Hybrid/Remote Test Automation Job Trends

Automated Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 81 100
Rank change year-on-year +15 +19 -34
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 877 688 690
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.66% 4.24% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 4.56% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 394 319 442
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,664 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £63,500 £62,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.20% +4.58% -4.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,614 15,094 20,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.92% 93.04% 87.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14,115 8,698 12,932
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,252
25th Percentile £44,784 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Test Automation job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Test Automation
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Test Automation salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Test Automation
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 16 (1.82%) Confluence
2 13 (1.48%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.48%) Mule
3 11 (1.25%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.68%) Apache
4 6 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.68%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.57%) CMS
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.46%) Camunda
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.57%) Moqups
3 5 (0.57%) Simulink
4 4 (0.46%) Lightworks
5 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.08%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Magento
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 422 (48.12%) AWS
2 271 (30.90%) Azure
3 184 (20.98%) SaaS
4 135 (15.39%) GCP
5 72 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (7.41%) GitHub
7 60 (6.84%) Serverless
8 54 (6.16%) Amazon EKS
9 38 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (3.08%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.62%) Azure AKS
12 21 (2.39%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (1.94%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.60%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (1.60%) GitHub Copilot
15 13 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (1.48%) Azure Functions
15 13 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (1.37%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.30%) Broadband
2 14 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.48%) SSL
4 10 (1.14%) DNS
5 6 (0.68%) Firewall
6 5 (0.57%) DHCP
6 5 (0.57%) SMS
7 4 (0.46%) CHAP
7 4 (0.46%) LAN
7 4 (0.46%) MQTT
7 4 (0.46%) Network Security
7 4 (0.46%) WAN
7 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
8 3 (0.34%) X.509
9 2 (0.23%) 5G
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
10 1 (0.11%) Diameter Protocol
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (9.92%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.39%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.88%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.85%) NoSQL
5 24 (2.74%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.05%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.71%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.48%) MySQL
8 13 (1.48%) Power BI
9 11 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (1.25%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.14%) Metadata
11 9 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.03%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.91%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.91%) Redis
13 7 (0.80%) Big Data
14 6 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.57%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 86 (9.81%) Git
2 58 (6.61%) TeamCity
3 54 (6.16%) GitLab
3 54 (6.16%) Selenium
4 50 (5.70%) Jenkins
5 38 (4.33%) Cypress.io
6 31 (3.53%) JIRA
7 27 (3.08%) Postman
8 16 (1.82%) JUnit
9 15 (1.71%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.48%) JMeter
11 10 (1.14%) Crashlytics
11 10 (1.14%) XCTest
12 9 (1.03%) Bitbucket
12 9 (1.03%) Gatling
13 8 (0.91%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.80%) NUnit
14 7 (0.80%) TestRail
14 7 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.68%) Appium
General
1 276 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 190 (21.66%) Finance
3 142 (16.19%) Law
4 122 (13.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (13.23%) Banking
6 95 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
6 95 (10.83%) Public Sector
7 90 (10.26%) Legal
8 80 (9.12%) Retail
9 50 (5.70%) Financial Institution
10 48 (5.47%) Back Office
11 42 (4.79%) Marketing
12 36 (4.10%) Games
13 22 (2.51%) Electronics
14 21 (2.39%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.94%) Aerospace
15 17 (1.94%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.25%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.91%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 249 (28.39%) Senior
2 148 (16.88%) Lead
3 132 (15.05%) Software Engineer
4 110 (12.54%) Developer
5 62 (7.07%) Test Engineer
6 50 (5.70%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.59%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.47%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.47%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.47%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.47%) Service Manager
9 44 (5.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 43 (4.90%) Engineering Manager
10 43 (4.90%) Software Manager
11 38 (4.33%) Senior Developer
11 38 (4.33%) Software Engineering Manager
12 34 (3.88%) Java Engineer
12 34 (3.88%) QA Engineer
13 33 (3.76%) Senior DevOps
13 33 (3.76%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (14.48%) Terraform
2 106 (12.09%) React
3 72 (8.21%) Node.js
3 72 (8.21%) REST
4 69 (7.87%) Spring
5 63 (7.18%) Playwright
6 58 (6.61%) .NET
7 53 (6.04%) RESTful
8 50 (5.70%) Middleware
9 31 (3.53%) Spring Boot
10 29 (3.31%) AngularJS
11 28 (3.19%) CSS
12 22 (2.51%) Next.js
13 21 (2.39%) HTML
14 20 (2.28%) React Native
15 19 (2.17%) AWS CDK
15 19 (2.17%) Django
16 17 (1.94%) OAuth
17 16 (1.82%) OAuth2
17 16 (1.82%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 184 (20.98%) Cloud Native
2 139 (15.85%) Product Ownership
3 61 (6.96%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.50%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.93%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (4.90%) Mobile App
7 38 (4.33%) Blog
7 38 (4.33%) Low-Code
8 32 (3.65%) Public Cloud
9 31 (3.53%) Video\Live Streaming
10 27 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (3.08%) Marketing Technology
11 24 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.60%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
14 12 (1.37%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.25%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.18%) Linux
2 44 (5.02%) Windows
3 31 (3.53%) Apple iOS
3 31 (3.53%) Unix
4 28 (3.19%) Android
5 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.23%) CentOS
7 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (58.27%) CI/CD
2 390 (44.47%) Agile
3 348 (39.68%) Software Engineering
4 341 (38.88%) DevOps
5 327 (37.29%) Mentoring
6 297 (33.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 215 (24.52%) AI
8 195 (22.23%) Problem-Solving
9 152 (17.33%) Coaching
9 152 (17.33%) Software Testing
10 141 (16.08%) Microservices
11 137 (15.62%) Test Strategy
12 134 (15.28%) Technical Leadership
13 130 (14.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 124 (14.14%) Infrastructure as Code
15 122 (13.91%) Observability
16 121 (13.80%) Full-Stack Development
17 115 (13.11%) Clean Code
18 107 (12.20%) Validation
19 106 (12.09%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 258 (29.42%) Python
2 233 (26.57%) Java
3 171 (19.50%) JavaScript
4 147 (16.76%) TypeScript
5 136 (15.51%) C#
6 110 (12.54%) SQL
7 65 (7.41%) PowerShell
8 49 (5.59%) Go
9 24 (2.74%) Bash
10 23 (2.62%) Kotlin
11 16 (1.82%) C++
12 13 (1.48%) DataWeave
12 13 (1.48%) PHP
12 13 (1.48%) Swift
13 10 (1.14%) C
13 10 (1.14%) Rust
14 8 (0.91%) Clojure
15 7 (0.80%) Bicep
16 5 (0.57%) Scala
16 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (10.38%) Security Cleared
2 71 (8.10%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.39%) Degree
4 53 (6.04%) ITIL Certification
5 52 (5.93%) CISM
5 52 (5.93%) CISSP
6 30 (3.42%) ISTQB
7 17 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.91%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.57%) CISA
12 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.46%) CGEIT
12 4 (0.46%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.46%) FFIEC
12 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.46%) OSCP
12 4 (0.46%) SANS
13 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (23.95%) QA
2 79 (9.01%) Accessibility
3 55 (6.27%) NIST
4 49 (5.59%) ISO 22301
5 38 (4.33%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.94%) WCAG
7 16 (1.82%) GDPR
8 13 (1.48%) GRC
9 8 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.46%) COBIT
10 4 (0.46%) SLA
10 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.34%) ECSS
11 3 (0.34%) PERC
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.11%) DO-160
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 100 (11.40%) Docker
2 8 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 137 (15.62%) Kubernetes
2 69 (7.87%) Grafana
3 16 (1.82%) Argo
4 15 (1.71%) Ansible
5 13 (1.48%) CloudHub
6 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.23%) MIIS
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 80 (9.12%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.85%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.39%) Oracle
4 19 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.05%) Databricks
6 15 (1.71%) SAP
7 14 (1.60%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.37%) Braze
8 12 (1.37%) Pega
9 10 (1.14%) Amplitude
9 10 (1.14%) Google
10 8 (0.91%) IFS
10 8 (0.91%) VMware
11 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.34%) Cisco
13 3 (0.34%) HP
13 3 (0.34%) Informatica