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 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 374 416
Rank change year-on-year +13 +42 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 93 45 103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.27% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.30% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 78 34 64
10th Percentile £46,789 £46,486 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,500 £41,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,938 £60,741
90th Percentile - £64,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,498
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.09% -13.34%

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 20,727 15,159 25,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.10% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 15,003 9,397 19,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 30 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 30 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 54 (58.06%) Test Automation
2 30 (32.26%) Agile
3 29 (31.18%) CI/CD
4 22 (23.66%) Mentoring
5 20 (21.51%) Java
6 19 (20.43%) Coaching
6 19 (20.43%) Test Strategy
7 18 (19.35%) Software Testing
8 17 (18.28%) JavaScript
9 16 (17.20%) Accessibility
9 16 (17.20%) QA
10 14 (15.05%) DevOps
10 14 (15.05%) Validation
11 13 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (13.98%) Playwright
11 13 (13.98%) Security Cleared
12 12 (12.90%) Python
13 11 (11.83%) Defect Management
13 11 (11.83%) Software Engineering
14 10 (10.75%) AWS
14 10 (10.75%) Degree
14 10 (10.75%) GitLab
14 10 (10.75%) Non-Functional Testing
14 10 (10.75%) Test Scripting
15 9 (9.68%) Continuous Integration
15 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (9.68%) SC Cleared
16 8 (8.60%) Azure
16 8 (8.60%) Code Quality
16 8 (8.60%) Continuous Delivery

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 (5.38%) Apache
1 5 (5.38%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (5.38%) Jupyter
2 3 (3.23%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.08%) Simulink
1 1 (1.08%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.75%) AWS
2 8 (8.60%) Azure
3 7 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (5.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (5.38%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (5.38%) Amazon EMR
4 5 (5.38%) Amazon S3
5 4 (4.30%) GitHub
6 3 (3.23%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.15%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.15%) BrowserStack
7 2 (2.15%) Serverless
8 1 (1.08%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (1.08%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.08%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.08%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) Amazon Athena
1 5 (5.38%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.15%) Big Data
2 2 (2.15%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (10.75%) GitLab
2 8 (8.60%) Selenium
3 7 (7.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (6.45%) Cypress.io
5 5 (5.38%) JMeter
5 5 (5.38%) REST Assured
6 4 (4.30%) Git
7 3 (3.23%) Cucumber
7 3 (3.23%) Gatling
7 3 (3.23%) Postman
8 2 (2.15%) Appium
8 2 (2.15%) JIRA
9 1 (1.08%) Claude Code
9 1 (1.08%) LabVIEW
9 1 (1.08%) Snyk
9 1 (1.08%) SoapUI
9 1 (1.08%) SpecFlow
9 1 (1.08%) TestRail
9 1 (1.08%) WebDriver
General
1 18 (19.35%) Public Sector
2 12 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.75%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.45%) Electronics
5 5 (5.38%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.30%) Finance
6 4 (4.30%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.23%) Health Technology
7 3 (3.23%) Legal
8 2 (2.15%) Back Office
8 2 (2.15%) Law
9 1 (1.08%) Automotive
9 1 (1.08%) Aviation
9 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Games
9 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.08%) Military
9 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.98%) Playwright
2 3 (3.23%) XML
3 2 (2.15%) .NET
3 2 (2.15%) PySpark
3 2 (2.15%) React
4 1 (1.08%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.08%) Blazor
4 1 (1.08%) Django
4 1 (1.08%) JSON
4 1 (1.08%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (1.08%) REST
4 1 (1.08%) WebAssembly
4 1 (1.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
1 4 (4.30%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (3.23%) Client/Server
2 3 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (3.23%) SCADA
3 2 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.15%) Android
1 2 (2.15%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (58.06%) Test Automation
2 30 (32.26%) Agile
3 29 (31.18%) CI/CD
4 22 (23.66%) Mentoring
5 19 (20.43%) Coaching
5 19 (20.43%) Test Strategy
6 18 (19.35%) Software Testing
7 14 (15.05%) DevOps
7 14 (15.05%) Validation
8 13 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (11.83%) Defect Management
9 11 (11.83%) Software Engineering
10 10 (10.75%) Non-Functional Testing
10 10 (10.75%) Test Scripting
11 9 (9.68%) Continuous Integration
11 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (8.60%) Code Quality
12 8 (8.60%) Continuous Delivery
13 7 (7.53%) SFIA
13 7 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.51%) Java
2 17 (18.28%) JavaScript
3 12 (12.90%) Python
4 8 (8.60%) TypeScript
5 5 (5.38%) Bash
5 5 (5.38%) C#
5 5 (5.38%) SQL
6 1 (1.08%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.08%) C
6 1 (1.08%) C++
6 1 (1.08%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 13 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.75%) Degree
3 9 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.30%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.08%) HND
6 1 (1.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.20%) Accessibility
1 16 (17.20%) QA
2 3 (3.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (4.30%) Docker
2 1 (1.08%) Firmware
2 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (2.15%) Peregrine
2 1 (1.08%) Conga
2 1 (1.08%) GoCardless
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.08%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow