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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 67 100
Rank change year-on-year +11 +33 -49
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 729 767 961
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.88% 5.25% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 5.53% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 401 403 750
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,225
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £80,113
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,700 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.57% -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 15,563 13,877 29,569
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 94.97% 90.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11,091 8,168 23,322
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%

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 22 May 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 9 (1.23%) Confluence
2 8 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.82%) Apache
3 6 (0.82%) CMS
4 5 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) JBoss
6 2 (0.27%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) Camunda
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Mule
7 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 304 (41.70%) AWS
2 241 (33.06%) Azure
3 126 (17.28%) GCP
4 106 (14.54%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (12.62%) GitHub
6 70 (9.60%) Serverless
7 64 (8.78%) SaaS
8 58 (7.96%) Amazon EKS
9 44 (6.04%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.84%) Power Platform
11 27 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
12 25 (3.43%) Azure AKS
12 25 (3.43%) Entra ID
12 25 (3.43%) GitHub Copilot
13 19 (2.61%) Azure Event Grid
14 18 (2.47%) Amazon S3
14 18 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (6.17%) Broadband
2 11 (1.51%) CHAP
3 5 (0.69%) DNS
4 4 (0.55%) SMS
5 3 (0.41%) Firewall
5 3 (0.41%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
7 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (11.39%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (8.09%) MongoDB
3 34 (4.66%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.43%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.47%) MySQL
6 14 (1.92%) Metadata
7 12 (1.65%) BigQuery
8 10 (1.37%) DynamoDB
8 10 (1.37%) Power BI
9 9 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.10%) Oracle Database
10 8 (1.10%) Semantic Layer
11 7 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.69%) Spark SQL
12 5 (0.69%) Tableau
13 4 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.55%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (7.82%) TeamCity
2 54 (7.41%) Selenium
3 47 (6.45%) Git
3 47 (6.45%) Jenkins
4 42 (5.76%) JIRA
5 34 (4.66%) GitLab
6 33 (4.53%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.02%) JMeter
8 20 (2.74%) Postman
9 13 (1.78%) Crashlytics
9 13 (1.78%) Oracle Forms
9 13 (1.78%) REST Assured
9 13 (1.78%) SpecFlow
9 13 (1.78%) XCTest
10 11 (1.51%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.51%) WebDriver
11 8 (1.10%) Appium
12 7 (0.96%) MLflow
12 7 (0.96%) TestRail
13 6 (0.82%) Locust
General
1 205 (28.12%) Finance
2 187 (25.65%) Social Skills
3 113 (15.50%) Banking
4 105 (14.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (13.72%) Law
6 84 (11.52%) Retail
7 83 (11.39%) Public Sector
8 52 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
8 52 (7.13%) Financial Institution
9 42 (5.76%) Back Office
10 37 (5.08%) Games
11 20 (2.74%) Legal
11 20 (2.74%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.33%) Electronics
12 17 (2.33%) Marketing
13 10 (1.37%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.69%) Front Office
16 5 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (28.26%) Senior
2 121 (16.60%) Software Engineer
3 119 (16.32%) Lead
4 77 (10.56%) Developer
5 70 (9.60%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.86%) QA Engineer
7 49 (6.72%) Senior Software Engineer
8 48 (6.58%) Java Engineer
9 39 (5.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 35 (4.80%) Java Software Engineer
11 33 (4.53%) Senior Developer
12 31 (4.25%) Test Automation Engineer
13 29 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (3.98%) Tester
14 28 (3.84%) QA Automation Engineer
15 26 (3.57%) Engineering Manager
15 26 (3.57%) Software Manager
16 25 (3.43%) Automation Engineer
17 24 (3.29%) Software Engineering Manager
18 23 (3.16%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (14.27%) React
2 68 (9.33%) REST
3 65 (8.92%) RESTful
4 62 (8.50%) .NET
4 62 (8.50%) Playwright
5 54 (7.41%) Node.js
6 50 (6.86%) Spring
7 27 (3.70%) Spring Boot
8 25 (3.43%) JSON
9 22 (3.02%) AngularJS
10 21 (2.88%) Next.js
10 21 (2.88%) React Native
11 19 (2.61%) AWS CDK
12 17 (2.33%) SOAP
13 16 (2.19%) CSS
13 16 (2.19%) HTML
13 16 (2.19%) Web Services
13 16 (2.19%) XML
14 15 (2.06%) Lightning Web Components
15 14 (1.92%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 170 (23.32%) Cloud Native
2 96 (13.17%) Product Ownership
3 41 (5.62%) Mobile App
4 29 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (3.98%) Low-Code
5 27 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (3.16%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.16%) Video\Live Streaming
7 20 (2.74%) Blog
8 19 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.47%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.19%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
13 10 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.23%) AI Agents
14 9 (1.23%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.23%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.86%) Apple iOS
1 50 (6.86%) Linux
2 40 (5.49%) Android
3 24 (3.29%) Unix
4 17 (2.33%) Windows
5 3 (0.41%) CentOS
6 2 (0.27%) Debian
6 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (56.52%) CI/CD
2 336 (46.09%) Agile
3 240 (32.92%) DevOps
4 229 (31.41%) Mentoring
5 220 (30.18%) Software Engineering
6 194 (26.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 158 (21.67%) Coaching
8 155 (21.26%) Microservices
9 147 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
10 141 (19.34%) AI
11 139 (19.07%) Clean Code
12 128 (17.56%) Observability
13 125 (17.15%) Infrastructure as Code
14 118 (16.19%) Full-Stack Development
15 97 (13.31%) Deployment Automation
16 92 (12.62%) Test Strategy
17 84 (11.52%) Software Testing
18 81 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
19 80 (10.97%) Fintech
19 80 (10.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 225 (30.86%) Java
2 178 (24.42%) Python
3 113 (15.50%) SQL
4 98 (13.44%) JavaScript
4 98 (13.44%) TypeScript
5 67 (9.19%) C#
6 35 (4.80%) Go
7 26 (3.57%) PowerShell
8 23 (3.16%) Bash
9 17 (2.33%) Kotlin
10 15 (2.06%) Apex Code
11 14 (1.92%) Swift
12 13 (1.78%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.65%) Shell Script
14 11 (1.51%) Bicep
15 9 (1.23%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.96%) PHP
17 6 (0.82%) Clojure
18 5 (0.69%) C
18 5 (0.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 60 (8.23%) Security Cleared
2 57 (7.82%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.72%) Degree
4 25 (3.43%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.33%) CISSP
6 14 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.51%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.51%) CGEIT
7 11 (1.51%) CISA
7 11 (1.51%) CISM
7 11 (1.51%) FFIEC
7 11 (1.51%) SANS
8 10 (1.37%) CEH
8 10 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.10%) CREST Certified
9 8 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.10%) OSCP
10 7 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (23.59%) QA
2 62 (8.50%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.84%) GDPR
4 25 (3.43%) Data Quality
5 24 (3.29%) NIST
6 16 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.51%) COBIT
8 10 (1.37%) GRC
8 10 (1.37%) ISO 22301
9 9 (1.23%) WCAG
10 8 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.27%) PERC
14 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 72 (9.88%) Docker
2 12 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 146 (20.03%) Terraform
2 129 (17.70%) Kubernetes
3 71 (9.74%) Grafana
4 21 (2.88%) Argo
5 16 (2.19%) Ansible
6 11 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.41%) logstash
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) MIIS
10 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 67 (9.19%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.08%) Oracle
3 23 (3.16%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.02%) Databricks
5 16 (2.19%) VMware
6 15 (2.06%) Braze
7 13 (1.78%) Amplitude
7 13 (1.78%) Commvault
8 12 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.37%) SAP
10 9 (1.23%) Google
11 7 (0.96%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.82%) IFS
13 5 (0.69%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.69%) Okta
14 4 (0.55%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.55%) Workday
15 3 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
15 3 (0.41%) Dynatrace
15 3 (0.41%) Informatica