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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 84 101
Rank change year-on-year +18 +17 -37
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 866 692 707
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.71% 4.23% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.55% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 389 325 487
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,600 £40,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £46,278
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 £82,751 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 19,144 15,200 21,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.93% 92.99% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,801 8,843 14,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,077
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%

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 3 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 (1.85%) Confluence
2 13 (1.50%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.50%) Mule
3 11 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.69%) Apache
4 6 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.58%) CMS
5 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.46%) Camunda
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.58%) Moqups
2 5 (0.58%) Simulink
3 4 (0.46%) Lightworks
4 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.12%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 415 (47.92%) AWS
2 266 (30.72%) Azure
3 182 (21.02%) SaaS
4 133 (15.36%) GCP
5 74 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
6 66 (7.62%) GitHub
7 59 (6.81%) Serverless
8 52 (6.00%) Amazon EKS
9 39 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.23%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.66%) Azure AKS
12 22 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (2.08%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.73%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (1.50%) Figma
16 13 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.50%) TestFlight
17 11 (1.27%) Datadog
17 11 (1.27%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 68 (7.85%) Broadband
2 13 (1.50%) SSL
2 13 (1.50%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.15%) DNS
4 6 (0.69%) Firewall
5 5 (0.58%) CHAP
5 5 (0.58%) DHCP
5 5 (0.58%) SMS
6 4 (0.46%) LAN
6 4 (0.46%) MQTT
6 4 (0.46%) Network Security
6 4 (0.46%) WAN
6 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.35%) VPN
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
7 3 (0.35%) X.509
8 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) 5G
9 1 (0.12%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (10.05%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.47%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.93%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.89%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.66%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.08%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.73%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.50%) Power BI
9 12 (1.39%) MySQL
10 10 (1.15%) Metadata
11 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.04%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.92%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.92%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.81%) Big Data
14 6 (0.69%) Redis
15 5 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.58%) Spark SQL
16 4 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 82 (9.47%) Git
2 56 (6.47%) TeamCity
3 53 (6.12%) GitLab
4 52 (6.00%) Selenium
5 51 (5.89%) Jenkins
6 36 (4.16%) Cypress.io
7 32 (3.70%) JIRA
8 27 (3.12%) Postman
9 15 (1.73%) JUnit
10 14 (1.62%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.50%) JMeter
12 11 (1.27%) Crashlytics
12 11 (1.27%) XCTest
13 9 (1.04%) Bitbucket
13 9 (1.04%) Gatling
14 8 (0.92%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.81%) NUnit
15 7 (0.81%) TestRail
16 6 (0.69%) Appium
16 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
General
1 279 (32.22%) Social Skills
2 179 (20.67%) Finance
3 142 (16.40%) Law
4 118 (13.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (12.82%) Banking
6 95 (10.97%) Public Sector
7 91 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
7 91 (10.51%) Legal
8 79 (9.12%) Retail
9 49 (5.66%) Financial Institution
10 46 (5.31%) Back Office
11 42 (4.85%) Marketing
12 40 (4.62%) Games
13 22 (2.54%) Manufacturing
14 21 (2.42%) Electronics
15 17 (1.96%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.73%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.27%) Investment Banking
18 9 (1.04%) Legal Technology
18 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 248 (28.64%) Senior
2 148 (17.09%) Lead
3 129 (14.90%) Software Engineer
4 110 (12.70%) Developer
5 61 (7.04%) Test Engineer
6 50 (5.77%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.66%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.54%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.54%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.54%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.54%) Service Manager
9 44 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
10 43 (4.97%) Engineering Manager
10 43 (4.97%) Software Manager
11 38 (4.39%) Senior Developer
11 38 (4.39%) Software Engineering Manager
12 34 (3.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 34 (3.93%) Java Engineer
13 33 (3.81%) QA Engineer
13 33 (3.81%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (14.43%) Terraform
2 110 (12.70%) React
3 73 (8.43%) REST
4 71 (8.20%) Node.js
5 68 (7.85%) Spring
6 63 (7.27%) Playwright
7 59 (6.81%) .NET
8 52 (6.00%) RESTful
9 50 (5.77%) Middleware
10 31 (3.58%) Spring Boot
11 28 (3.23%) AngularJS
12 24 (2.77%) CSS
13 23 (2.66%) Next.js
14 20 (2.31%) AWS CDK
14 20 (2.31%) Django
14 20 (2.31%) React Native
15 18 (2.08%) HTML
16 17 (1.96%) OAuth
17 16 (1.85%) Kafka
17 16 (1.85%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 177 (20.44%) Cloud Native
2 134 (15.47%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.93%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.58%) Virtual Team
5 56 (6.47%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (4.97%) Mobile App
7 38 (4.39%) Blog
7 38 (4.39%) Low-Code
8 31 (3.58%) Public Cloud
8 31 (3.58%) Video\Live Streaming
9 27 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (3.12%) Marketing Technology
10 25 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.62%) Algorithms
12 14 (1.62%) Embedded Systems
13 12 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.27%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.39%) Linux
2 44 (5.08%) Windows
3 32 (3.70%) Apple iOS
4 31 (3.58%) Unix
5 27 (3.12%) Android
6 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.35%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.23%) CentOS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.12%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (58.08%) CI/CD
2 390 (45.03%) Agile
3 342 (39.49%) Software Engineering
4 334 (38.57%) DevOps
5 322 (37.18%) Mentoring
6 293 (33.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 207 (23.90%) AI
8 191 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
9 149 (17.21%) Software Testing
10 148 (17.09%) Coaching
11 137 (15.82%) Microservices
12 136 (15.70%) Test Strategy
13 131 (15.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 129 (14.90%) Technical Leadership
15 126 (14.55%) Infrastructure as Code
16 124 (14.32%) Full-Stack Development
17 122 (14.09%) Observability
18 115 (13.28%) Clean Code
19 105 (12.12%) Decision-Making
20 104 (12.01%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 253 (29.21%) Python
2 225 (25.98%) Java
3 172 (19.86%) JavaScript
4 148 (17.09%) TypeScript
5 135 (15.59%) C#
6 105 (12.12%) SQL
7 65 (7.51%) PowerShell
8 49 (5.66%) Go
9 24 (2.77%) Bash
10 23 (2.66%) Kotlin
11 16 (1.85%) C++
12 14 (1.62%) Swift
13 13 (1.50%) DataWeave
14 12 (1.39%) PHP
15 10 (1.15%) C
15 10 (1.15%) Rust
16 8 (0.92%) Clojure
17 6 (0.69%) Bicep
18 5 (0.58%) Scala
18 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 65 (7.51%) SC Cleared
3 57 (6.58%) ITIL Certification
4 55 (6.35%) Degree
5 53 (6.12%) CISM
5 53 (6.12%) CISSP
6 29 (3.35%) ISTQB
7 16 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.69%) CISA
11 5 (0.58%) CGEIT
11 5 (0.58%) FFIEC
11 5 (0.58%) SANS
12 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.46%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.46%) OSCP
13 3 (0.35%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (24.25%) QA
2 72 (8.31%) Accessibility
3 56 (6.47%) NIST
4 49 (5.66%) ISO 22301
5 34 (3.93%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.96%) GDPR
7 13 (1.50%) WCAG
8 12 (1.39%) GRC
9 8 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.58%) COBIT
11 4 (0.46%) SLA
11 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.35%) ECSS
12 3 (0.35%) PERC
13 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.12%) DO-160
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
14 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 100 (11.55%) Docker
2 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.69%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) KVM
5 1 (0.12%) QEMU
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 135 (15.59%) Kubernetes
2 66 (7.62%) Grafana
3 16 (1.85%) Ansible
3 16 (1.85%) Argo
4 13 (1.50%) CloudHub
5 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.23%) MIIS
7 1 (0.12%) Consul
7 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (9.01%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.00%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.66%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.42%) Oracle
5 17 (1.96%) Databricks
6 15 (1.73%) SAP
7 14 (1.62%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.50%) Braze
9 12 (1.39%) Pega
10 11 (1.27%) Amplitude
11 9 (1.04%) Google
12 8 (0.92%) IFS
12 8 (0.92%) VMware
13 5 (0.58%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
15 3 (0.35%) Cisco
15 3 (0.35%) HP
15 3 (0.35%) Informatica