Testing
5 19 (16.38%) Test Strategy
6 16 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (12.93%) DevOps
8 13 (11.21%) Validation
9 12 (10.34%) Non-Functional Testing
10 11 (9.48%) Defect Management
11 10 (8.62%) API Testing
11 10 (8.62%) Software Engineering
12 9 (7.76%) Continuous Integration
12 9 (7.76%) Scrum
13 8 (6.90%) Continuous Delivery
13 8 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
14 7 (6.03%) SFIA
14 7 (6.03%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.97%) Java
2 17 (14.66%) JavaScript
2 17 (14.66%) Python
3 10 (8.62%) TypeScript
4 9 (7.76%) C#
5 7 (6.03%) SQL
6 5 (4.31%) Bash
7 1 (0.86%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.86%) C
7 1 (0.86%) C++
7 1 (0.86%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 17 (14.66%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.48%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.03%) Degree
4 6 (5.17%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.86%) CCA
7 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (21.55%) QA
2 20 (17.24%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 6 (5.17%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) Firmware
2 1 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (1.72%) EMC
1 2 (1.72%) Oracle
1 2 (1.72%) Peregrine
2 1 (0.86%) Conga
2 1 (0.86%) GoCardless
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.86%) Salesforce
2 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow