Test Automation Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Automation Test Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Automation Test Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 571 547
Rank change year-on-year +196 -24 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 22 21 126
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.062% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.065% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 20 14 114
10th Percentile £42,450 £36,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,375 £37,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -26.09% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,063 £56,250 £67,188
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £79,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £43,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +37.14% -20.45% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Test Automation Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Automation Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Test Automation Engineer.

Test Automation Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Test Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Test Automation Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Test Automation 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 13 (59.09%) Selenium
3 12 (54.55%) QA
4 11 (50.00%) SQL
5 10 (45.45%) Agile
6 8 (36.36%) Python
6 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
7 7 (31.82%) Postman
7 7 (31.82%) Validation
8 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
8 6 (27.27%) Software Testing
8 6 (27.27%) Manual Testing
8 6 (27.27%) SoapUI
8 6 (27.27%) SDLC
9 5 (22.73%) Cypress.io
9 5 (22.73%) Mobile App
9 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
9 5 (22.73%) End-to-End Testing
10 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
10 4 (18.18%) Performance Testing
10 4 (18.18%) Security Testing
10 4 (18.18%) Time Management
10 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
10 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
10 4 (18.18%) JUnit
10 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
10 4 (18.18%) Java
10 4 (18.18%) Regression Testing
10 4 (18.18%) TypeScript
10 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy

Test Automation 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 1 (4.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.55%) Big Data
2 1 (4.55%) Delta Lake
2 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (59.09%) Selenium
2 7 (31.82%) Postman
3 6 (27.27%) SoapUI
4 5 (22.73%) Cypress.io
5 4 (18.18%) Appium
5 4 (18.18%) JUnit
6 3 (13.64%) Git
6 3 (13.64%) TestNG
7 2 (9.09%) JIRA
7 2 (9.09%) JMeter
7 2 (9.09%) TeamCity
8 1 (4.55%) Cucumber
8 1 (4.55%) LoadRunner
8 1 (4.55%) Locust
8 1 (4.55%) Mocha
8 1 (4.55%) Robot Framework
8 1 (4.55%) TestRail
General
1 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (9.09%) Health Technology
2 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Billing
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) OpenFin
1 3 (13.64%) Playwright
1 3 (13.64%) pytest
2 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.55%) .NET
3 1 (4.55%) CSS
3 1 (4.55%) HTML
3 1 (4.55%) Jest
3 1 (4.55%) JSON
3 1 (4.55%) Node.js
3 1 (4.55%) RESTful
3 1 (4.55%) SOAP
3 1 (4.55%) Swagger
3 1 (4.55%) Web Services
3 1 (4.55%) XML
3 1 (4.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.55%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (45.45%) Agile
3 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
4 7 (31.82%) Validation
5 6 (27.27%) Manual Testing
5 6 (27.27%) SDLC
5 6 (27.27%) Software Testing
6 5 (22.73%) End-to-End Testing
6 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
7 4 (18.18%) API Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Exploratory Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Performance Testing
7 4 (18.18%) QA Automation
7 4 (18.18%) Regression Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
7 4 (18.18%) Security Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy
7 4 (18.18%) Time Management
8 3 (13.64%) Analytics
8 3 (13.64%) SDET
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) Python
3 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 4 (18.18%) Java
4 4 (18.18%) TypeScript
5 3 (13.64%) C#
6 1 (4.55%) Go
6 1 (4.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) QA
2 4 (18.18%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Databricks
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
92 Test Automation Engineer jobs with Hybrid/WFH options