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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 74 109
Rank change year-on-year +5 +35 -56
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 751 741 904
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 4.71% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 5.01% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 404 370 692
10th Percentile £45,224 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,688 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £62,740 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.38% +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 16,967 14,802 29,888
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.19% 94.02% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,385 8,674 23,017
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,938 £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% -9.12%

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 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 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.07%) Apache
3 8 (1.07%) Confluence
4 6 (0.80%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.80%) CMS
4 6 (0.80%) Mule
5 5 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.40%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.40%) Simulink
4 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 367 (48.87%) AWS
2 213 (28.36%) Azure
3 139 (18.51%) GCP
4 76 (10.12%) Serverless
5 73 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (9.32%) SaaS
7 60 (7.99%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (7.86%) GitHub
9 36 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.73%) Power Platform
11 23 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.66%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.40%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (2.00%) Entra ID
15 15 (2.00%) PaaS
16 14 (1.86%) Firebase
16 14 (1.86%) Stripe
16 14 (1.86%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 69 (9.19%) Broadband
2 9 (1.20%) CHAP
3 6 (0.80%) DNS
3 6 (0.80%) SSL
4 5 (0.67%) SMS
5 4 (0.53%) Firewall
6 3 (0.40%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.40%) MQTT
6 3 (0.40%) Network Security
6 3 (0.40%) VPN
6 3 (0.40%) Wireless
7 1 (0.13%) DHCP
7 1 (0.13%) HTTP
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
2 67 (8.92%) MongoDB
3 34 (4.53%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.53%) MySQL
6 17 (2.26%) BigQuery
7 15 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
8 11 (1.46%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.46%) Metadata
8 11 (1.46%) Oracle Database
8 11 (1.46%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.33%) Power BI
10 7 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.67%) Spark SQL
12 4 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.53%) Big Data
12 4 (0.53%) Redis
13 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 59 (7.86%) TeamCity
2 52 (6.92%) Git
3 48 (6.39%) Selenium
4 46 (6.13%) Jenkins
5 38 (5.06%) GitLab
6 28 (3.73%) JIRA
7 26 (3.46%) Cypress.io
8 24 (3.20%) Postman
9 21 (2.80%) JMeter
10 17 (2.26%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.86%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.86%) SpecFlow
11 14 (1.86%) XCTest
12 11 (1.46%) REST Assured
13 9 (1.20%) WebDriver
14 8 (1.07%) Claude Code
14 8 (1.07%) JUnit
15 7 (0.93%) Appium
15 7 (0.93%) XCUITest
16 6 (0.80%) TestRail
General
1 190 (25.30%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.44%) Finance
3 118 (15.71%) Banking
4 109 (14.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (13.58%) Public Sector
6 94 (12.52%) Law
7 83 (11.05%) Retail
8 50 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
8 50 (6.66%) Financial Institution
9 48 (6.39%) Games
10 42 (5.59%) Back Office
11 23 (3.06%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.66%) Legal
13 19 (2.53%) Marketing
14 11 (1.46%) Electronics
14 11 (1.46%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.20%) Legal Technology
16 7 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (29.16%) Senior
2 138 (18.38%) Software Engineer
3 125 (16.64%) Lead
4 96 (12.78%) Developer
5 59 (7.86%) Test Engineer
6 51 (6.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 50 (6.66%) Java Engineer
8 41 (5.46%) DevOps Engineer
8 41 (5.46%) QA Engineer
9 40 (5.33%) Senior Developer
10 39 (5.19%) Engineering Manager
11 36 (4.79%) Software Manager
12 35 (4.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 35 (4.66%) Java Software Engineer
13 33 (4.39%) Software Engineering Manager
