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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 76 105
Rank change year-on-year +17 +29 -50
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 850 755 819
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.95% 4.57% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 4.90% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 406 375 633
10th Percentile £45,374 £39,250 £38,050
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,875 £98,474 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 17,794 15,412 26,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 93.25% 88.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12,991 9,129 20,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,900 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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 20 July 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 11 (1.29%) Anypoint
1 11 (1.29%) Mule
2 10 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.18%) Confluence
3 8 (0.94%) Apache
3 8 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.82%) CMS
5 5 (0.59%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.47%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) Camunda
7 2 (0.24%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.24%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.47%) Lightworks
2 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.47%) Simulink
3 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 19 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.53%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 425 (50.00%) AWS
2 264 (31.06%) Azure
3 152 (17.88%) SaaS
4 143 (16.82%) GCP
5 75 (8.82%) Serverless
6 74 (8.71%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (8.00%) GitHub
8 59 (6.94%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (3.06%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.35%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (1.88%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (1.76%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.76%) PaaS
16 14 (1.65%) Firebase
16 14 (1.65%) Stripe
16 14 (1.65%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 70 (8.24%) Broadband
2 11 (1.29%) SSL
3 7 (0.82%) CHAP
4 6 (0.71%) DNS
5 5 (0.59%) SMS
5 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.47%) Firewall
6 4 (0.47%) MQTT
7 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.35%) Network Security
7 3 (0.35%) VPN
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) DHCP
9 1 (0.12%) LAN
9 1 (0.12%) WAN
9 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (11.18%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (8.00%) MongoDB
3 33 (3.88%) NoSQL
4 27 (3.18%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.35%) MySQL
6 16 (1.88%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.53%) Metadata
9 11 (1.29%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.18%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.06%) Power BI
12 7 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.71%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.59%) Spark SQL
15 4 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.47%) Big Data
16 3 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
16 3 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 60 (7.06%) Git
1 60 (7.06%) TeamCity
2 52 (6.12%) Selenium
3 47 (5.53%) Jenkins
4 40 (4.71%) GitLab
5 31 (3.65%) Cypress.io
6 26 (3.06%) JIRA
7 22 (2.59%) Postman
8 19 (2.24%) JMeter
9 15 (1.76%) Cucumber
10 14 (1.65%) Crashlytics
10 14 (1.65%) XCTest
11 12 (1.41%) SpecFlow
12 9 (1.06%) JUnit
13 8 (0.94%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.82%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.82%) TestRail
14 7 (0.82%) WebDriver
14 7 (0.82%) XCUITest
15 6 (0.71%) Gatling
General
1 239 (28.12%) Social Skills
2 178 (20.94%) Finance
3 151 (17.76%) Law
4 116 (13.65%) Banking
5 114 (13.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 105 (12.35%) Public Sector
7 81 (9.53%) Retail
8 70 (8.24%) Legal
9 66 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
10 50 (5.88%) Financial Institution
11 45 (5.29%) Back Office
11 45 (5.29%) Games
12 32 (3.76%) Marketing
13 23 (2.71%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.65%) Electronics
15 11 (1.29%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.06%) Legal Technology
17 7 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 249 (29.29%) Senior
2 141 (16.59%) Lead
3 139 (16.35%) Software Engineer
4 104 (12.24%) Developer
5 52 (6.12%) Test Engineer
6 48 (5.65%) Java Engineer
7 44 (5.18%) IT Manager
7 44 (5.18%) IT Services Manager
7 44 (5.18%) Resilience Manager
7 44 (5.18%) Senior Software Engineer
7 44 (5.18%) Service Manager
8 42 (4.94%) DevOps Engineer
8 42 (4.94%) Senior Developer
9 41 (4.82%) Engineering Manager
9 41 (4.82%) Senior Manager
10 39 (4.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 38 (4.47%) Software Manager
12 37 (4.35%) Testing Manager
13 36 (4.24%) QA Engineer
14 35 (4.12%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (11.76%) React
2 65 (7.65%) Node.js
3 64 (7.53%) Spring
4 63 (7.41%) Playwright
5 61 (7.18%) .NET
5 61 (7.18%) RESTful
6 58 (6.82%) REST
7 48 (5.65%) Middleware
8 32 (3.76%) Spring Boot
9 25 (2.94%) AngularJS
10 23 (2.71%) AWS CDK
11 20 (2.35%) Next.js
12 17 (2.00%) CSS
12 17 (2.00%) Django
12 17 (2.00%) HTML
13 15 (1.76%) OAuth
13 15 (1.76%) React Native
14 14 (1.65%) Kafka
14 14 (1.65%) OAuth2
14 14 (1.65%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 189 (22.24%) Cloud Native
2 113 (13.29%) Product Ownership
3 55 (6.47%) Cyber Threat
4 50 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (5.29%) Virtual Team
6 40 (4.71%) Mobile App
7 37 (4.35%) Low-Code
8 33 (3.88%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (3.76%) Video\Live Streaming
10 31 (3.65%) Blog
11 28 (3.29%) Public Cloud
12 26 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (2.24%) Management Information System
14 16 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
15 13 (1.53%) Onboarding
16 12 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
17 11 (1.29%) Cyberattack
17 11 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
18 10 (1.18%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.29%) Linux
2 37 (4.35%) Windows
3 35 (4.12%) Apple iOS
4 31 (3.65%) Unix
5 26 (3.06%) Android
6 3 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 483 (56.82%) CI/CD
2 389 (45.76%) Agile
3 322 (37.88%) Mentoring
4 317 (37.29%) DevOps
5 309 (36.35%) Software Engineering
6 260 (30.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 174 (20.47%) AI
8 171 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
9 159 (18.71%) Microservices
10 158 (18.59%) Coaching
11 142 (16.71%) Infrastructure as Code
12 133 (15.65%) Software Testing
13 130 (15.29%) Full-Stack Development
14 126 (14.82%) Observability
15 123 (14.47%) Clean Code
16 117 (13.76%) Technical Leadership
17 115 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 114 (13.41%) Test Strategy
19 105 (12.35%) Deployment Automation
20 102 (12.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 242 (28.47%) Java
2 237 (27.88%) Python
3 147 (17.29%) JavaScript
4 129 (15.18%) TypeScript
5 112 (13.18%) C#
6 108 (12.71%) SQL
7 58 (6.82%) PowerShell
8 46 (5.41%) Go
9 25 (2.94%) Bash
10 20 (2.35%) Kotlin
11 14 (1.65%) Swift
12 12 (1.41%) PHP
13 11 (1.29%) DataWeave
14 10 (1.18%) C++
15 9 (1.06%) C
16 8 (0.94%) Clojure
17 7 (0.82%) Rust
18 6 (0.71%) Apex Code
19 5 (0.59%) Ruby
19 5 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (8.35%) Security Cleared
2 68 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 57 (6.71%) CISSP
4 56 (6.59%) ITIL Certification
5 51 (6.00%) CISM
5 51 (6.00%) Degree
6 25 (2.94%) ISTQB
7 9 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (0.82%) CGEIT
8 7 (0.82%) CISA
8 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.82%) FFIEC
8 7 (0.82%) SANS
9 6 (0.71%) CEH
10 5 (0.59%) CREST Certified
10 5 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.59%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.59%) OSCP
11 4 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (23.76%) QA
2 63 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 59 (6.94%) NIST
4 50 (5.88%) ISO 22301
5 35 (4.12%) Data Quality
6 23 (2.71%) GDPR
7 11 (1.29%) GRC
7 11 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.29%) WCAG
8 7 (0.82%) COBIT
9 4 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.35%) ECSS
10 3 (0.35%) PERC
11 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.12%) MiFID
11 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.12%) SLA
11 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 80 (9.41%) Docker
2 10 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.35%) Firmware
4 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) KVM
5 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 132 (15.53%) Terraform
2 131 (15.41%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.35%) Grafana
4 16 (1.88%) Argo
5 15 (1.76%) Ansible
6 11 (1.29%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.24%) MIIS
10 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.12%) Podman
10 1 (0.12%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.18%) ServiceNow
3 24 (2.82%) Oracle
3 24 (2.82%) Salesforce
4 18 (2.12%) Databricks
5 16 (1.88%) Braze
6 14 (1.65%) Amplitude
7 13 (1.53%) VMware
8 12 (1.41%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.41%) Pega
8 12 (1.41%) SAP
9 11 (1.29%) Google
10 8 (0.94%) Commvault
10 8 (0.94%) IFS
11 5 (0.59%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.47%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.35%) Foundry
13 3 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.35%) Xilinx