Test Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Test Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Engineer salary in Work from Home is £47,387 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 473 381 434
Rank change year-on-year -92 +53 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 116 294 533
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.73% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.76% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 66 232 366
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,875
25th Percentile £37,688 £41,813 £40,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,387 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.84% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,644 38,473 69,882
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.14% 95.93% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,976 27,318 42,108
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

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 23 May 2024, 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 remote work options featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (67.24%) Test Automation
2 58 (50.00%) Agile
3 45 (38.79%) Software Testing
4 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (25.00%) QA
5 29 (25.00%) DevOps
6 27 (23.28%) Security Cleared
7 25 (21.55%) CI/CD
8 24 (20.69%) Social Skills
8 24 (20.69%) Degree
9 22 (18.97%) Selenium
9 22 (18.97%) Test Scripting
10 21 (18.10%) SQL
10 21 (18.10%) Regression Testing
11 20 (17.24%) JIRA
12 19 (16.38%) Azure
12 19 (16.38%) Non-Functional Testing
12 19 (16.38%) Postman
13 18 (15.52%) Continuous Integration
14 17 (14.66%) Software Engineering
14 17 (14.66%) BDD
15 16 (13.79%) Retail
15 16 (13.79%) Microsoft
15 16 (13.79%) JavaScript
15 16 (13.79%) C#
15 16 (13.79%) Python
16 15 (12.93%) ISTQB
16 15 (12.93%) AWS
16 15 (12.93%) SDLC
17 14 (12.07%) Mentoring

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 10 (8.62%) Confluence
2 2 (1.72%) MTS
3 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.59%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.38%) Azure
2 15 (12.93%) AWS
3 9 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (5.17%) GitHub
5 4 (3.45%) Cloud Composer
5 4 (3.45%) Cloud Functions
5 4 (3.45%) dbt
5 4 (3.45%) GCP
5 4 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 4 (3.45%) PaaS
5 4 (3.45%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.59%) SaaS
6 3 (2.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.17%) Internet
2 3 (2.59%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.76%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.45%) InfluxDB
3 4 (3.45%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.45%) Redis
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (3.45%) Tableau
4 1 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (18.97%) Selenium
2 20 (17.24%) JIRA
3 19 (16.38%) Postman
4 14 (12.07%) JMeter
5 12 (10.34%) Jenkins
6 11 (9.48%) Cucumber
6 11 (9.48%) SpecFlow
7 10 (8.62%) JBehave
8 9 (7.76%) JUnit
9 8 (6.90%) Bitbucket
10 6 (5.17%) Appium
10 6 (5.17%) SoapUI
10 6 (5.17%) TeamCity
11 4 (3.45%) Gatling
11 4 (3.45%) Git
11 4 (3.45%) GitLab
11 4 (3.45%) Katalon Studio
12 3 (2.59%) Cypress.io
12 3 (2.59%) LabVIEW
12 3 (2.59%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 24 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.79%) Retail
3 12 (10.34%) Electronics
4 10 (8.62%) Aerospace
5 9 (7.76%) Finance
6 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 7 (6.03%) Automotive
7 7 (6.03%) Marketing
8 6 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.17%) Military
9 4 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (3.45%) Welsh Language
10 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.72%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.86%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.34%) Gherkin
2 8 (6.90%) XML
3 6 (5.17%) .NET
4 5 (4.31%) Node.js
4 5 (4.31%) Web Services
5 4 (3.45%) HTML
5 4 (3.45%) OAuth
5 4 (3.45%) OAuth2
5 4 (3.45%) SOAP
5 4 (3.45%) WebdriverIO
5 4 (3.45%) XSLT
6 3 (2.59%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (2.59%) pytest
6 3 (2.59%) Qt
7 2 (1.72%) Laravel
7 2 (1.72%) MSMQ
8 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.86%) Behat
8 1 (0.86%) REST
8 1 (0.86%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.17%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.17%) Chip and PIN
2 6 (5.17%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.31%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.45%) NHS
4 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.59%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (2.59%) PCIe
6 2 (1.72%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.72%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.86%) Animation
7 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.90%) Linux
2 7 (6.03%) Windows
3 5 (4.31%) Unix
4 3 (2.59%) Android
5 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.72%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.72%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.86%) CentOS
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (67.24%) Test Automation
2 58 (50.00%) Agile
3 45 (38.79%) Software Testing
4 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (25.00%) DevOps
6 25 (21.55%) CI/CD
7 22 (18.97%) Test Scripting
8 21 (18.10%) Regression Testing
9 19 (16.38%) Non-Functional Testing
10 18 (15.52%) Continuous Integration
11 17 (14.66%) BDD
11 17 (14.66%) Software Engineering
12 15 (12.93%) SDLC
13 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
13 14 (12.07%) Test Strategy
14 13 (11.21%) Analytics
14 13 (11.21%) Defect Management
14 13 (11.21%) Load Testing
15 11 (9.48%) Coaching
15 11 (9.48%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.10%) SQL
2 16 (13.79%) C#
2 16 (13.79%) JavaScript
2 16 (13.79%) Python
3 10 (8.62%) Java
4 5 (4.31%) Groovy
5 4 (3.45%) Ruby
5 4 (3.45%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.59%) C
6 3 (2.59%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.59%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.72%) C++
7 2 (1.72%) PHP
7 2 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (23.28%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.69%) Degree
3 15 (12.93%) ISTQB
4 12 (10.34%) DBS Check
5 10 (8.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (6.90%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.45%) CIPD
8 4 (3.45%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.45%) GIAC
9 2 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.72%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (1.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.86%) ISEB
10 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (25.00%) QA
2 13 (11.21%) Accessibility
3 10 (8.62%) ISO 9001
4 3 (2.59%) COSHH
4 3 (2.59%) Def Stans
4 3 (2.59%) ISO 14001
4 3 (2.59%) MISRA
System Software
1 7 (6.03%) Docker
2 4 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.45%) VMware Server
3 3 (2.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (7.76%) Grafana
2 4 (3.45%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.90%) Google
3 6 (5.17%) Thales
4 4 (3.45%) Oracle
4 4 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.45%) Splunk
4 4 (3.45%) VMware
5 3 (2.59%) IBM
5 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.72%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.72%) EMC