14 31 (4.13%) Senior DevOps
15 29 (3.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 28 (3.73%) Architect
17 26 (3.46%) Test Automation Engineer
17 26 (3.46%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (12.65%) React
2 63 (8.39%) Spring
3 62 (8.26%) .NET
3 62 (8.26%) Node.js
4 60 (7.99%) RESTful
5 57 (7.59%) Playwright
5 57 (7.59%) REST
6 31 (4.13%) Spring Boot
7 25 (3.33%) AngularJS
8 22 (2.93%) AWS CDK
9 19 (2.53%) Next.js
10 18 (2.40%) CSS
10 18 (2.40%) HTML
10 18 (2.40%) React Native
11 15 (2.00%) Kafka
11 15 (2.00%) SwiftUI
12 14 (1.86%) UIKit
13 13 (1.73%) Django
14 12 (1.60%) JSON
14 12 (1.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 187 (24.90%) Cloud Native
2 105 (13.98%) Product Ownership
3 45 (5.99%) Distributed Systems
4 38 (5.06%) Mobile App
5 37 (4.93%) Low-Code
6 32 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.26%) Video\Live Streaming
7 27 (3.60%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.80%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.53%) Blog
9 19 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.86%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (1.46%) Cyberattack
12 11 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.33%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.26%) Linux
2 42 (5.59%) Apple iOS
3 33 (4.39%) Windows
4 32 (4.26%) Unix
5 30 (3.99%) Android
6 3 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Debian
8 1 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (60.05%) CI/CD
2 341 (45.41%) Agile
3 271 (36.09%) Mentoring
4 262 (34.89%) Software Engineering
5 235 (31.29%) DevOps
6 207 (27.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 170 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
8 159 (21.17%) Microservices
9 155 (20.64%) Coaching
10 152 (20.24%) AI
11 140 (18.64%) Infrastructure as Code
12 126 (16.78%) Full-Stack Development
13 125 (16.64%) Clean Code
13 125 (16.64%) Observability
14 110 (14.65%) Technical Leadership
15 104 (13.85%) Deployment Automation
16 99 (13.18%) Validation
17 97 (12.92%) Roadmaps
18 93 (12.38%) Software Testing
19 89 (11.85%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 239 (31.82%) Java
2 194 (25.83%) Python
3 107 (14.25%) SQL
4 105 (13.98%) JavaScript
5 91 (12.12%) TypeScript
6 71 (9.45%) C#
7 48 (6.39%) Go
8 23 (3.06%) Bash
9 20 (2.66%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.26%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.00%) Swift
12 10 (1.33%) C++
13 9 (1.20%) PHP
14 8 (1.07%) C
14 8 (1.07%) Clojure
15 6 (0.80%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.80%) DataWeave
15 6 (0.80%) Rust
16 5 (0.67%) Ruby
16 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (9.19%) Security Cleared
2 65 (8.66%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.52%) Degree
4 27 (3.60%) ISTQB
5 15 (2.00%) CISSP
6 12 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.20%) CGEIT
8 9 (1.20%) CISA
8 9 (1.20%) CISM
8 9 (1.20%) FFIEC
8 9 (1.20%) SANS
9 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.80%) CEH
10 6 (0.80%) CREST Certified
10 6 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.80%) OSCP
11 5 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (22.50%) QA
2 68 (9.05%) Accessibility
3 30 (3.99%) Data Quality
4 24 (3.20%) GDPR
5 18 (2.40%) NIST
6 12 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.46%) GRC
8 10 (1.33%) WCAG
9 9 (1.20%) COBIT
10 6 (0.80%) ISO 22301
10 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.80%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.40%) ECSS
11 3 (0.40%) PERC
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 77 (10.25%) Docker
2 10 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 134 (17.84%) Terraform
2 133 (17.71%) Kubernetes
3 70 (9.32%) Grafana
4 18 (2.40%) Argo
5 15 (2.00%) Ansible
6 6 (0.80%) CloudHub
7 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) MIIS
10 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.13%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (8.66%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.33%) Oracle
3 22 (2.93%) ServiceNow
4 19 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.26%) Databricks
6 16 (2.13%) Braze
7 14 (1.86%) Amplitude
8 13 (1.73%) VMware
9 12 (1.60%) Pega
10 11 (1.46%) Google
11 9 (1.20%) Commvault
11 9 (1.20%) SAP
12 8 (1.07%) IFS
13 7 (0.93%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.67%) dotdigital
14 5 (0.67%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.53%) HubSpot
16 3 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 3 (0.40%) Xilinx