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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 74 104
Rank change year-on-year +5 +30 -53
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 738 750 921
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.62% 4.80% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 5.08% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 393 377 699
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £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 £82,500 £82,751 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £77,500
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 16,752 14,765 30,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 94.42% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,192 8,606 23,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 25 June 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 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.22%) Confluence
3 8 (1.08%) Apache
3 8 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.81%) CMS
5 5 (0.68%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.54%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.54%) Mule
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
3 2 (0.27%) Simulink
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
3 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 353 (47.83%) AWS
2 207 (28.05%) Azure
3 138 (18.70%) GCP
4 76 (10.30%) Serverless
5 73 (9.89%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (9.49%) SaaS
7 60 (8.13%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (7.99%) GitHub
9 36 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (3.52%) Power Platform
11 23 (3.12%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.71%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.44%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (2.03%) PaaS
16 14 (1.90%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.90%) Firebase
16 14 (1.90%) Stripe
16 14 (1.90%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 69 (9.35%) Broadband
2 9 (1.22%) CHAP
3 5 (0.68%) DNS
3 5 (0.68%) SMS
4 4 (0.54%) SSL
5 3 (0.41%) Firewall
5 3 (0.41%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.27%) MQTT
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) PuTTY
6 2 (0.27%) Wireless
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (8.94%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.47%) NoSQL
4 23 (3.12%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.44%) MySQL
6 17 (2.30%) BigQuery
7 15 (2.03%) Semantic Layer
8 11 (1.49%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.49%) Oracle Database
9 10 (1.36%) Metadata
9 10 (1.36%) Power BI
9 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.68%) Spark SQL
12 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.54%) Big Data
12 4 (0.54%) Redis
13 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 59 (7.99%) TeamCity
2 50 (6.78%) Git
3 48 (6.50%) Selenium
4 46 (6.23%) Jenkins
5 38 (5.15%) GitLab
6 30 (4.07%) JIRA
7 26 (3.52%) Cypress.io
8 24 (3.25%) Postman
9 21 (2.85%) JMeter
10 17 (2.30%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.90%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.90%) SpecFlow
11 14 (1.90%) XCTest
12 11 (1.49%) REST Assured
13 9 (1.22%) WebDriver
14 8 (1.08%) Appium
14 8 (1.08%) Claude Code
14 8 (1.08%) JUnit
15 7 (0.95%) XCUITest
16 6 (0.81%) TestRail
General
1 191 (25.88%) Social Skills
2 177 (23.98%) Finance
3 118 (15.99%) Banking
4 109 (14.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (12.47%) Law
6 91 (12.33%) Public Sector
7 83 (11.25%) Retail
8 50 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
8 50 (6.78%) Financial Institution
9 48 (6.50%) Games
10 42 (5.69%) Back Office
11 22 (2.98%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.71%) Legal
13 19 (2.57%) Marketing
14 11 (1.49%) Electronics
14 11 (1.49%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.22%) Legal Technology
16 7 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 213 (28.86%) Senior
2 135 (18.29%) Software Engineer
3 124 (16.80%) Lead
4 92 (12.47%) Developer
5 59 (7.99%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.78%) Java Engineer
6 50 (6.78%) Senior Software Engineer
7 44 (5.96%) QA Engineer
8 39 (5.28%) Engineering Manager
8 39 (5.28%) Senior Developer
9 36 (4.88%) Software Manager
10 35 (4.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 35 (4.74%) Java Software Engineer
11 33 (4.47%) Software Engineering Manager
12 32 (4.34%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (3.79%) Architect
14 26 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
14 26 (3.52%) Test Automation Engineer
14 26 (3.52%) Test Leader
14 26 (3.52%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (12.60%) React
2 62 (8.40%) Spring
3 61 (8.27%) Node.js
4 60 (8.13%) .NET
5 59 (7.99%) RESTful
6 58 (7.86%) Playwright
7 57 (7.72%) REST
8 30 (4.07%) Spring Boot
9 23 (3.12%) AngularJS
10 22 (2.98%) AWS CDK
11 19 (2.57%) Next.js
12 18 (2.44%) React Native
13 17 (2.30%) CSS
13 17 (2.30%) HTML
14 15 (2.03%) Kafka
14 15 (2.03%) SwiftUI
15 14 (1.90%) UIKit
16 13 (1.76%) Django
16 13 (1.76%) JSON
16 13 (1.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 187 (25.34%) Cloud Native
2 104 (14.09%) Product Ownership
3 44 (5.96%) Distributed Systems
4 38 (5.15%) Mobile App
5 36 (4.88%) Low-Code
6 32 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.34%) Video\Live Streaming
7 27 (3.66%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.85%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.57%) Blog
10 17 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.03%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (1.49%) Cyberattack
12 11 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.36%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.36%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.22%) Culture of Ownership
14 9 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (7.72%) Linux
2 42 (5.69%) Apple iOS
3 30 (4.07%) Android
4 27 (3.66%) Unix
4 27 (3.66%) Windows
5 2 (0.27%) CentOS
5 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.14%) Debian
6 1 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (59.08%) CI/CD
2 331 (44.85%) Agile
3 259 (35.09%) Mentoring
4 257 (34.82%) Software Engineering
5 224 (30.35%) DevOps
6 206 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 163 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
8 157 (21.27%) Microservices
9 151 (20.46%) AI
10 146 (19.78%) Coaching
11 136 (18.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 126 (17.07%) Clean Code
13 123 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
14 120 (16.26%) Observability
15 108 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
16 100 (13.55%) Deployment Automation
17 98 (13.28%) Validation
18 97 (13.14%) Roadmaps
19 93 (12.60%) Software Testing
20 90 (12.20%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 238 (32.25%) Java
2 192 (26.02%) Python
3 105 (14.23%) SQL
4 103 (13.96%) JavaScript
5 92 (12.47%) TypeScript
6 71 (9.62%) C#
7 48 (6.50%) Go
8 23 (3.12%) Bash
9 20 (2.71%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.30%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.03%) Swift
12 9 (1.22%) C++
12 9 (1.22%) PHP
13 8 (1.08%) Clojure
14 7 (0.95%) C
15 6 (0.81%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.68%) Ruby
16 5 (0.68%) Rust
16 5 (0.68%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.54%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 67 (9.08%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.54%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.64%) Degree
4 27 (3.66%) ISTQB
5 15 (2.03%) CISSP
6 12 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.22%) CGEIT
8 9 (1.22%) CISA
8 9 (1.22%) CISM
8 9 (1.22%) FFIEC
8 9 (1.22%) SANS
9 7 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.81%) CEH
10 6 (0.81%) CREST Certified
10 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.81%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.81%) OSCP
11 5 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (23.17%) QA
2 68 (9.21%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.93%) Data Quality
4 24 (3.25%) GDPR
5 18 (2.44%) NIST
6 12 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.49%) GRC
8 10 (1.36%) WCAG
9 9 (1.22%) COBIT
10 7 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.81%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.81%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.41%) PERC
13 2 (0.27%) ECSS
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 77 (10.43%) Docker
2 10 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 134 (18.16%) Terraform
2 129 (17.48%) Kubernetes
3 70 (9.49%) Grafana
4 18 (2.44%) Argo
5 15 (2.03%) Ansible
6 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.39%) Oracle
3 20 (2.71%) ServiceNow
4 18 (2.44%) Databricks
5 17 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.17%) Braze
7 14 (1.90%) Amplitude
8 12 (1.63%) VMware
9 10 (1.36%) Google
10 9 (1.22%) Commvault
11 8 (1.08%) IFS
12 7 (0.95%) Pega
12 7 (0.95%) SAP
13 6 (0.81%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.68%) dotdigital
14 5 (0.68%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.54%) HubSpot
16 3 (0.41%) Foundry
16 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud