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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 84 96
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 -25
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 909 682 654
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.65% 4.13% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 4.40% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 414 291 374
10th Percentile £43,269 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,289 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -3.23%
75th Percentile £80,750 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £61,011 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.14% +8.33% -4.00%

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 20,087 15,504 18,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.59% 93.81% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,255 8,362 11,176
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 12 October 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 17 (1.87%) Confluence
2 13 (1.43%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.43%) Mule
3 10 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.88%) CMS
5 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.77%) Apache
7 6 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.66%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.55%) Camunda
8 5 (0.55%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.77%) Moqups
4 6 (0.66%) Simulink
5 5 (0.55%) Lightworks
6 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.97%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.22%) Magento
3 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.22%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 425 (46.75%) AWS
2 283 (31.13%) Azure
3 208 (22.88%) SaaS
4 144 (15.84%) GCP
5 80 (8.80%) GitHub
6 74 (8.14%) Amazon EKS
7 63 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (6.27%) Serverless
9 40 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (3.52%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.53%) Azure Functions
12 22 (2.42%) Azure AKS
12 22 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
13 21 (2.31%) Amazon S3
14 20 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
15 15 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
16 14 (1.54%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (1.43%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.94%) Broadband
2 14 (1.54%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.43%) SSL
4 10 (1.10%) DNS
5 8 (0.88%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.66%) Firewall
6 6 (0.66%) Network Security
7 5 (0.55%) DHCP
7 5 (0.55%) MQTT
7 5 (0.55%) SMS
8 4 (0.44%) LAN
8 4 (0.44%) WAN
8 4 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.44%) Wireless
9 3 (0.33%) VPN
9 3 (0.33%) X.509
10 2 (0.22%) 5G
10 2 (0.22%) CHAP
10 2 (0.22%) HTTP
10 2 (0.22%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (9.79%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (5.17%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.74%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.42%) Relational Database
5 19 (2.09%) NoSQL
6 18 (1.98%) BigQuery
6 18 (1.98%) Power BI
7 17 (1.87%) Metadata
8 16 (1.76%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
9 15 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
10 14 (1.54%) MySQL
11 13 (1.43%) Redis
12 11 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (1.10%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.77%) Big Data
14 7 (0.77%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.77%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 89 (9.79%) Git
2 75 (8.25%) TeamCity
3 64 (7.04%) GitLab
4 47 (5.17%) Selenium
5 46 (5.06%) Jenkins
6 37 (4.07%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.41%) JIRA
8 30 (3.30%) Postman
9 21 (2.31%) JUnit
10 15 (1.65%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.99%) JMeter
12 8 (0.88%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.88%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.77%) Appium
14 6 (0.66%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.66%) Claude Code
14 6 (0.66%) Gatling
14 6 (0.66%) Storybook
15 5 (0.55%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 281 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 212 (23.32%) Finance
3 154 (16.94%) Law
4 142 (15.62%) Banking
5 137 (15.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 117 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
7 111 (12.21%) Public Sector
8 100 (11.00%) Retail
9 83 (9.13%) Legal
10 59 (6.49%) Financial Institution
11 58 (6.38%) Back Office
12 44 (4.84%) Marketing
13 30 (3.30%) Games
14 22 (2.42%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.20%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.20%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.98%) Electronics
17 10 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.10%) Retail Banking
18 8 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 258 (28.38%) Senior
2 176 (19.36%) Software Engineer
3 136 (14.96%) Lead
4 105 (11.55%) Developer
