Test Automation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Automated Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 52 38
Rank change year-on-year -49 -14 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 986 2,309 5,866
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.92% 5.57% 8.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 5.79% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 748 1,658 2,960
10th Percentile £38,250 £41,500 £38,475
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,338 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Test Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Automation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
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 Automation.

Test Automation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Test Automation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
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 29 (2.94%) Confluence
2 20 (2.03%) IIS
3 16 (1.62%) Apache
4 11 (1.12%) CMS
5 8 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.81%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.81%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.30%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.20%) Moodle
10 1 (0.10%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) Mule
10 1 (0.10%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.10%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.10%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Endur
2 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.20%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.10%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 321 (32.56%) Azure
2 268 (27.18%) AWS
3 150 (15.21%) SaaS
4 126 (12.78%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (8.62%) GitHub
6 68 (6.90%) GCP
7 33 (3.35%) Serverless
8 32 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
9 29 (2.94%) PaaS
9 29 (2.94%) Power Platform
10 20 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.72%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.62%) IaaS
14 15 (1.52%) Azure Cognitive Services
14 15 (1.52%) BrowserStack
15 14 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (1.32%) Power Automate
17 11 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.93%) DNS
1 19 (1.93%) Internet
2 16 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 15 (1.52%) Firewall
4 10 (1.01%) SNMP
4 10 (1.01%) tcpdump
5 9 (0.91%) 5G
5 9 (0.91%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.91%) WAN
6 7 (0.71%) Network Security
7 5 (0.51%) MQTT
8 4 (0.41%) RS-232
8 4 (0.41%) VPN
8 4 (0.41%) Wireless
9 3 (0.30%) Broadband
9 3 (0.30%) HTTP
9 3 (0.30%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.20%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 65 (6.59%) MySQL
3 52 (5.27%) MongoDB
4 48 (4.87%) NoSQL
5 44 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (2.33%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.62%) DynamoDB
9 14 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (1.32%) Big Data
11 9 (0.91%) Redis
12 7 (0.71%) Power BI
13 6 (0.61%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.61%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.41%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.41%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 3 (0.30%) GIS
15 3 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
15 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 181 (18.36%) Selenium
2 151 (15.31%) Git
3 106 (10.75%) Jenkins
4 104 (10.55%) JIRA
5 76 (7.71%) Postman
6 67 (6.80%) Cucumber
7 56 (5.68%) JMeter
8 48 (4.87%) Cypress.io
8 48 (4.87%) TeamCity
9 47 (4.77%) Visual Studio
10 43 (4.36%) SpecFlow
11 37 (3.75%) Team Foundation Server
12 31 (3.14%) Bitbucket
13 29 (2.94%) JUnit
14 26 (2.64%) SoapUI
15 24 (2.43%) Appium
15 24 (2.43%) REST Assured
16 21 (2.13%) Maven
17 18 (1.83%) GitLab
17 18 (1.83%) WebDriver
General
1 214 (21.70%) Social Skills
2 165 (16.73%) Finance
3 75 (7.61%) Public Sector
4 73 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (7.00%) Retail
6 56 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (5.38%) Law
8 45 (4.56%) Banking
9 35 (3.55%) Aerospace
10 31 (3.14%) Electronics
11 30 (3.04%) Automotive
12 24 (2.43%) Legal
12 24 (2.43%) Marketing
13 19 (1.93%) Games
13 19 (1.93%) Police
14 18 (1.83%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 18 (1.83%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.72%) Back Office
16 11 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (23.63%) Developer
2 203 (20.59%) Senior
3 175 (17.75%) Software Engineer
4 107 (10.85%) Tester
5 102 (10.34%) Lead
6 83 (8.42%) QA Engineer
7 77 (7.81%) Test Engineer
8 69 (7.00%) Software Developer
9 67 (6.80%) Senior Software Engineer
10 65 (6.59%) Java Engineer
11 59 (5.98%) Senior Developer
12 53 (5.38%) Java Software Engineer
13 50 (5.07%) Automation Tester
14 42 (4.26%) Full Stack Developer
15 41 (4.16%) QA Leader
16 40 (4.06%) Analyst
