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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 67 101
Rank change year-on-year +7 +34 -49
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 730 748 945
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.81% 5.11% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 5.39% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 401 388 739
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,200
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,779 £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 £82,125 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 15,852 13,879 29,852
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 94.80% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,330 8,122 23,480
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,025 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 29 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%) Apache Airflow
1 9 (1.23%) Confluence
2 8 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.96%) Apache
4 5 (0.68%) CMS
5 4 (0.55%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) Mule
7 2 (0.27%) nginx
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 313 (42.88%) AWS
2 229 (31.37%) Azure
3 131 (17.95%) GCP
4 92 (12.60%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (10.55%) GitHub
6 73 (10.00%) Serverless
7 68 (9.32%) SaaS
8 58 (7.95%) Amazon EKS
9 41 (5.62%) GitHub Actions
10 29 (3.97%) Power Platform
11 26 (3.56%) Azure Service Bus
12 23 (3.15%) Azure AKS
12 23 (3.15%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.47%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.33%) PaaS
15 16 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (2.19%) Azure Event Grid
16 15 (2.05%) GitHub Copilot
17 14 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (6.71%) Broadband
2 11 (1.51%) CHAP
3 5 (0.68%) DNS
3 5 (0.68%) SMS
4 3 (0.41%) Firewall
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.27%) SSL
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (11.23%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (7.95%) MongoDB
3 34 (4.66%) NoSQL
4 26 (3.56%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.33%) MySQL
6 15 (2.05%) BigQuery
7 14 (1.92%) Metadata
8 11 (1.51%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (1.37%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.37%) Power BI
9 10 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.23%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.68%) Spark SQL
14 4 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.55%) Redis
15 3 (0.41%) Big Data
15 3 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (7.81%) TeamCity
2 53 (7.26%) Selenium
3 51 (6.99%) Git
4 45 (6.16%) Jenkins
5 39 (5.34%) JIRA
6 38 (5.21%) GitLab
7 31 (4.25%) Cypress.io
8 22 (3.01%) Postman
9 20 (2.74%) JMeter
10 15 (2.05%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.78%) Crashlytics
11 13 (1.78%) XCTest
12 12 (1.64%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.64%) SpecFlow
13 11 (1.51%) WebDriver
14 9 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
15 8 (1.10%) Appium
15 8 (1.10%) JUnit
16 7 (0.96%) MLflow
16 7 (0.96%) TestRail
General
1 194 (26.58%) Finance
2 193 (26.44%) Social Skills
3 114 (15.62%) Banking
4 107 (14.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (13.42%) Law
6 86 (11.78%) Public Sector
7 85 (11.64%) Retail
8 52 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
9 51 (6.99%) Financial Institution
10 41 (5.62%) Back Office
11 37 (5.07%) Games
12 21 (2.88%) Legal
12 21 (2.88%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.47%) Marketing
14 16 (2.19%) Electronics
15 10 (1.37%) Investment Banking
16 7 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
18 4 (0.55%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 208 (28.49%) Senior
2 123 (16.85%) Software Engineer
3 119 (16.30%) Lead
4 84 (11.51%) Developer
5 67 (9.18%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.85%) QA Engineer
7 49 (6.71%) Java Engineer
8 48 (6.58%) Senior Software Engineer
9 38 (5.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 37 (5.07%) Senior Developer
11 35 (4.79%) Java Software Engineer
12 30 (4.11%) Software Manager
13 29 (3.97%) Engineering Manager
13 29 (3.97%) Test Automation Engineer
14 28 (3.84%) DevOps Engineer
14 28 (3.84%) QA Automation Engineer
14 28 (3.84%) Tester
15 27 (3.70%) Software Engineering Manager
16 25 (3.42%) Architect
16 25 (3.42%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.70%) React
2 63 (8.63%) REST
3 62 (8.49%) .NET
3 62 (8.49%) Playwright
4 58 (7.95%) Node.js
4 58 (7.95%) RESTful
5 56 (7.67%) Spring
6 29 (3.97%) Spring Boot
7 22 (3.01%) AngularJS
8 20 (2.74%) AWS CDK
8 20 (2.74%) JSON
8 20 (2.74%) Next.js
8 20 (2.74%) React Native
9 17 (2.33%) HTML
10 16 (2.19%) CSS
11 15 (2.05%) Kafka
12 14 (1.92%) SwiftUI
12 14 (1.92%) Web Services
12 14 (1.92%) XML
13 13 (1.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 168 (23.01%) Cloud Native
2 96 (13.15%) Product Ownership
3 39 (5.34%) Mobile App
4 30 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (3.84%) Low-Code
6 27 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.15%) Video\Live Streaming
8 21 (2.88%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.74%) Blog
10 19 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (2.19%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.51%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (1.37%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
16 9 (1.23%) Podcast
16 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.71%) Linux
2 48 (6.58%) Apple iOS
3 38 (5.21%) Android
4 24 (3.29%) Unix
5 18 (2.47%) Windows
6 3 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.27%) Debian
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (56.44%) CI/CD
2 333 (45.62%) Agile
3 233 (31.92%) Mentoring
4 228 (31.23%) DevOps
5 224 (30.68%) Software Engineering
6 192 (26.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 155 (21.23%) Microservices
8 152 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
9 147 (20.14%) Coaching
10 139 (19.04%) AI
11 133 (18.22%) Clean Code
12 124 (16.99%) Infrastructure as Code
13 120 (16.44%) Observability
14 117 (16.03%) Full-Stack Development
15 95 (13.01%) Deployment Automation
16 92 (12.60%) Test Strategy
17 91 (12.47%) Technical Leadership
18 89 (12.19%) Software Testing
19 84 (11.51%) Roadmaps
19 84 (11.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 228 (31.23%) Java
2 177 (24.25%) Python
3 112 (15.34%) SQL
4 99 (13.56%) JavaScript
4 99 (13.56%) TypeScript
5 67 (9.18%) C#
6 37 (5.07%) Go
7 25 (3.42%) PowerShell
8 24 (3.29%) Bash
9 17 (2.33%) Kotlin
10 14 (1.92%) Swift
11 11 (1.51%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.23%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.10%) Bicep
13 8 (1.10%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.10%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.96%) Clojure
14 7 (0.96%) PHP
15 6 (0.82%) C++
16 5 (0.68%) C
Qualifications
1 66 (9.04%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.71%) Degree
4 26 (3.56%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.33%) CISSP
6 15 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
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%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.23%) CEH
9 9 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.10%) CREST Certified
10 8 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (1.10%) OSCP
11 7 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.82%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.68%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (24.38%) QA
2 67 (9.18%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.97%) GDPR
4 28 (3.84%) Data Quality
5 23 (3.15%) NIST
6 15 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.51%) COBIT
7 11 (1.51%) GRC
8 10 (1.37%) WCAG
9 9 (1.23%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.96%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.41%) PERC
14 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.14%) MiFID
14 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 76 (10.41%) Docker
2 11 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.37%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 142 (19.45%) Terraform
2 131 (17.95%) Kubernetes
3 69 (9.45%) Grafana
4 20 (2.74%) Argo
5 16 (2.19%) Ansible
6 7 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.27%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.27%) logstash
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 69 (9.45%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.52%) Oracle
3 23 (3.15%) Databricks
4 20 (2.74%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.05%) Braze
5 15 (2.05%) VMware
6 13 (1.78%) Amplitude
6 13 (1.78%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.64%) Commvault
8 11 (1.51%) SAP
9 9 (1.23%) Google
10 7 (0.96%) IFS
10 7 (0.96%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.68%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.55%) Workday
13 3 (0.41%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.41%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.41%) Okta
13 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud