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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 80 101
Rank change year-on-year +13 +21 -34
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 847 684 695
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.53% 4.23% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 4.54% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 378 313 435
10th Percentile £44,447 £40,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,468 £50,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £93,250 £95,000 £83,900
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.71%

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 19,495 15,078 20,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.33% 93.14% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,036 8,555 12,692
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,549 £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 15 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 (1.89%) Confluence
2 13 (1.53%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.53%) Mule
3 10 (1.18%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.71%) Apache
4 6 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.71%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.47%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) Camunda
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.59%) Moqups
3 5 (0.59%) Simulink
4 4 (0.47%) Lightworks
5 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.19%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
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
1 411 (48.52%) AWS
2 262 (30.93%) Azure
3 187 (22.08%) SaaS
4 138 (16.29%) GCP
5 66 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (7.20%) Amazon EKS
7 58 (6.85%) GitHub
8 54 (6.38%) Serverless
9 33 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.31%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.72%) Azure AKS
12 20 (2.36%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (1.77%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.77%) Azure Functions
13 15 (1.77%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.65%) GitHub Copilot
14 14 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
15 12 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (1.30%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.49%) Broadband
2 14 (1.65%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.53%) SSL
4 8 (0.94%) DNS
5 5 (0.59%) DHCP
5 5 (0.59%) SMS
6 4 (0.47%) CHAP
6 4 (0.47%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.47%) Firewall
6 4 (0.47%) LAN
6 4 (0.47%) MQTT
6 4 (0.47%) Network Security
6 4 (0.47%) WAN
6 4 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
7 3 (0.35%) X.509
8 2 (0.24%) 5G
8 2 (0.24%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) 4G
9 1 (0.12%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (5.90%) MongoDB
3 32 (3.78%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.83%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.72%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.13%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.77%) Semantic Layer
8 14 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (1.65%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.65%) Power BI
9 10 (1.18%) Metadata
9 10 (1.18%) MySQL
10 9 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.06%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.94%) Redis
12 7 (0.83%) Big Data
12 7 (0.83%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.71%) Parquet
14 5 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 85 (10.04%) Git
2 65 (7.67%) TeamCity
3 51 (6.02%) GitLab
4 49 (5.79%) Selenium
5 43 (5.08%) Jenkins
6 35 (4.13%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.66%) JIRA
8 27 (3.19%) Postman
9 16 (1.89%) JUnit
10 14 (1.65%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.18%) JMeter
12 8 (0.94%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.94%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.83%) Crashlytics
13 7 (0.83%) TestRail
13 7 (0.83%) XCTest
14 6 (0.71%) Gatling
14 6 (0.71%) NUnit
14 6 (0.71%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 270 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 195 (23.02%) Finance
3 148 (17.47%) Law
4 127 (14.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (14.76%) Banking
6 98 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (10.51%) Legal
7 89 (10.51%) Public Sector
7 89 (10.51%) Retail
8 53 (6.26%) Financial Institution
9 50 (5.90%) Back Office
10 42 (4.96%) Marketing
11 31 (3.66%) Games
12 22 (2.60%) Manufacturing
13 20 (2.36%) Electronics
14 18 (2.13%) Aerospace
14 18 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.30%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (27.74%) Senior
2 141 (16.65%) Lead
3 137 (16.17%) Software Engineer
4 102 (12.04%) Developer
5 55 (6.49%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.79%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.79%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.67%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.67%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.67%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.67%) Service Manager
8 44 (5.19%) DevOps Engineer
