Hybrid/Remote Testing Manager Job Trends

Testing Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Testing Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 - 548
Rank change year-on-year - - +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Testing Manager 2 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.012% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £105,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 - £70,000

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 15,828 12,696 28,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 94.67% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,729 8,898 24,017
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Testing Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Testing Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Testing Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Testing Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Testing Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Testing Manager job vacancies

Testing Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, Testing Manager 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 Testing Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ACCA
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) CCSAM
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) GPEN
2 1 (50.00%) GXPN
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSCE
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP

Testing Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Go
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Ruby
1 1 (50.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ACCA
2 1 (50.00%) CCSAM
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) GPEN
2 1 (50.00%) GXPN
2 1 (50.00%) OSCE
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley