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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 76 107
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 -54
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 749 744 898
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.61% 4.68% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 4.99% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 402 373 688
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,650 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,664 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,000 £68,788
90th Percentile £97,375 £103,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.60% +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 17,029 14,914 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.18% 93.86% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,466 8,777 22,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,809 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 1 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 10 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.07%) Apache
3 8 (1.07%) Confluence
4 6 (0.80%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.80%) CMS
4 6 (0.80%) Mule
5 5 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.53%) Lightworks
3 4 (0.53%) Simulink
4 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 368 (49.13%) AWS
2 211 (28.17%) Azure
3 140 (18.69%) GCP
4 76 (10.15%) Serverless
5 71 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (9.35%) SaaS
7 60 (8.01%) Amazon EKS
7 60 (8.01%) GitHub
8 36 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (3.47%) Power Platform
10 23 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
11 20 (2.67%) Azure AKS
12 18 (2.40%) Amazon S3
12 18 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (2.00%) Entra ID
13 15 (2.00%) PaaS
14 14 (1.87%) Firebase
14 14 (1.87%) Stripe
14 14 (1.87%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 70 (9.35%) Broadband
2 8 (1.07%) CHAP
3 6 (0.80%) DNS
3 6 (0.80%) SSL
4 5 (0.67%) SMS
5 4 (0.53%) Firewall
5 4 (0.53%) MQTT
6 3 (0.40%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.40%) Network Security
6 3 (0.40%) VPN
6 3 (0.40%) Wireless
7 2 (0.27%) HTTP
7 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.13%) DHCP
8 1 (0.13%) LAN
8 1 (0.13%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.13%) WAN
8 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (12.15%) PostgreSQL
2 67 (8.95%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.41%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.34%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.54%) MySQL
6 17 (2.27%) BigQuery
7 15 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
8 11 (1.47%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.47%) Metadata
8 11 (1.47%) Oracle Database
8 11 (1.47%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.34%) Power BI
10 7 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.67%) Spark SQL
12 4 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.53%) Big Data
12 4 (0.53%) Redis
13 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 59 (7.88%) TeamCity
2 53 (7.08%) Git
3 46 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 46 (6.14%) Selenium
4 38 (5.07%) GitLab
5 25 (3.34%) JIRA
6 24 (3.20%) Cypress.io
7 22 (2.94%) Postman
8 21 (2.80%) JMeter
9 17 (2.27%) Cucumber
10 14 (1.87%) Crashlytics
10 14 (1.87%) SpecFlow
10 14 (1.87%) XCTest
11 11 (1.47%) REST Assured
12 9 (1.20%) WebDriver
13 8 (1.07%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.07%) JUnit
14 7 (0.93%) Appium
14 7 (0.93%) XCUITest
15 6 (0.80%) TestRail
General
1 190 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 173 (23.10%) Finance
3 116 (15.49%) Banking
4 109 (14.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (13.75%) Public Sector
6 94 (12.55%) Law
7 84 (11.21%) Retail
8 50 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (6.54%) Financial Institution
10 46 (6.14%) Games
11 42 (5.61%) Back Office
12 23 (3.07%) Manufacturing
13 20 (2.67%) Legal
14 19 (2.54%) Marketing
15 11 (1.47%) Electronics
15 11 (1.47%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.20%) Legal Technology
17 8 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (29.24%) Senior
2 137 (18.29%) Software Engineer
3 125 (16.69%) Lead
4 95 (12.68%) Developer
5 60 (8.01%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.68%) Java Engineer
6 50 (6.68%) Senior Software Engineer
7 41 (5.47%) DevOps Engineer
7 41 (5.47%) QA Engineer
7 41 (5.47%) Senior Developer
8 39 (5.21%) Engineering Manager
9 36 (4.81%) Software Manager
10 35 (4.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 35 (4.67%) Java Software Engineer