5 70 (7.70%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.39%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.39%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.28%) DevOps Engineer
7 48 (5.28%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.28%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.28%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.28%) Service Manager
8 39 (4.29%) Java Engineer
8 39 (4.29%) Senior Software Engineer
9 38 (4.18%) Senior Developer
10 34 (3.74%) QA Engineer
10 34 (3.74%) Senior DevOps
10 34 (3.74%) Software Manager
11 33 (3.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 32 (3.52%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (16.06%) Terraform
2 80 (8.80%) React
3 76 (8.36%) REST
4 67 (7.37%) Node.js
5 66 (7.26%) .NET
6 65 (7.15%) Spring
7 59 (6.49%) Playwright
8 57 (6.27%) RESTful
9 53 (5.83%) Middleware
10 33 (3.63%) Spring Boot
11 30 (3.30%) CSS
12 23 (2.53%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.53%) HTML
13 22 (2.42%) Next.js
14 19 (2.09%) GraphQL
14 19 (2.09%) OAuth
15 18 (1.98%) LangChain
15 18 (1.98%) OAuth2
15 18 (1.98%) TensorFlow
16 17 (1.87%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 208 (22.88%) Cloud Native
2 135 (14.85%) Product Ownership
3 68 (7.48%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.27%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.72%) Cyber Threat
6 46 (5.06%) Blog
7 34 (3.74%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (3.63%) Low-Code
9 30 (3.30%) Public Cloud
10 27 (2.97%) Marketing Technology
11 25 (2.75%) Video\Live Streaming
12 24 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (1.54%) AI Agents
15 13 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
15 13 (1.43%) Management Information System
15 13 (1.43%) Onboarding
16 11 (1.21%) Mobile Banking
17 10 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.82%) Linux
2 44 (4.84%) Windows
3 34 (3.74%) Unix
4 29 (3.19%) Android
5 24 (2.64%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.33%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.22%) CentOS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (58.75%) CI/CD
2 392 (43.12%) Software Engineering
3 372 (40.92%) Agile
4 353 (38.83%) DevOps
5 352 (38.72%) Mentoring
6 302 (33.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 240 (26.40%) AI
8 195 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
9 181 (19.91%) Coaching
10 151 (16.61%) Microservices
11 150 (16.50%) Software Testing
12 143 (15.73%) Technical Leadership
13 125 (13.75%) Clean Code
13 125 (13.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 125 (13.75%) Test Strategy
14 122 (13.42%) Validation
15 120 (13.20%) Infrastructure as Code
15 120 (13.20%) Observability
16 116 (12.76%) Deployment Automation
17 107 (11.77%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 280 (30.80%) Python
2 255 (28.05%) Java
3 173 (19.03%) JavaScript
4 152 (16.72%) TypeScript
5 145 (15.95%) C#
6 133 (14.63%) SQL
7 65 (7.15%) PowerShell
8 56 (6.16%) Go
9 28 (3.08%) Kotlin
10 27 (2.97%) Bash
11 19 (2.09%) Rust
12 18 (1.98%) C++
13 14 (1.54%) PHP
14 13 (1.43%) DataWeave
15 11 (1.21%) Bicep
16 10 (1.10%) C
17 8 (0.88%) Swift
18 6 (0.66%) Clojure
18 6 (0.66%) MATLAB
18 6 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 107 (11.77%) Security Cleared
2 86 (9.46%) SC Cleared
3 54 (5.94%) Degree
4 53 (5.83%) ITIL Certification
5 50 (5.50%) CISM
5 50 (5.50%) CISSP
6 23 (2.53%) ISTQB
7 18 (1.98%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.44%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.44%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.44%) OSCP
13 3 (0.33%) CISA
13 3 (0.33%) ICAEW
13 3 (0.33%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (21.45%) QA
2 81 (8.91%) Accessibility
3 52 (5.72%) NIST
4 48 (5.28%) ISO 22301
5 47 (5.17%) Data Quality
6 19 (2.09%) WCAG
7 12 (1.32%) GDPR
8 7 (0.77%) GRC
9 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.44%) ECSS
10 4 (0.44%) SLA
10 4 (0.44%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.33%) EMIR
11 3 (0.33%) PERC
12 2 (0.22%) COBIT
12 2 (0.22%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
13 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.11%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 108 (11.88%) Docker
2 7 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.66%) Firmware
4 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 161 (17.71%) Kubernetes
2 95 (10.45%) Grafana
3 13 (1.43%) Argo
3 13 (1.43%) CloudHub
4 12 (1.32%) Ansible
5 9 (0.99%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.33%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 87 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.86%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.31%) Oracle
4 20 (2.20%) Google
4 20 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.98%) SAP
6 16 (1.76%) Databricks
7 14 (1.54%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.32%) Pega
9 8 (0.88%) Foundry
10 7 (0.77%) Dynatrace
10 7 (0.77%) Palantir
11 6 (0.66%) Braze
11 6 (0.66%) IFS
11 6 (0.66%) VMware
12 5 (0.55%) dotdigital
12 5 (0.55%) YouTube
13 4 (0.44%) Amplitude
13 4 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.44%) Zscaler