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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 388 411
Rank change year-on-year +24 +23 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 96 49 98
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.30% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.32% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 76 36 61
10th Percentile £46,789 £46,486 £37,101
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,500 £41,998
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £60,741
90th Percentile - £66,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%

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 21,560 15,304 23,758
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.41% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15,389 9,283 17,118
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 20 August 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 20 August 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 56 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 32 (33.33%) Agile
3 31 (32.29%) CI/CD
4 24 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 23 (23.96%) Mentoring
6 21 (21.88%) Java
7 20 (20.83%) Coaching
8 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
8 19 (19.79%) Software Testing
9 18 (18.75%) QA
9 18 (18.75%) Validation
10 17 (17.71%) Accessibility
11 16 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (16.67%) Degree
11 16 (16.67%) Software Engineering
12 15 (15.63%) JavaScript
12 15 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (15.63%) Python
13 12 (12.50%) DevOps
13 12 (12.50%) GitLab
13 12 (12.50%) Playwright
14 11 (11.46%) AWS
14 11 (11.46%) Design for Test
14 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared
14 11 (11.46%) Test Scripting
15 10 (10.42%) Defect Management
15 10 (10.42%) Non-Functional Testing
15 10 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
16 9 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
16 9 (9.38%) Regression Testing

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 6 (6.25%) Apache
1 6 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (6.25%) Jupyter
2 4 (4.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.04%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.04%) Simulink
1 1 (1.04%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.46%) AWS
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon EMR
2 6 (6.25%) Amazon S3
3 5 (5.21%) Azure
4 4 (4.17%) Amazon ECR
4 4 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.13%) GitHub
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.08%) BrowserStack
6 2 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.08%) Serverless
7 1 (1.04%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.04%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.04%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.21%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.04%) Broadband
2 1 (1.04%) DNS
2 1 (1.04%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Amazon Athena
1 6 (6.25%) DynamoDB
2 3 (3.13%) Big Data
2 3 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (12.50%) GitLab
2 7 (7.29%) Jenkins
2 7 (7.29%) Selenium
3 6 (6.25%) JMeter
4 5 (5.21%) Cypress.io
4 5 (5.21%) REST Assured
5 4 (4.17%) Git
5 4 (4.17%) LabVIEW
6 3 (3.13%) Cucumber
6 3 (3.13%) Gatling
6 3 (3.13%) JIRA
7 2 (2.08%) Appium
7 2 (2.08%) Postman
8 1 (1.04%) Claude Code
8 1 (1.04%) Ranorex
8 1 (1.04%) Snyk
8 1 (1.04%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.04%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.04%) TestRail
8 1 (1.04%) WebDriver
General
1 20 (20.83%) Public Sector
2 14 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (14.58%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.54%) Electronics
4 12 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (11.46%) Aerospace
6 7 (7.29%) Telecoms
7 6 (6.25%) Finance
8 4 (4.17%) Law
8 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.13%) Health Technology
9 3 (3.13%) Legal
10 2 (2.08%) Automotive
10 2 (2.08%) Back Office
10 2 (2.08%) Military
11 1 (1.04%) Aviation
11 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.50%) Playwright
2 7 (7.29%) Terraform
3 4 (4.17%) XML
4 3 (3.13%) PySpark
5 2 (2.08%) .NET
5 2 (2.08%) React
6 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.04%) Django
6 1 (1.04%) Jest
6 1 (1.04%) JSON
6 1 (1.04%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (1.04%) REST
6 1 (1.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.21%) Cloud Native
1 5 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (4.17%) Client/Server
2 4 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (4.17%) SCADA
3 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.04%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.13%) Linux
2 2 (2.08%) Android
2 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.04%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.04%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 32 (33.33%) Agile
3 31 (32.29%) CI/CD
4 24 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 23 (23.96%) Mentoring
6 20 (20.83%) Coaching
7 19 (19.79%) Software Testing
8 18 (18.75%) Validation
9 16 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (16.67%) Software Engineering
10 15 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (12.50%) DevOps
12 11 (11.46%) Design for Test
12 11 (11.46%) Test Scripting
13 10 (10.42%) Defect Management
13 10 (10.42%) Non-Functional Testing
13 10 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
14 9 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
14 9 (9.38%) Regression Testing
15 8 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (21.88%) Java
2 15 (15.63%) JavaScript
2 15 (15.63%) Python
3 8 (8.33%) SQL
4 7 (7.29%) C#
5 6 (6.25%) Bash
5 6 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.08%) C
6 2 (2.08%) C++
7 1 (1.04%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.04%) Go
7 1 (1.04%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.04%) Rust
7 1 (1.04%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.04%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 16 (16.67%) Degree
3 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.17%) ISTQB
6 3 (3.13%) HND
7 2 (2.08%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.04%) HNC
8 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.75%) QA
2 17 (17.71%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (6.25%) Docker
2 2 (2.08%) Firmware
3 1 (1.04%) QEMU
3 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (2.08%) Peregrine
2 1 (1.04%) Conga
2 1 (1.04%) GoCardless
2 1 (1.04%) Keysight
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.04%) Salesforce