11 33 (4.41%) Software Engineering Manager
12 31 (4.14%) Senior DevOps
13 29 (3.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 28 (3.74%) Architect
15 26 (3.47%) Test Automation Engineer
16 25 (3.34%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (12.55%) React
2 63 (8.41%) Spring
3 62 (8.28%) Node.js
4 61 (8.14%) .NET
4 61 (8.14%) RESTful
5 57 (7.61%) Playwright
6 56 (7.48%) REST
7 31 (4.14%) Spring Boot
8 25 (3.34%) AngularJS
9 22 (2.94%) AWS CDK
10 19 (2.54%) Next.js
11 18 (2.40%) React Native
12 17 (2.27%) CSS
12 17 (2.27%) HTML
13 15 (2.00%) Kafka
14 14 (1.87%) SwiftUI
14 14 (1.87%) UIKit
15 13 (1.74%) Django
15 13 (1.74%) JSON
16 12 (1.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 186 (24.83%) Cloud Native
2 104 (13.89%) Product Ownership
3 46 (6.14%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (5.21%) Mobile App
5 37 (4.94%) Low-Code
6 32 (4.27%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.27%) Video\Live Streaming
7 27 (3.60%) Public Cloud
8 20 (2.67%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.54%) Blog
9 19 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.87%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.47%) Cyberattack
13 11 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
14 10 (1.34%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.28%) Linux
2 41 (5.47%) Apple iOS
3 33 (4.41%) Windows
4 32 (4.27%) Unix
5 30 (4.01%) Android
6 3 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Debian
8 1 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (60.21%) CI/CD
2 339 (45.26%) Agile
3 270 (36.05%) Mentoring
4 262 (34.98%) Software Engineering
5 233 (31.11%) DevOps
6 207 (27.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 168 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (21.09%) Microservices
9 153 (20.43%) AI
9 153 (20.43%) Coaching
10 141 (18.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 127 (16.96%) Full-Stack Development
12 125 (16.69%) Observability
13 123 (16.42%) Clean Code
14 110 (14.69%) Technical Leadership
15 104 (13.89%) Deployment Automation
16 100 (13.35%) Validation
17 98 (13.08%) Roadmaps
18 93 (12.42%) Software Testing
19 87 (11.62%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 239 (31.91%) Java
2 196 (26.17%) Python
3 106 (14.15%) SQL
4 104 (13.89%) JavaScript
5 90 (12.02%) TypeScript
6 71 (9.48%) C#
7 48 (6.41%) Go
8 23 (3.07%) Bash
9 20 (2.67%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.40%) Kotlin
11 14 (1.87%) Swift
12 10 (1.34%) C++
13 9 (1.20%) PHP
14 8 (1.07%) C
14 8 (1.07%) Clojure
15 6 (0.80%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.80%) DataWeave
15 6 (0.80%) Rust
16 5 (0.67%) Ruby
16 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (9.21%) Security Cleared
2 65 (8.68%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.68%) Degree
4 25 (3.34%) ISTQB
5 14 (1.87%) CISSP
6 12 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.07%) CGEIT
8 8 (1.07%) CISA
8 8 (1.07%) CISM
8 8 (1.07%) FFIEC
8 8 (1.07%) SANS
9 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.80%) CEH
10 6 (0.80%) CREST Certified
10 6 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.80%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (22.30%) QA
2 68 (9.08%) Accessibility
3 30 (4.01%) Data Quality
4 23 (3.07%) GDPR
5 17 (2.27%) NIST
6 12 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.47%) GRC
8 10 (1.34%) WCAG
9 8 (1.07%) COBIT
10 6 (0.80%) ISO 22301
10 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.80%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.40%) ECSS
11 3 (0.40%) PERC
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 78 (10.41%) Docker
2 10 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 135 (18.02%) Terraform
2 134 (17.89%) Kubernetes
3 70 (9.35%) Grafana
4 18 (2.40%) Argo
5 15 (2.00%) Ansible
6 6 (0.80%) CloudHub
7 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) MIIS
10 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.13%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (8.54%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.34%) Oracle
3 22 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 19 (2.54%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.27%) Databricks
6 16 (2.14%) Braze
7 14 (1.87%) Amplitude
8 13 (1.74%) VMware
9 12 (1.60%) Pega
10 11 (1.47%) Google
11 9 (1.20%) Commvault
12 8 (1.07%) IFS
12 8 (1.07%) SAP
13 7 (0.93%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.67%) dotdigital
14 5 (0.67%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.53%) HubSpot
16 3 (0.40%) Informatica
16 3 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud