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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 78 82
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 -34
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 595 647 953
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.65% 4.11% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 4.34% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 348 399 741
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,525 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,125 £75,781
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -4.00%

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 14,077 14,907 25,461
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.44% 94.73% 92.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8,964 8,917 21,050
10th Percentile £30,325 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +8.31% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 12 February 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 17 (2.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (1.18%) Apache Solr
2 7 (1.18%) Confluence
3 5 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.67%) Apache
4 4 (0.67%) CMS
4 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.50%) nginx
5 3 (0.50%) WordPress
6 2 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 43 (7.23%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.67%) Hyperion Planning
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 256 (43.03%) Azure
2 174 (29.24%) AWS
3 159 (26.72%) GitHub
4 138 (23.19%) Azure DevOps
5 80 (13.45%) GCP
6 75 (12.61%) GitHub Copilot
7 74 (12.44%) SaaS
8 48 (8.07%) GitHub Actions
9 45 (7.56%) Amazon EKS
10 43 (7.23%) Serverless
11 37 (6.22%) Entra ID
11 37 (6.22%) OCI
12 36 (6.05%) Power Platform
13 34 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
14 28 (4.71%) Snowflake
15 27 (4.54%) PaaS
16 22 (3.70%) Azure Event Grid
17 21 (3.53%) dbt
18 17 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
19 16 (2.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.34%) CHAP
2 4 (0.67%) 5G
2 4 (0.67%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.67%) WAN
3 3 (0.50%) HTTP
3 3 (0.50%) VPN
4 2 (0.34%) DNS
4 2 (0.34%) Internet
4 2 (0.34%) Network Security
4 2 (0.34%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.17%) Broadband
5 1 (0.17%) Firewall
5 1 (0.17%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.23%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (6.05%) SQL Server
3 33 (5.55%) MySQL
4 30 (5.04%) NoSQL
5 29 (4.87%) Power BI
6 21 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.19%) Tableau
8 16 (2.69%) MongoDB
9 14 (2.35%) Snowflake Schema
10 13 (2.18%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.51%) MariaDB
12 9 (1.51%) Metadata
13 8 (1.34%) BigQuery
14 7 (1.18%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.67%) Essbase
15 4 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
16 3 (0.50%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.50%) Redis
17 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 65 (10.92%) JIRA
1 65 (10.92%) Selenium
2 58 (9.75%) Jenkins
3 57 (9.58%) Git
4 46 (7.73%) TeamCity
5 41 (6.89%) Oracle Forms
6 35 (5.88%) Cypress.io
7 19 (3.19%) Postman
8 15 (2.52%) Cucumber
8 15 (2.52%) JMeter
9 14 (2.35%) WebDriver
10 12 (2.02%) GitLab
10 12 (2.02%) JUnit
11 11 (1.85%) SpecFlow
12 8 (1.34%) Storybook
13 7 (1.18%) CircleCI
13 7 (1.18%) MLflow
14 6 (1.01%) Subversion
15 5 (0.84%) LoadRunner
15 5 (0.84%) TestRail
General
1 249 (41.85%) Finance
2 177 (29.75%) Social Skills
3 83 (13.95%) Law
4 74 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (11.93%) Banking
6 70 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (9.75%) Retail
8 44 (7.39%) Financial Institution
9 38 (6.39%) Public Sector
10 32 (5.38%) Back Office
11 21 (3.53%) Marketing
12 13 (2.18%) Games
13 8 (1.34%) Automotive
13 8 (1.34%) Front Office
13 8 (1.34%) Legal
14 6 (1.01%) Electronics
14 6 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.84%) Billing
15 5 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 180 (30.25%) Senior
2 86 (14.45%) Software Engineer
3 84 (14.12%) Developer
4 78 (13.11%) Lead
5 51 (8.57%) QA Engineer
6 44 (7.39%) Applications Engineer
7 43 (7.23%) Test Engineer
8 41 (6.89%) Cloud Engineer
9 39 (6.55%) Senior Software Engineer
10 32 (5.38%) Java Engineer
10 32 (5.38%) QA Automation Engineer
11 30 (5.04%) Test Automation Engineer
12 29 (4.87%) Automation Engineer
12 29 (4.87%) Java Software Engineer
13 27 (4.54%) Senior Developer
14 23 (3.87%) Lead Developer
14 23 (3.87%) Tester
15 22 (3.70%) Analyst
16 20 (3.36%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 18 (3.03%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (14.96%) RESTful
2 75 (12.61%) React
3 55 (9.24%) .NET
4 52 (8.74%) JSON
5 50 (8.40%) REST
6 49 (8.24%) SOAP
7 44 (7.39%) Playwright
8 36 (6.05%) OAuth
9 35 (5.88%) OAuth2
10 33 (5.55%) Node.js
11 30 (5.04%) XML
12 25 (4.20%) Spring
13 24 (4.03%) Lightning Web Components
14 20 (3.36%) Next.js
15 19 (3.19%) .NET Framework
15 19 (3.19%) CSS
16 18 (3.03%) SAML
17 17 (2.86%) HTML
18 16 (2.69%) Entity Framework
18 16 (2.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 161 (27.06%) Cloud Native
2 60 (10.08%) Product Ownership
3 40 (6.72%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (2.52%) Blog
8 14 (2.35%) Mobile App
9 13 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (2.02%) GNSS
11 11 (1.85%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.68%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.51%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.51%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.34%) Satnav
15 7 (1.18%) Distributed Architecture
15 7 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (1.18%) Security Posture
15 7 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.21%) Linux
2 27 (4.54%) Android
2 27 (4.54%) Apple iOS
3 12 (2.02%) Unix
3 12 (2.02%) Windows
4 9 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.67%) CentOS
6 2 (0.34%) Debian
6 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Solaris
6 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (56.64%) CI/CD
2 285 (47.90%) Agile
3 236 (39.66%) DevOps
4 180 (30.25%) Coaching
5 179 (30.08%) Mentoring
6 149 (25.04%) Software Engineering
7 147 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 131 (22.02%) AI
9 130 (21.85%) Clean Code
10 127 (21.34%) Microservices
11 126 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
12 116 (19.50%) Asset Management
13 95 (15.97%) Analytics
14 94 (15.80%) Observability
15 79 (13.28%) Deployment Automation
16 68 (11.43%) Sprint Planning
17 64 (10.76%) Full-Stack Development
17 64 (10.76%) Sprint Retrospective
18 61 (10.25%) Fintech
19 59 (9.92%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 172 (28.91%) Python
2 169 (28.40%) Java
3 143 (24.03%) SQL
4 80 (13.45%) TypeScript
5 76 (12.77%) JavaScript
6 56 (9.41%) C#
7 40 (6.72%) Shell Script
8 37 (6.22%) PL/SQL
9 33 (5.55%) PowerShell
10 24 (4.03%) PHP
11 23 (3.87%) Apex Code
12 18 (3.03%) Bicep
13 17 (2.86%) Bash
14 15 (2.52%) Go
15 9 (1.51%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.01%) Delphi
17 5 (0.84%) Groovy
18 4 (0.67%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.67%) Perl
19 3 (0.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 54 (9.08%) Degree
2 41 (6.89%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.05%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.36%) Master's Degree
6 19 (3.19%) ISTQB
7 12 (2.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 11 (1.85%) CEH
9 10 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.68%) CISSP
10 9 (1.51%) CISA
11 8 (1.34%) CGEIT
11 8 (1.34%) CISM
11 8 (1.34%) FFIEC
11 8 (1.34%) SANS
12 6 (1.01%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.84%) CREST Certified
13 5 (0.84%) OSCP
14 4 (0.67%) ISEB
15 3 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (23.03%) QA
2 40 (6.72%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.54%) GDPR
3 27 (4.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.54%) NIST
4 11 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.85%) ISO 22301
4 11 (1.85%) WCAG
5 8 (1.34%) COBIT
5 8 (1.34%) ISO 9001
6 7 (1.18%) SLA
7 5 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.84%) Software Quality Assurance
8 3 (0.50%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) Section 508
10 1 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 61 (10.25%) Docker
2 36 (6.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.50%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 136 (22.86%) Terraform
2 100 (16.81%) Kubernetes
3 56 (9.41%) Grafana
4 38 (6.39%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (3.36%) Ansible
6 7 (1.18%) Argo
7 4 (0.67%) logstash
8 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.34%) Control-M
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.17%) Packer
10 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 64 (10.76%) Oracle
2 62 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.87%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.70%) VMware
5 21 (3.53%) Databricks
6 20 (3.36%) Okta
7 16 (2.69%) Commvault
8 14 (2.35%) Ab Initio
9 8 (1.34%) SAP
10 6 (1.01%) Google
10 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.84%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.67%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.67%) Workday
13 3 (0.50%) Foundry
13 3 (0.50%) IBM
14 2 (0.34%) Facebook
14 2 (0.34%) HubSpot
14 2 (0.34%) Qualys
14 2 (0.34%) Splunk