9 40 (4.72%) Engineering Manager
9 40 (4.72%) Software Manager
10 36 (4.25%) Java Engineer
10 36 (4.25%) Software Engineering Manager
11 35 (4.13%) Senior Developer
12 33 (3.90%) QA Engineer
12 33 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
13 32 (3.78%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (15.11%) Terraform
2 95 (11.22%) React
3 68 (8.03%) Node.js
3 68 (8.03%) Spring
4 64 (7.56%) REST
5 60 (7.08%) Playwright
6 56 (6.61%) .NET
7 51 (6.02%) RESTful
8 48 (5.67%) Middleware
9 31 (3.66%) Spring Boot
10 29 (3.42%) AngularJS
10 29 (3.42%) CSS
11 22 (2.60%) HTML
12 20 (2.36%) Next.js
13 18 (2.13%) React Native
14 17 (2.01%) OAuth
15 16 (1.89%) JWT
15 16 (1.89%) OAuth2
15 16 (1.89%) PySpark
15 16 (1.89%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 192 (22.67%) Cloud Native
2 136 (16.06%) Product Ownership
3 57 (6.73%) Virtual Team
4 56 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (6.14%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (5.08%) Blog
7 37 (4.37%) Mobile App
8 34 (4.01%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.78%) Public Cloud
10 28 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (3.19%) Marketing Technology
12 26 (3.07%) Video\Live Streaming
13 19 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.53%) AI Agents
16 12 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
17 11 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
18 10 (1.18%) Data Structures
18 10 (1.18%) Onboarding
19 9 (1.06%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.73%) Linux
2 43 (5.08%) Windows
3 31 (3.66%) Unix
4 26 (3.07%) Android
5 25 (2.95%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.35%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.24%) CentOS
8 2 (0.24%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.12%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (58.80%) CI/CD
2 365 (43.09%) Agile
3 345 (40.73%) Software Engineering
4 335 (39.55%) DevOps
5 323 (38.13%) Mentoring
6 275 (32.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (24.56%) AI
8 194 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
9 150 (17.71%) Coaching
10 149 (17.59%) Software Testing
11 141 (16.65%) Microservices
12 130 (15.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 129 (15.23%) Technical Leadership
14 124 (14.64%) Test Strategy
15 113 (13.34%) Clean Code
16 108 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
16 108 (12.75%) Infrastructure as Code
17 106 (12.51%) Observability
18 103 (12.16%) Enterprise Architecture
19 101 (11.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 245 (28.93%) Python
2 237 (27.98%) Java
3 172 (20.31%) JavaScript
4 142 (16.77%) TypeScript
5 134 (15.82%) C#
6 111 (13.11%) SQL
7 63 (7.44%) PowerShell
8 44 (5.19%) Go
9 22 (2.60%) Bash
10 20 (2.36%) Kotlin
11 15 (1.77%) C++
12 13 (1.53%) DataWeave
13 11 (1.30%) PHP
14 10 (1.18%) Rust
14 10 (1.18%) Swift
15 9 (1.06%) C
16 8 (0.94%) Clojure
17 6 (0.71%) Bicep
18 5 (0.59%) MATLAB
18 5 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 94 (11.10%) Security Cleared
2 74 (8.74%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.26%) Degree
3 53 (6.26%) ITIL Certification
4 52 (6.14%) CISM
4 52 (6.14%) CISSP
5 30 (3.54%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (0.94%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.59%) CISA
10 4 (0.47%) CGEIT
10 4 (0.47%) CREST Certified
10 4 (0.47%) FFIEC
10 4 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.47%) OSCP
10 4 (0.47%) SANS
11 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.35%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (23.61%) QA
2 77 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 54 (6.38%) NIST
4 48 (5.67%) ISO 22301
5 41 (4.84%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.36%) WCAG
7 15 (1.77%) GDPR
8 11 (1.30%) GRC
9 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.47%) COBIT
10 4 (0.47%) SLA
10 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.35%) ECSS
11 3 (0.35%) PERC
12 2 (0.24%) EMIR
12 2 (0.24%) PMO
13 1 (0.12%) DO-160
13 1 (0.12%) ITGC
13 1 (0.12%) MiFID
13 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 95 (11.22%) Docker
2 7 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.59%) Firmware
4 3 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) KVM
5 1 (0.12%) QEMU
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 140 (16.53%) Kubernetes
2 73 (8.62%) Grafana
3 16 (1.89%) Argo
4 13 (1.53%) Ansible
4 13 (1.53%) CloudHub
5 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) Consul
6 1 (0.12%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) MIIS
6 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 79 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.95%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.48%) Oracle
3 21 (2.48%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.01%) SAP
5 16 (1.89%) Databricks
6 14 (1.65%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.42%) Pega
8 10 (1.18%) Google
9 9 (1.06%) Braze
10 8 (0.94%) IFS
11 7 (0.83%) Amplitude
11 7 (0.83%) VMware
12 5 (0.59%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.47%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.47%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.35%) HP
14 3 (0.35%) Informatica
14 3 (0.35%) Sage