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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 79 82
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 -35
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 546 640 889
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.54% 3.92% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 4.17% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 336 381 692
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £39,652
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,875 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -

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 13,411 15,366 22,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.96% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,532 9,035 18,329
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 21 January 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 (3.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.47%) Confluence
3 7 (1.28%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.37%) CMS
6 2 (0.37%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) JBoss
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 43 (7.88%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.73%) Hyperion Planning
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.55%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.18%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 252 (46.15%) Azure
2 155 (28.39%) GitHub
3 144 (26.37%) Azure DevOps
4 132 (24.18%) AWS
5 75 (13.74%) GitHub Copilot
6 67 (12.27%) SaaS
7 55 (10.07%) GCP
8 45 (8.24%) GitHub Actions
9 37 (6.78%) Entra ID
9 37 (6.78%) OCI
9 37 (6.78%) Power Platform
10 36 (6.59%) Serverless
11 33 (6.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 29 (5.31%) PaaS
13 28 (5.13%) Snowflake
14 24 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
15 21 (3.85%) dbt
16 20 (3.66%) Azure Event Grid
17 18 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
18 15 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.28%) CHAP
2 4 (0.73%) 5G
2 4 (0.73%) HTTP
2 4 (0.73%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.73%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.73%) WAN
3 3 (0.55%) VPN
4 2 (0.37%) Internet
4 2 (0.37%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 29 (5.31%) Power BI
3 28 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (4.76%) MySQL
5 24 (4.40%) NoSQL
6 22 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.48%) Tableau
8 14 (2.56%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.56%) Snowflake Schema
9 11 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.83%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.65%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.47%) MariaDB
12 8 (1.47%) Metadata
13 7 (1.28%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.73%) Essbase
16 3 (0.55%) Pinecone
16 3 (0.55%) Redis
17 2 (0.37%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 71 (13.00%) JIRA
2 66 (12.09%) Selenium
3 59 (10.81%) Jenkins
4 54 (9.89%) Git
5 41 (7.51%) Oracle Forms
6 36 (6.59%) Cypress.io
7 26 (4.76%) TeamCity
8 21 (3.85%) Postman
9 15 (2.75%) Cucumber
10 14 (2.56%) JMeter
11 13 (2.38%) WebDriver
12 12 (2.20%) JUnit
13 11 (2.01%) GitLab
14 9 (1.65%) SpecFlow
15 8 (1.47%) CircleCI
16 7 (1.28%) Storybook
17 6 (1.10%) LoadRunner
17 6 (1.10%) MLflow
17 6 (1.10%) REST Assured
17 6 (1.10%) TestRail
General
1 226 (41.39%) Finance
2 174 (31.87%) Social Skills
3 73 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (11.90%) Law
5 49 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (8.24%) Banking
7 35 (6.41%) Retail
8 30 (5.49%) Financial Institution
8 30 (5.49%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.85%) Back Office
10 19 (3.48%) Marketing
11 11 (2.01%) Games
12 9 (1.65%) Front Office
12 9 (1.65%) Legal
13 8 (1.47%) Automotive
14 7 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.10%) Electronics
16 4 (0.73%) Billing
16 4 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (29.67%) Senior
2 87 (15.93%) Developer
3 76 (13.92%) Lead
4 55 (10.07%) Software Engineer
5 44 (8.06%) Applications Engineer
5 44 (8.06%) QA Engineer
6 42 (7.69%) Test Engineer
7 41 (7.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 29 (5.31%) QA Automation Engineer
9 28 (5.13%) Senior Developer
9 28 (5.13%) Test Automation Engineer
10 27 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
11 24 (4.40%) Analyst
11 24 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
12 23 (4.21%) Lead Developer
13 22 (4.03%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 22 (4.03%) Tester
14 18 (3.30%) .NET Developer
14 18 (3.30%) Software Developer
15 16 (2.93%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (15.02%) RESTful
2 70 (12.82%) React
3 53 (9.71%) JSON
4 51 (9.34%) SOAP
5 49 (8.97%) .NET
5 49 (8.97%) REST
6 36 (6.59%) OAuth
7 35 (6.41%) OAuth2
7 35 (6.41%) Playwright
8 30 (5.49%) Node.js
8 30 (5.49%) XML
9 23 (4.21%) Lightning Web Components
10 22 (4.03%) Spring
11 19 (3.48%) .NET Framework
11 19 (3.48%) Next.js
12 17 (3.11%) CSS
12 17 (3.11%) Entity Framework
12 17 (3.11%) SAML
13 15 (2.75%) HTML
14 13 (2.38%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 131 (23.99%) Cloud Native
2 54 (9.89%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.38%) Mobile App
5 13 (2.38%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.20%) GNSS
7 11 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.83%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.47%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.47%) Satnav
9 8 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 7 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (1.28%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.13%) Linux
2 23 (4.21%) Android
3 22 (4.03%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.20%) Unix
4 12 (2.20%) Windows
5 9 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.73%) CentOS
7 2 (0.37%) Debian
7 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
7 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (56.41%) CI/CD
2 279 (51.10%) Agile
3 232 (42.49%) DevOps
4 163 (29.85%) Coaching
5 158 (28.94%) Mentoring
6 143 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 126 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 125 (22.89%) AI
9 116 (21.25%) Asset Management
10 111 (20.33%) Software Engineering
11 107 (19.60%) Clean Code
12 102 (18.68%) Microservices
13 94 (17.22%) Analytics
14 93 (17.03%) Observability
15 71 (13.00%) Sprint Planning
16 65 (11.90%) Sprint Retrospective
17 62 (11.36%) Test Strategy
18 59 (10.81%) Data Modelling
19 55 (10.07%) Deployment Automation
20 54 (9.89%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 161 (29.49%) Python
2 137 (25.09%) SQL
3 132 (24.18%) Java
4 72 (13.19%) JavaScript
5 69 (12.64%) TypeScript
6 58 (10.62%) C#
7 39 (7.14%) Shell Script
8 37 (6.78%) PL/SQL
9 30 (5.49%) PowerShell
10 22 (4.03%) Apex Code
10 22 (4.03%) PHP
11 19 (3.48%) Bicep
12 14 (2.56%) Go
13 12 (2.20%) Bash
14 9 (1.65%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.10%) Delphi
16 5 (0.92%) C++
16 5 (0.92%) Groovy
17 3 (0.55%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 50 (9.16%) Degree
2 35 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 33 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.58%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.48%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 10 (1.83%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.65%) CEH
10 8 (1.47%) CISA
11 7 (1.28%) CGEIT
11 7 (1.28%) CISM
11 7 (1.28%) CISSP
11 7 (1.28%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.28%) FFIEC
11 7 (1.28%) SANS
12 4 (0.73%) ISEB
13 3 (0.55%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (24.18%) QA
2 38 (6.96%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (4.58%) NIST
5 23 (4.21%) GDPR
6 12 (2.20%) Data Quality
7 11 (2.01%) WCAG
8 9 (1.65%) ISO 22301
8 9 (1.65%) ISO 9001
9 7 (1.28%) COBIT
9 7 (1.28%) SLA
10 5 (0.92%) NCSC
10 5 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.37%) GRC
13 1 (0.18%) Section 508
13 1 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 54 (9.89%) Docker
2 37 (6.78%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 114 (20.88%) Terraform
2 75 (13.74%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.78%) Single Sign-On
4 35 (6.41%) Grafana
5 18 (3.30%) Ansible
6 7 (1.28%) Argo
7 4 (0.73%) logstash
8 3 (0.55%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.37%) Control-M
9 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.18%) Packer
Vendors
1 68 (12.45%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.54%) Oracle
3 27 (4.95%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.66%) Databricks
4 20 (3.66%) Okta
5 18 (3.30%) VMware
6 14 (2.56%) Ab Initio
7 13 (2.38%) Commvault
8 8 (1.47%) SAP
9 5 (0.92%) Google
9 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.73%) Hyperion
10 4 (0.73%) Workday
11 3 (0.55%) IBM
11 3 (0.55%) iManage
12 2 (0.37%) Checkmarx
12 2 (0.37%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.37%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.37%) Samsung