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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 83 70
Rank change year-on-year +3 -13 -27
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 498 682 869
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.25% 3.58% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 3.93% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 291 410 701
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,647 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +0.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,968
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.74% +4.95%

All Process and 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 13,806 17,362 19,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 91.08% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,722 10,500 15,642
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,426
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 4 December 2025.

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 14 (2.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.61%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.41%) Apache Solr
4 5 (1.00%) Confluence
5 4 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.60%) Apache
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.60%) Blender
2 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 37 (7.43%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.61%) Shopify
4 5 (1.00%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.80%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 226 (45.38%) Azure
2 148 (29.72%) GitHub
3 137 (27.51%) Azure DevOps
4 122 (24.50%) AWS
5 74 (14.86%) SaaS
6 63 (12.65%) GitHub Copilot
7 42 (8.43%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (7.83%) Serverless
9 34 (6.83%) PaaS
10 32 (6.43%) Entra ID
10 32 (6.43%) GCP
11 31 (6.22%) OCI
12 29 (5.82%) Power Platform
13 27 (5.42%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (5.02%) Snowflake
15 21 (4.22%) dbt
16 20 (4.02%) Azure Logic Apps
17 16 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
18 15 (3.01%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.01%) 5G
1 10 (2.01%) SD-WAN
1 10 (2.01%) WAN
2 7 (1.41%) HTTP
3 5 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.80%) VPN
5 3 (0.60%) CHAP
5 3 (0.60%) Firewall
5 3 (0.60%) Internet
6 2 (0.40%) Broadband
6 2 (0.40%) Network Security
6 2 (0.40%) RFID
7 1 (0.20%) DNS
7 1 (0.20%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.63%) SQL Server
2 29 (5.82%) NoSQL
3 26 (5.22%) MySQL
4 25 (5.02%) Power BI
5 23 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (3.41%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.21%) Tableau
8 14 (2.81%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.61%) MariaDB
11 6 (1.20%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.00%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.80%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.80%) Essbase
13 4 (0.80%) Metadata
13 4 (0.80%) Tick Data
14 3 (0.60%) Pinecone
14 3 (0.60%) QGIS
14 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (13.25%) Selenium
2 58 (11.65%) JIRA
3 54 (10.84%) Git
4 53 (10.64%) Jenkins
5 45 (9.04%) Cypress.io
6 35 (7.03%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (4.22%) TeamCity
8 18 (3.61%) Postman
9 13 (2.61%) Cucumber
10 12 (2.41%) JUnit
11 10 (2.01%) JMeter
11 10 (2.01%) WebDriver
12 9 (1.81%) GitLab
13 6 (1.20%) Appium
13 6 (1.20%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.20%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.20%) Storybook
13 6 (1.20%) TestRail
14 4 (0.80%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 187 (37.55%) Finance
2 166 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 71 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (10.64%) Law
5 49 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.43%) Back Office
7 30 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 29 (5.82%) Banking
9 22 (4.42%) Retail
10 21 (4.22%) Financial Institution
11 15 (3.01%) Marketing
12 14 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.81%) Legal
13 9 (1.81%) Automotive
13 9 (1.81%) Front Office
14 8 (1.61%) Local Government
15 6 (1.20%) Games
15 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.80%) Electronics
16 4 (0.80%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 133 (26.71%) Senior
2 105 (21.08%) Developer
3 88 (17.67%) Lead
4 45 (9.04%) Software Engineer
5 38 (7.63%) Applications Engineer
5 38 (7.63%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (6.83%) Senior Developer
7 30 (6.02%) QA Engineer
8 28 (5.62%) Test Engineer
9 27 (5.42%) Lead Developer
10 23 (4.62%) Analyst
11 22 (4.42%) SaaS Developer
11 22 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