17 37 (3.75%) Software Tester
18 36 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
19 33 (3.35%) Senior Java Engineer
20 32 (3.25%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (17.65%) .NET
2 96 (9.74%) HTML
2 96 (9.74%) React
3 90 (9.13%) RESTful
4 89 (9.03%) CSS
5 86 (8.72%) REST
6 64 (6.49%) AngularJS
7 52 (5.27%) Node.js
8 51 (5.17%) Web Services
9 48 (4.87%) JSON
10 47 (4.77%) Spring Boot
11 46 (4.67%) .NET Core
12 45 (4.56%) Spring
13 40 (4.06%) ASP.NET
14 36 (3.65%) Playwright
15 32 (3.25%) Vue
16 30 (3.04%) .NET Framework
17 27 (2.74%) XML
18 25 (2.54%) Laravel
19 23 (2.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.98%) Product Ownership
2 36 (3.65%) Greenfield Project
3 35 (3.55%) Cloud Native
4 29 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.74%) Data Structures
6 26 (2.64%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.33%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 21 (2.13%) Low-Code
9 21 (2.13%) Satnav
10 20 (2.03%) IoT
11 19 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.72%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.52%) Blog
14 13 (1.32%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
16 11 (1.12%) Client/Server
16 11 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
16 11 (1.12%) Private Cloud
17 10 (1.01%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 93 (9.43%) Linux
2 68 (6.90%) Windows
3 26 (2.64%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.52%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.42%) Android
6 13 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.12%) FreeRTOS
7 11 (1.12%) Unix
8 7 (0.71%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (54.26%) Agile
2 330 (33.47%) DevOps
3 291 (29.51%) Software Engineering
4 280 (28.40%) CI/CD
5 226 (22.92%) Software Testing
6 191 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
7 176 (17.85%) Mentoring
8 169 (17.14%) TDD
9 162 (16.43%) Microservices
10 160 (16.23%) Scrum
11 130 (13.18%) BDD
12 129 (13.08%) Coaching
13 126 (12.78%) Continuous Integration
14 110 (11.16%) Code Quality
15 108 (10.95%) Test Scripting
16 100 (10.14%) Full Stack Development
17 94 (9.53%) Continuous Improvement
18 86 (8.72%) SDLC
19 82 (8.32%) Manual Testing
19 82 (8.32%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 247 (25.05%) JavaScript
2 241 (24.44%) C#
3 229 (23.23%) Java
4 219 (22.21%) SQL
5 182 (18.46%) Python
6 96 (9.74%) TypeScript
7 65 (6.59%) C
8 46 (4.67%) C++
9 41 (4.16%) PHP
10 34 (3.45%) Bash
10 34 (3.45%) PowerShell
11 23 (2.33%) Perl
12 15 (1.52%) Go
13 13 (1.32%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.22%) Ruby
15 11 (1.12%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.81%) Bicep
17 7 (0.71%) VB.NET
18 6 (0.61%) MATLAB
19 5 (0.51%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 140 (14.20%) Degree
2 117 (11.87%) Security Cleared
3 59 (5.98%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.36%) ISTQB
5 41 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (2.94%) DBS Check
8 27 (2.74%) DV Cleared
9 20 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.62%) ISEB
11 9 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.41%) CIPD
15 4 (0.41%) GIAC
15 4 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.30%) PMI Certification
16 3 (0.30%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (30.12%) QA
2 26 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.13%) Software Quality Assurance
4 17 (1.72%) ISO 9001
5 12 (1.22%) NCSC
6 7 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.61%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.51%) PMO
8 5 (0.51%) WCAG
9 3 (0.30%) SLA
10 2 (0.20%) GDPR
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.10%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 126 (12.78%) Docker
2 11 (1.12%) Firmware
3 10 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.81%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.41%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 100 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 90 (9.13%) Terraform
3 59 (5.98%) Ansible
4 36 (3.65%) Grafana
5 30 (3.04%) Progress Chef
6 25 (2.54%) Puppet
7 15 (1.52%) Kibana
8 10 (1.01%) Graphite
8 10 (1.01%) HAProxy
8 10 (1.01%) Nagios
8 10 (1.01%) Salt
8 10 (1.01%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.71%) MIIS
10 5 (0.51%) Argo
11 1 (0.10%) Consul
11 1 (0.10%) cPanel
11 1 (0.10%) Packer
11 1 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 121 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.14%) Google
3 18 (1.83%) Automation Anywhere
3 18 (1.83%) Oracle
4 13 (1.32%) Blue Prism
4 13 (1.32%) UiPath
5 12 (1.22%) Xamarin
6 11 (1.12%) Databricks
7 10 (1.01%) Splunk
8 9 (0.91%) Dell
8 9 (0.91%) MuleSoft
9 8 (0.81%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.71%) IBM
11 6 (0.61%) Adobe
11 6 (0.61%) OutSystems
12 5 (0.51%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.51%) iManage
12 5 (0.51%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.41%) Apple
13 4 (0.41%) VMware