11 22 (4.42%) Test Automation Engineer
12 21 (4.22%) QA Automation Engineer
13 19 (3.82%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.82%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.82%) Tester
14 18 (3.61%) Automation Engineer
15 16 (3.21%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (15.66%) RESTful
2 67 (13.45%) React
3 54 (10.84%) .NET
4 50 (10.04%) JSON
5 41 (8.23%) Playwright
5 41 (8.23%) REST
6 40 (8.03%) SOAP
7 38 (7.63%) XML
8 31 (6.22%) Node.js
9 30 (6.02%) OAuth
10 29 (5.82%) OAuth2
11 27 (5.42%) CSS
12 25 (5.02%) HTML
12 25 (5.02%) Next.js
13 18 (3.61%) .NET Framework
14 17 (3.41%) Lightning Web Components
15 16 (3.21%) Entity Framework
15 16 (3.21%) GraphQL
15 16 (3.21%) Spring
16 15 (3.01%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 121 (24.30%) Cloud Native
2 41 (8.23%) Product Ownership
3 33 (6.63%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (4.02%) Mobile App
6 17 (3.41%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.41%) NHS
8 11 (2.21%) GNSS
8 11 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.21%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.01%) Self-Driving Car
10 9 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.61%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 6 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.00%) Algorithms
14 5 (1.00%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.42%) Linux
2 15 (3.01%) Windows
3 11 (2.21%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.81%) Android
4 9 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.00%) Unix
6 2 (0.40%) CentOS
6 2 (0.40%) Solaris
6 2 (0.40%) VMS
7 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (56.43%) CI/CD
2 264 (53.01%) Agile
3 225 (45.18%) DevOps
4 159 (31.93%) Mentoring
5 138 (27.71%) Coaching
6 137 (27.51%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (22.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 106 (21.29%) AI
9 102 (20.48%) Asset Management
10 93 (18.67%) Software Engineering
11 92 (18.47%) Clean Code
12 88 (17.67%) Analytics
13 84 (16.87%) Microservices
14 77 (15.46%) Observability
15 70 (14.06%) Sprint Planning
16 64 (12.85%) Sprint Retrospective
17 57 (11.45%) ERP
18 53 (10.64%) Data Modelling
19 49 (9.84%) Computer Science
19 49 (9.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 156 (31.33%) Python
2 143 (28.71%) SQL
3 113 (22.69%) Java
4 80 (16.06%) C#
5 73 (14.66%) JavaScript
6 60 (12.05%) TypeScript
7 33 (6.63%) Shell Script
8 31 (6.22%) PL/SQL
8 31 (6.22%) PowerShell
9 23 (4.62%) PHP
10 16 (3.21%) Apex Code
10 16 (3.21%) Bicep
11 15 (3.01%) C
12 13 (2.61%) C++
13 11 (2.21%) Bash
14 9 (1.81%) Go
15 6 (1.20%) Delphi
15 6 (1.20%) MATLAB
15 6 (1.20%) T-SQL
16 5 (1.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 61 (12.25%) Degree
2 41 (8.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (6.83%) Security Cleared
4 27 (5.42%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.42%) ISTQB
6 16 (3.21%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.20%) CEH
9 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.80%) CISA
10 4 (0.80%) ISEB
11 3 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.60%) CGEIT
11 3 (0.60%) CISM
11 3 (0.60%) CISSP
11 3 (0.60%) FFIEC
11 3 (0.60%) SANS
12 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (20.48%) QA
2 42 (8.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (7.43%) Accessibility
4 23 (4.62%) NIST
5 18 (3.61%) GDPR
6 16 (3.21%) ISO 9001
7 12 (2.41%) WCAG
8 11 (2.21%) Data Quality
9 10 (2.01%) NCSC
10 7 (1.41%) SLA
11 6 (1.20%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.60%) COBIT
12 3 (0.60%) GRC
13 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.20%) Section 508
14 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (9.04%) Docker
2 32 (6.43%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.00%) vSphere
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (17.27%) Terraform
2 49 (9.84%) Kubernetes
3 31 (6.22%) Single Sign-On
4 27 (5.42%) Grafana
5 14 (2.81%) Ansible
6 3 (0.60%) Argo
6 3 (0.60%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.40%) Control-M
7 2 (0.40%) logstash
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.20%) Nessus
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 83 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 50 (10.04%) Oracle
3 22 (4.42%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.41%) Apple
4 17 (3.41%) Okta
5 16 (3.21%) VMware
6 14 (2.81%) Databricks
7 13 (2.61%) Google
8 11 (2.21%) Ab Initio
9 9 (1.81%) Commvault
10 5 (1.00%) IBM
10 5 (1.00%) iManage
10 5 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.80%) Hyperion
12 3 (0.60%) Checkmarx
12 3 (0.60%) Foundry
12 3 (0.60%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.60%) Qualys
13 2 (0.40%) Samsung
13 2 (0.40%) Splunk